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51 words match “MINABLE”

MINABLE a.
Such as can be mined; as, minable earth. Sir T. North.
ABHOMINABLE a.
Abominable.
ABOMINABLE a. 2 definitions
Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
ABOMINABLENESS n.
The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness. Bentley.
CONTAMINABLE a.
Capable of being contaminated.
CONTERMINABLE a.
same bounds; terminating at the same time or place; conterminous. Love and life not conterminable. Sir H. Wotton.
DENOMINABLE a.
Capable of being denominated or named. Sir T. Browne.
DETERMINABLE a.
rmined, definitely ascertained, decided upon, or brought to a conclusion. Not wholly determinable from the grammatical use of the words. South.
DETERMINABLENESS n.
Capability of being determined; determinability.
DISCRIMINABLE a.
Capable of being discriminated. [Obs.] Bailey.
ETERMINABLE a.
Interminable. [Obs.] Skelton.
EXAMINABLE a.
Capable of being examined or inquired into. Bacon.
ILLUMINABLE a.
Capable of being illuminated.
INDETERMINABLE a. 2 definitions
Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to be definitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited. -- In`de*ter"mi*na*bly, adv.
INEXTERMINABLE a.
Incapable of extermination. Rush.
INNOMINABLE a.
Not to be named. [R.] Testament of Love.
INTERMINABLE a.
out termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings. That wild interminable waste of waves. Grainger.
INTERMINABLENESS n.
The state of being endless.
LAMINABLE a.
s said to be malleable; and when into fillets under the rolling press, it is said to be laminable. Ure.
PREDETERMINABLE a.
Capable of being determined beforehand. Coleridge.
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