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wettable

wettable adjective: capable of being wetted.

Adjective

wettable (comparative more wettable, superlative most wettable)

  1. Capable of being wetted.
    • But in other species, including Nepenthes rafflesiana, the one studied by Dr. Federle in northern Borneo, the outer part of the lip is covered in tiny ridges that make it extremely wettable.2008 January 1, Henry Fountain, “A Slippery Slope Is the Secret Weapon of Some Pitcher Plants”, in New York Times

Forms of wettable

comparativemore wettable
superlativemost wettable

Origin of wettable

From wet + -able.

Words formed from wettable

Questions about wettable

What does wettable mean?
Wettable means capable of being wetted.
What part of speech is wettable?
Wettable is an adjective.

Words near wettable in the dictionary

  1. wetsuited
  2. wetsuits
  3. Wetta
  4. wettabilities
  5. wettability
  6. wettable
  7. wetted
  8. wetted area
  9. wetted areas
  10. wetted down
  11. wetted one's beak

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