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8 words match “TRANSMISSIBLE”

TRANSMISSIBLE a.
Capable of being transmitted from one to another; capable of being passed through any body or substance.
INTRANSMISSIBLE a.
Not capable of being transmitted.
FEE n.
An estate of inheritance belonging to the owner, and transmissible to his heirs, absolutely and simply, without condition attached to the tenure. Fee estate (Eng. Law), land or tenements held in fee in consideration or some acknowledgment or service rendered to the lord. -- Fee farm (Law), land held of another in fee,…
INHERITABLE a.
Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible; as, an inheritable estate or title. Blackstone.
ITCH n.
the entrance of a parasitic mite (the Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is transmissible by contact.
TRADITIVE a.
Transmitted or transmissible from father to son, or from age, by oral communication; traditional. [R.] Jer. Taylor. Suppose we on things traditive divide. Dryden.
TRANSMISSIBILITY n.
The quality of being transmissible.
TRANSMITTIBLE a.
Capable of being transmitted; transmissible.