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Capable of being retracted; retractile.

CApable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile.

Capable of, or admitting of, being returned.

Capable of being revealed. -- Re*veal"a*ble*ness, n.

Capable of being revenged; as, revengeable wrong. Warner.

Capable of being reversed; as, a chair or seat having a reversible back; a reversible judgment or sentence.

Serving to effect reversal, as of motion; capable of being reversed. Reversing engine, a steam engine having a reversing gear by means of which it can be made to run in either direction at will. -- Reversing gear (Mach.), gear for reversing the direction of rotation at will.

Capable of, or admitting of, reverting or being reverted; as, a revertible estate.

Capable of being reviewed.

Capable of being revoked; as, a revocable edict or grant; a revocable covenant. -- Rev"o*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Rev"o*ca*bly, adv.

Capable of revolving; rotatory; revolving. [Obs.] Us, then, to whom the thrice three year Hath filled his revoluble orb since our arrival here, I blame not. Chapman.

Capable of being rolled.

capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy sirup; ropy lees.

Capable of being ruined.

Capable of being offered in sacrifice. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

under Discharge, v. t. -- Safety belt, a belt made of some buoyant material, or which is capable of being inflated, so as to enable a person to float in water; a life preserver. -- Safety buoy, a buoy to enable a person to float in water; a safety belt. -- Safety cage (Mach.), a cage for an elevator or mine lift, ha…

A genus of transparent, free-swimming marine worms having lateral and caudal fins, and capable of swimming rapidly. It is the type of the class Chætognatha.

Capable of being sailed over; navigable; as, a sailable river.

Capable of being sold; fit to be sold; finding a ready market. -- Sal"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sal"a*bly, adv.

Capable of neutralizing an acid to form a salt; -- said of bases; thus, ammonia is salifiable.