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Capable of leaping; formed for leaping; saltatory; as, a saltatorious insect or leg.

Capable of being saved; admitting of salvation. Dr. H. More. -- Sal"va*ble*ness, n. -- Sal"va*bly, adv.

Capable of being healed or cured; susceptible of remedy.

Capable of conversion into soap; as, a saponifiable substance.

Capable of being saturated; admitting of saturation. -- Sat`u*ra*bil"i*ty, n.

capable of, or admitting of, being saved. In the person prayed for there ought to be the great disposition of being in a savable condition. Jer. Taylor.

Capable of being scaled.

Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial bird; adapted for climbing; as, the scansorial foot.

Capable of being cut or divided by a sharp instrument. [R.] con.

Capable of being cut smoothly; scissible. [R.] Arbuthnot.

Capable of being spit out. [Obs.] Bailey.

Capable of being written, or of being written upon. [R.]

Capable of being searched.

Capable of being cut; specifically (Min.), capable of being severed by the knife with a smooth cut; -- said of minerals.

Consisting of sections, or capable of being divided into sections; as, a sectional steam boiler.

Capable of being seduced; corruptible.

Capable of being disjoined. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.

Capable of assuming a desired position or condition with relation to other parts, under varying circumstances, without requiring to be adjusted by hand; -- said of a piece in machinery. Self-adjusting bearing (Shafting), a bearing which is supported in such a manner that it may tip to accomodate flexure or displacement…

Capable of self-determination; as, the self-determining power of will.

Explaining itself; capable of being understood without explanation.