-able
(Latin: a suffix, expressing capacity, fitness to do that which can be handled or managed, suitable skills to accomplish something; capable of being done, something which can be finished, etc.)
A suffix that forms adjectives. The suffix -ible has related meanings; expressing ability, capacity, fitness; capable of, fit for, able to be done, can be done, inclined to, tending to, given to.
This list is only a small sample of the thousands of -able words that exist in English.
ponderable
portable
1. Capable of being carried by hand or on the person; capable of being moved from place to place; easily carried or conveyed.
2. Also used to distinguish mechanical devices or electrical apparatus manufactured in forms smaller and lighter than normal, to enable them to be easily carried about.
potable
Fit to drink, drinkable.
precipitable
Capable of being precipitated, or cast to the bottom, as a substance in solution.
predicable
1. One of the five most general relations of attributes involved in Aristotelian logical arrangements, namely: genus, species, difference, property, and accident.
2. That which can be stated or that can be said about someone or something.
3. A quality or attribute by which someone or something can be described.
predictable
1. Happening or turning out in the way that might have been expected or predicted.
2. Rarely or never behaving or happening in an unusual or unexpected way.
3. Acting or happening in a way that is expected.
preferable
preventable
programmable
An apparatus or an operation that is capable of being programmed.
provable
Capable of being demonstrated or proven.
provokable
That which can be provoked.
quadrisyllable
questionable
1. Open to doubt or disagreement.
2. Not respectable or morally proper.
ransomable
reclamable
That which may be reclaimed.
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