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41. sufferāble adj.

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(a) Able to be endured, endurable, bearable, tolerable; (b) allowable, permissible, worthy of being permitted or tolerated; but in cas sufferable (case sufferablis), except in permissible case(s. …

42. suppositī̆f adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Situated below; also [2nd quot.], ?subordinate; ?particular. …

43. sustentī̆f adj.

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Of an inherent power in the body: sustaining growth; also, ?life-engendering, sexually potent [1st quot.]. …

44. taille adj.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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In combs.: estat (fe, stat) taille, an estate or office held in heritable tenure limited to some particular class of heirs; also, an arrangement by which an estate or heritable office is entailed; in……

45. Tartarī̆n adj.

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Made of a costly fabric, perhaps a kind of silk, from (or originally from, or imported via) Tartary. …

46. taxāble adj.

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Subject to taxation, liable for tax. …

47. temptāble adj.

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Liable or vulnerable to temptation. …

48. terminātīve adj.

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Serving as a line of demarcation, delimiting. …

49. tetraptātī̆ve adj.

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Alch. Consisting of four parts, quaternary. …

50. textuē̆l adj.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Learned in texts, bookish. …

51. tiriake adj.

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Antidotal against poisonous animal bites. …

52. topicā̆l adj.

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Phil. Pertaining to or derived from a widely held, but unproven, assumption. …

53. Turkein adj.

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Of Turkish design, manufacture, or provenance. …

54. Turkeis adj.

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(a) Of Turkish manufacture, style, or provenance; Turkeis boue, boue Turkeis; (b) as noun: the Turkish language. …

55. undēclārāble adj.

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Inexpressible, beyond description, inexplicable. …

56. undē̆siccāble adj.

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Resistant to dessication, not easily dried up. …

57. vā̆pō̆rā̆tī̆f(e adj.

Additional spellings: vaporatife
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Capable of being turned into vapor. …

58. variǒus adj.

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(a) Of diverse kinds; of clothing: characterized by (?excessive) variety; (b) variegated, mottled, specif. black-and-blue, livid. …

59. vē̆niāl adj.

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(a) Theol. Of sin or a sin: minor, pardonable, not damning; (b) involving venial sin. …

60. Wandale adj.

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Pertaining to or involving the Vandals. …

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