-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.
excludable
exhalable
1. That which can be exhaled or breathed out.
2. Capable of being evaporated.
exorable
1. Capable of being moved by entreaty; pitiful; tender.
2. Etymology: from Latin exorabilis, "easily moved by entreaty"; from exorare, "to move by entreaty, to persuade"; from ex-, "out, away" and orare, "to pray".
expendable
explicable
favorable
1. Characterized by approval or support; positive: "a favorable report".
2. Creating or winning favor; pleasing: "to make a favorable impression".
3. Affording advantage, opportunity, or convenience; advantageous: "a favorable position".
4. A reference to a request resulting in the granting of what is desired.
5. Boding well; propitious: "The signs are favorable for a new start."
fermentable, fermentability
Capable of being fermented; capable of causing fermentation.
flocculable
Capable of being woolly or flocky.
frigostable
Resistant to cold or low temperatures.
futurable
Capable of being in the future; possible or likely to occur.
governable
1. Capable of being controlled.
2. Capable of being subjected to authority; amenable to law or rule; controllable; manageable; obedient.
habitable
Fit to live in.
hendecasyllable
henodecasyllable
A verse or a line of eleven syllables.
hexasyllable
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