Definitions for operable

operable op·er·a·ble

Spelling: [op-er-uh-buh l, op-ruh
IPA: /ˈɒp ər ə bəl, ˈɒp rə-/

Operable is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 275 anagrams from letters in operable (abeelopr).

Definitions for operable

adjective

  1. that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
  2. capable of being put into use, operation, or practice.

Origin of operable

1640-50; Late Latin operābilis, equivalent to operā(rī) to work + -bilis -ble

Examples for operable

In the first case the supposition is that the case is operable but the child inviable.

The case is not like that of the woman who has an operable cervical cancer while she is bearing an inviable fetus.

The Wrights' goal was an operable and reasonably lightweight unit to be obtained quickly and cheaply.

In the second case the cancer is operable and the child is viable.

How could this principle be unified through all branches of science and reduced to an operable law?

Their condition varies, but many are operable, or could easily be made so.

Word Value for operable
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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