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s state continues; that state of an animal or plant in which all or any of its organs are capable of performing all or any of their functions; -- used of all animal and vegetable organisms.

Capable of being limited.

Capable of being melted.

Capable of being changed from a solid to a liquid state.

Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis. Milton.

The operation of breaking a stone in the bladder into small pieces capable of being voided.

Capable of affording lodging; fit for lodging in. [R.] " The lodgeable area of the earth." Jeffrey.

Capable of becoming a magnet; susceptible to magnetism; as, the magnetic metals.

Capable of magnetized.

made by a person, esp. by a new member in a public body. -- Maiden tower, the tower most capable of resisting an enemy.

Capable of being admitted to give surety by mainpernors; able to be mainprised.

Capable of being made.

To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing. And old cloak makes a new jerkin. Shak.

A peculiar disease of the bones, in consequence of which they become softened and capable of being bent without breaking.

Air infected with some noxious substance capable of engendering disease; esp., an unhealthy exhalation from certain soils, as marshy or wet lands, producing fevers; miasma.

Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit; - - said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.

Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals. Malleable iron, iron that is capable of extension or of being shaped under the hammer; decarbonized cast iron. See under Iron. -- Malleable iron castings, articles cast from pig iron and made malleable by…

Capable of cultivation. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red, and green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also given to other rocks of like use and appearance,…

A kind of hard finish for plasterwork, made of plaster of Paris and marble dust, and capable of taking a high polish.