In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
NUMERABLE
countable, denumerable, enumerable, numerable
(adjective) that can be counted; “countable sins”; “numerable assets”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
numerable (comparative more numerable, superlative most numerable)
Able to be counted; countable.
(mathematics) In one to one correspondence with the set of natural integers.
(comparable, nonstandard) numerous
Antonyms
• innumerable
• uncountable
Source: Wiktionary
Nu"mer*a*ble, a. Etym: [L. numerabilis. See Number, v. t.]
Definition: Capable of being numbered or counted.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUSPENDED
(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
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