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TRACTILE
ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile
(adjective) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; “ductile copper”; “malleable metals such as gold”; “they soaked the leather to made it pliable”; “pliant molten glass”; “made of highly tensile steel alloy”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
tractile (comparative more tractile, superlative most tractile)
Capable of being drawn or stretched out in length.
Synonym: ductile
Pertaining to traction or pulling.
Synonyms: tractional, tractive
(dated) Capable of being led.
Synonym: tractable
(obsolete, rare, of financial assets) Able to be drawn or procured from a place of deposit.
Anagrams
• artilect, clattier, tetrical
Source: Wiktionary
Tract"ile, a. Etym: [L. trahere, tractum, to draw.]
Definition: Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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