-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.
imputable
The possibility of imputing or ascribing; attributable.
inalienable
1. That which cannot be transferred to another or to others; such as, inalienable rights.
2. Anything that is incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another person, etc.
That which is inalienable cannot be bought, sold, or transferred from one individual to another; for example, the personal rights to life and liberty guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States are inalienable.
Similarly, various types of property are inalienable; such as, rivers, streams, and highways.
incapable
includable
incommunicable
inconceivable
incondensable, incondensible
1. Difficult or impossible to condense: "The judge presented an incondensable judicial opinion."
2. Not condensable; incapable of being made more dense or compact, or reduced to liquid form.
inconsolable
Incapable of being consoled or comforted.
inculpable
1. Free of guilt.
2. Not subject to blame; blameless.
incurable
indefinable
indescribable
1. That which cannot be described; that does not admit of exact description; indefinite, vague.
2. That which transcends description; too great, beautiful, etc. to be adequately described.
indeterminable
indisciplinable
Incapable of being disciplined; not amenable to discipline; intractable.
indivinable
Not divinable; incapable of being divined.
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