containableadj.
/kənˈteɪnəb(ə)l/ Capable of being contained.
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a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) I. 85 (R.) The air containable within the cavity of the æolipile, amounted to eleven grains.
1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 243 This Contest about Primitive Christianity as containable in a Primitive Library.
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adj.a1691- green in earth
- green in the gills
- green iron ore
- green island
- green isle
- green jacket
- green jaundice
- green jay
- green jerkin
- green jersey
- green june beetle
- green kale
- green killifish
- green king
- green kurrajong
- green lacerta
- green lacewing
- green lane
- green laver
- green lead ore
- green leek
- green leek parrot
- green light
- green line
- green line coach