dilatable
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The indications of the instrument record the motions under changes of temperature of such compound bars; in which the proportion of brass, the more dilatable metal, is two-thirds, and of steel one-third.
From A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Henry Negretti
They were serpentlike in form and in having loosely articulated and dilatable jaws, with large recurved teeth, but they had paddlelike feet.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section M, N, and O by Project Gutenberg
The bladder is a dilatable reservoir for the retention of the urine until the discomfort of its presence causes its voluntary discharge.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
It is said that three pounds’ weight of ‘eider down’ can be compressed to the size of a man’s fist, and yet is afterwards so dilatable as to fill a quilt of five feet square.
From The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North by William Harvey
Many birds have the œsophagus or the skin of the neck more or less dilatable, but in no known bird is it so dilatable as in the Pouter pigeon.
From Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays by Alfred Russel Wallace
