flexible
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
flexible/ˈfleksəbl/
▶adjective
- 1 capable of bending easily without breaking.
- 2 able to change readily to meet new circumstances.
– derivatives
flexibility noun,
flexibly adverb.
flexibility noun,
flexibly adverb.
– origin ME: from OFr., or from L. flexibilis, from flectere ‘to bend’.
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- bine
- blackjack
- bladder
- bougie
- brittlestar
- cartilage
- catheter
- chain
- clip
- coati
- Conservative Judaism
- conveyor belt
- diaphragm
- diaphragm pump
- double-jointed
- elastic
- Fablon
- fibre optics
- film
- fire blanket
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- flexile
- flexwing
- floppy
- foil
- fold
- gaiter
- hookah
- hoop
- hose
- joint
- lash
- ligament
- limber
- morocco
- open society
- osier
- palette knife
- paperback
- plesiosaur
- pliable
- pole vault
- polythene
- pouch
- probang
- prosthetics
