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Word Meanings - CURABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Capable of being cured; admitting remedy. "Curable diseases." Harvey. -- Cur"a*ble*ness, n. -- Cur`a*bly, adv.

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  • REMEDIABLE
    Capable of being remedied or cured. -- Re*me"di*a*ble*ness, n. -Re*me"di*a*bly, adv.
  • REPARABLE
    Capable of being repaired, restored to a sound or good state, or made good; restorable; as, a reparable injury.
  • RETRIEVABLE
    That may be retrieved or recovered; admitting of retrieval. -- Re*triev"a*ble*ness, n. -- Re*triev"a*bly, adv.
  • CURABLE
    Capable of being cured; admitting remedy. "Curable diseases." Harvey. -- Cur"a*ble*ness, n. -- Cur`a*bly, adv.
  • RECOVERABLE
    Capable of being recovered or regained; capable of being brought back to a former condition, as from sickness, misfortune, etc.; obtainable from a debtor or possessor; as, the debt is recoverable; goods lost or sunk in the ocean are not recoverable.
  • RECTIFIABLE
    Admitting, as a curve, of the construction of a straight l (more info) 1. Capable of being rectified; as, a rectifiable mistake.
  • REMOVABLE
    Admitting of being removed. Ayliffe. -- Re*mov`a*bil"i*ty (-, n.
  • IRREMOVABLE
    Not removable; immovable; inflexible. Shak. -- Ir`re*mov"a*bly, adv.
  • UNCURABLE
    Incurable.
  • IRRETRIEVABLE
    Not retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable; as, an irretrievable loss. Syn. -- Irremediable; incurable; irrecoverable.
  • IRRETRIEVABLENESS
    The state or quality of being irretrievable.
  • IRRECOVERABLE
    Not capable of being recovered, regained, or remedied; irreparable; as, an irrecoverable loss, debt, or injury. That which is past is gone and irrecoverable. Bacon. Syn. -- Irreparable; irretrievable; irremediable; unalterable; incurable; hopeless.
  • INCICURABLE
    Untamable.
  • IRREMEDIABLENESS
    The state or quality of being irremediable.
  • IRREMEDIABLE
    Not to be remedied, corrected, or redressed; incurable; as, an irremediable disease or evil.
  • PREPARABLE
    Capable of being prepared. "Medicine preparable by art." Boyle.
  • INCURABLE
    1. Not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy; as, an incurable disease. A scirrh is not absolutely incurable. Arbuthnot. 2. Not admitting or capable of remedy or correction; irremediable; remediless; as, incurable
  • IRREPARABLE
    Not reparable; not capable of being repaired, recovered, regained, or remedied; irretrievable; irremediable; as, an irreparable breach; an irreparable loss. Shak.
  • SECURABLE
    That may be secured.
  • PROCURABLE
    Capable of being procured; obtainable. Boyle.

 

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