expansible
[ik-span-suh-buh l]
adjective
capable of being expanded: Most metals are expansible.
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God himself has decreed it, in giving us expansible desires and improvable faculties.
Harmonies of Political EconomyFrdric Bastiat
Silver is the most expansible of the metals under the influence of heat, and platinum nearly the least.
Ocean's Story; or Triumphs of Thirty CenturiesEdward Rowland
Genital tuft: in Lepidoptera; an expansible tuft of fine hair believed to be scent-producing.
Explanation of Terms Used in EntomologyJohn. B. Smith
expansible
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