- extensile
- adjective Date: 1744 extensible
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extensile
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Extensile — Ex*ten silea. Suited for, or capable of, extension; extensible. Owen. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
extensile — adj. [L. ex, out of; tendere, to stretch] Capable of being extended, stretched or spread … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
extensile — /ik sten seuhl, suyl/, adj. Chiefly Zool., Anat. capable of being extended; adapted for stretching out; extensible; protrusible. [1735 45; EXTENS(ION) + ILE] * * * … Universalium
extensile — adjective extensible … Wiktionary
extensile — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Capable of being extended or expanded: expansible, expansile, extendible, extensible, protractile, stretch, stretchable. See INCREASE … English dictionary for students
extensile — adj. may be protruded or extended, stretchable, extensible, may be pulled out to a greater length … English contemporary dictionary
extensile — [ɪk stɛnsʌɪl, ɛk ] adjective capable of being extended … English new terms dictionary
extensile — a. Extensible, extendible … New dictionary of synonyms
extensile — ex·ten·sile … English syllables
extensile — /ɛkˈstɛnsaɪl / (say ek stensuyl) adjective Chiefly Zoology, Anatomy capable of being extended; adapted for stretching out; extensible; protrusible …
