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The correct spelling of words that end in -ible or -able is often a puzzle to a compositor when they have been obscurely written. For his guidance the following list of the -ible words is presented. It may be inferred that doubtful words not appearing in this list end in -able.


 * accessible
 * admissible
 * appetible
 * apprehensible
 * audible
 * cessible
 * coercible
 * compatible
 * competible
 * comprehensible
 * compressible
 * conceptible
 * contemptible
 * contractible
 * controvertible
 * convertible
 * convincible
 * corrigible
 * corrosible
 * corruptible
 * credible
 * decoctible
 * deducible
 * defeasible
 * defensible
 * descendible
 * destructible
 * digestible
 * discernible
 * distensible
 * divisible
 * docible
 * edible
 * effectible
 * eligible
 * eludible
 * enforcible
 * evincible
 * expansible
 * expressible
 * extendible
 * extensible
 * fallible
 * feasible
 * fencible
 * flexible
 * forcible
 * frangible
 * fusible
 * gullible
 * horrible
 * illegible
 * immiscible
 * impassible (see 17)
 * intelligible
 * irascible
 * legible