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Adducible
Adducible Ad*du"ci*ble, a.
Capable of being adduced.
Proofs innumerable, and in every imaginable manner
diversified, are adducible. --I. Taylor.
CoercibleCoercible Co"er"ci*ble, a.
Capable of being coerced. -- Co*er"ci*ble*ness, n. CoerciblenessCoercible Co"er"ci*ble, a.
Capable of being coerced. -- Co*er"ci*ble*ness, n. Cognoscible
Cognoscible Cog*nos"ci*ble, a.
1. Capable of being known. ``Matters intelligible and
cognoscible.' --Sir M. Hale.
2. Liable to judicial investigation. --Jer. Taylor.
Concrescible
Concrescible Con*cres"ci*ble, a. [F.]
Capable of being changed from a liquid to a solid state.
[Obs.]
They formed a . . . fixed concrescible oil. --Fourcroy
(Trans. ).
Concupiscible
Concupiscible Con*cu`pis*ci*ble, a. [Cf. F. concupiscible.]
1. Exciting to, or liable to be affected by, concupiscence;
provoking lustful desires. --Shak.
2. Exciting desire, good or evil.
The schools reduce all the passions to these two
heads, the concupiscible and irascible appetite.
--South.
Concupiscibleness
Concupiscibleness Con*cu"pis*ci*ble*ness, n.
The state of being concupiscible. [Obs.]
Conducible
Conducible Con*du"ci*ble, a. [L. conducibilis.]
Conducive; tending; contributing. --Bacon.
All his laws are in themselves conducible to the
temporal interest of them that observe them. --Bentley.
Conducibleness
Conducibleness Con*du"ci*ble*ness, n.
Quality of being conducible.
Convincible
Convincible Con*vin"ci*ble, a.
1. Capable of being convinced or won over.
2. Capable of being confuted and disproved by argument;
refutable. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Crucible steel
Crucible steel Cru"ci*ble steel
Cast steel made by fusing in crucibles crude or scrap steel,
wrought iron, and other ingredients and fluxes.
Deducible
Deducible De*du"ci*ble, a.
1. Capable of being deduced or inferred; derivable by
reasoning, as a result or consequence.
All properties of a triangle depend on, and are
deducible from, the complex idea of three lines
including a space. --Locke.
2. Capable of being brought down. [Obs.]
As if God [were] deducible to human imbecility.
--State Trials
(1649).
Deducibleness
Deducibleness De*du"ci*ble*ness, n.
The quality of being deducible; deducibility.
Divorcible
Divorcible Di*vor"ci*ble, a.
Divorceable. --Milton.
Docible
Docible Doc"i*ble, a. [L. docibilis, fr. docere to teach.]
Easily taught or managed; teachable. --Milton.
Docibleness
Docibility Doc`i*bil"i*ty, Docibleness Doc"i*ble*ness, n.
[L. docibilitas.]
Aptness for being taught; teachableness; docility.
To persons of docibility, the real character may be
easily taught in a few days. --Boyle.
The docibleness of dogs in general. --Walton.
Educible
Educible E*du"ci*ble, a.
Capable of being educed.
Effervescible
Effervescible Ef`fer*ves"ci*ble, a.
Capable of effervescing.
Enforcible
Enforcible En*for"ci*ble, a.
That may be enforced.
EvincibleEvincible E*vin"ci*ble, a.
Capable of being proved or clearly brought to light;
demonstrable. --Sir. M. Hale. --E*vin"ci*bly, adv. Fencible
Fencible Fen"ci*ble, n. (Mil.)
A soldier enlisted for home service only; -- usually in the
pl.
ForcibleForcible For"ci*ble, a. [Cf. OF. forcible forcible, forceable
that may be forced.]
1. Possessing force; characterized by force, efficiency, or
energy; powerful; efficacious; impressive; influential.
How forcible are right words! --Job. vi. 2?.
Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances,
when broken. --Bacon.
But I have reasons strong and forcible. --Shak.
That punishment which hath been sometimes forcible
to bridle sin. --Hooker.
He is at once elegant and sublime, forcible and
ornamented. --Lowth
(Transl. )
2. Violent; impetuous.
Like mingled streams, more forcible when joined.
--Prior.
3. Using force against opposition or resistance; obtained by
compulsion; effected by force; as, forcible entry or
abduction.
In embraces of King James . . . forcible and unjust.
--Swift.
Forcible entry and detainer (Law), the entering upon and
taking and withholding of land and tenements by actual
force and violence, and with a strong hand, to the
hindrance of the person having the right to enter.
Syn: Violent; powerful; strong; energetic; mighty; potent;
weighty; impressive; cogent; influential. Forcible entry and detainerForcible For"ci*ble, a. [Cf. OF. forcible forcible, forceable
that may be forced.]
1. Possessing force; characterized by force, efficiency, or
energy; powerful; efficacious; impressive; influential.
How forcible are right words! --Job. vi. 2?.
Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances,
when broken. --Bacon.
But I have reasons strong and forcible. --Shak.
That punishment which hath been sometimes forcible
to bridle sin. --Hooker.
He is at once elegant and sublime, forcible and
ornamented. --Lowth
(Transl. )
2. Violent; impetuous.
Like mingled streams, more forcible when joined.
--Prior.
3. Using force against opposition or resistance; obtained by
compulsion; effected by force; as, forcible entry or
abduction.
In embraces of King James . . . forcible and unjust.
--Swift.
Forcible entry and detainer (Law), the entering upon and
taking and withholding of land and tenements by actual
force and violence, and with a strong hand, to the
hindrance of the person having the right to enter.
Syn: Violent; powerful; strong; energetic; mighty; potent;
weighty; impressive; cogent; influential. Forcibleness
Forcibleness For"ci*ble*ness, n.
The quality of being forcible.
Hessian crucibleHessian Hes"sian, a.
Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians.
Hessian boots, or Hessians, boot of a kind worn in
England, in the early part of the nineteenth century,
tasseled in front. --Thackeray.
Hessian cloth, or Hessians, a coarse hempen cloth for
sacking.
Hessian crucible. See under Crucible.
Hessian fly (Zo["o]l.), a small dipterous fly or midge
(Cecidomyia destructor). Its larv[ae] live between the
base of the lower leaves and the stalk of wheat, and are
very destructive to young wheat; -- so called from the
erroneous idea that it was brought into America by the
Hessian troops, during the Revolution. IgnoscibleIgnoscible Ig*nos"ci*ble, a. [L. ignoscibilis, fr. ignoscere
to pardon, lit., not to wish to know; pref. in- not +
gnoscere, noscere, to learn to know. See In- not, and
Know.]
Pardonable. [Obs.] --Bailey. Immarcescible
Immarcescible Im`mar*ces"ci*ble, a. [L. immarcescibilis; pref.
im- not + marcescere to fade: cf. F. immarcescible.]
Unfading; lasting. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Immiscible
Immiscible Im*mis"ci*ble, a. [Pref. im- not + miscible: cf. F.
immiscible.]
Not capable of being mixed or mingled.
A chaos of immiscible and conflicting particles.
--Cudworth.
Imputrescible
Imputrescible Im`pu*tres"ci*ble, a. [Pref. im- + putrescible:
cf. F. imputrescible.]
Not putrescible.
Incoercible
Incoercible In`co*er"ci*ble, a. [Pref. in- not + coercible:
cf. F. incoercible.]
1. Not to be coerced; incapable of being compelled or forced.
2. (Physics) Not capable of being reduced to the form of a
liquid by pressure; -- said of any gas above its critical
point; -- also particularly of oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen,
and carbon monoxide, formerly regarded as incapable of
liquefaction at any temperature or pressure.
3. (Physics) That can note be confined in, or excluded from,
vessels, like ordinary fluids, gases, etc.; -- said of the
imponderable fluids, heat, light, electricity, etc.
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