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a. [ F. abominable. L. abominalis. See Abominate. ] 1. Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Excessive; large; -- used as an intensive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Juliana Berners . . . informs us that in her time [ 15th c. ], “abomynable syght of monkes” was elegant English for “a large company of friars.” G. P. Marsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being contaminated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the same bounds; terminating at the same time or place; conterminous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Love and life not conterminable. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being denominated or named. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. determinabilis finite. See Determine, v. t. ] Capable of being determined, definitely ascertained, decided upon, or brought to a conclusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not wholly determinable from the grammatical use of the words. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Capability of being determined; determinability. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being discriminated. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. e- + terminable. ] Interminable. [ Obs. ] Skelton.

a. Capable of being examined or inquired into. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. capable of being totally destroyed or wiped out.
Syn. -- extirpable. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Capable of being illuminated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. indeterminabilis: cf. F. indéterminable. See In- not, and Determine. ] Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to be definitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited. -- In`de*ter"mi*na*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. An indeterminable thing or quantity. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inexterminabilis. See In- not, and Exterminate. ] Incapable of extermination. Rush. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. innominabilis; pref. in- not + nominare to name: cf. F. innominable. ] Not to be named. [ R. ] Testament of Love. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. interminabilis: cf. F. interminable. See Terminate. ] Without termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings; an interminable sermon. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

That wild interminable waste of waves. Grainger.

Syn. -- Boundless; endless; limitless; illimitable; immeasurable; infinite; unbounded; unlimited. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being endless. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being split into laminæ or thin plates, as mica; capable of being extended under pressure into a thin plate or strip. [ 1913 Webster ]

When a body can be readily extended in all directions under the hammer, it is said to be malleable; and when into fillets under the rolling press, it is said to be laminable. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Such as can be mined; as, minable earth. Sir T. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being determined beforehand. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Terminate. ] Capable of being terminated or bounded; limitable. -- Ter"mi*na*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

Terminable annuity, an annuity for a stated, definite number of years; -- distinguished from life annuity, and perpetual annuity. [1913 Webster]

a. Not determinable; indeterminable. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]