Power Suffixes: -able

They work in a wide variety of environments and are supremely adaptable. The Verge (Jul 17, 2019)

The McMahon Bill excluded the military from control of atomic energy, except as the technology was directly applicable to weapons, propulsion, and other military needs. Big Science

Farming accounts for one-third of the country’s economy, although only 12 percent of its land is arable. Reuters (Mar 28, 2019)

From the brand’s Raw Earth Collection, the bowl is fashioned from corn and bamboo and reinforced with melamine, and is fully biodegradable. Los Angeles Times (Sep 6, 2019)

A communicable disease that is prevalent in 1% of the population is an epidemic, according to the World Health Organization. Washington Times (Sep 2, 2019)

Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe, director of Congo’s National Institute for Biomedical Research, said Ebola is dangerous but it is also curable with proper treatment. Seattle Times (Aug 13, 2019)

“The Viacom turnaround is delivering demonstrable and measurable results. We are quickly evolving into much more than a U.S. based pay-TV company.” Los Angeles Times (Aug 9, 2018)

Father’s voice shook with conviction that was discernable even through the television’s fuzzy speakers. The Rock and the River

These non-career employees handle large workloads but are often treated as an expendable source of labor. The Guardian (Nov 9, 2018)

A highly improbable event that's not explicable by natural laws—the definition of a miracle—happens every day in golf. Golf Digest (Sep 26, 2017)

This, in turn, caused a spark, which caused some flammable material to burst into flames. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story

The room where the food was stored was as impregnable as a fort. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography

Robin Williams' performance in the original movie was iconic and inimitable. Salon (May 24, 2019)

I was doing my best to catch up in my other classes, but some days the workload felt insurmountable. Here to Stay

She made the decorated pins herself, melting and molding malleable plastic into interesting shapes, seated at a picnic table in her backyard a few weekends ago. Saints and Misfits

We accept as a given that art — “great” art — is permanent, precious, the product of personal power, to which Mr. Irwin says: No. He proposes, instead, that art is mutable and conditional. New York Times (Apr 7, 2016)

She was boating in navigable, public waters – the equivalent of being in the public road. The Guardian (Jul 8, 2019)

Mr. Rein described Mr. Blum as a client like any other, but one who believed in legal activism, and said his cases were not done pro bono but for a fee, which may be negotiable. New York Times (Nov 19, 2017)

He looks at me with a rage so palpable it fills the space between us with fire. Internment

She wants everyone to be pliable and easy to control. Divergent

Water is not potable, not even in the capital city, Funafuti. New York Times (Oct 18, 2011)

Batteries able to store power from renewable sources lessen dependence on fossil fuels. Washington Post (Oct 9, 2019)

By the time my wife and I purchased the building, the centre was caved in, and there was not a scrap of wood that was salvageable. The Guardian (Oct 5, 2019)

Both are "physical" energies, subject to the law of conservation, and as such transmutable one into the other. Carrington, Hereward

“This is really not a viable, sustainable solution to addressing the wildfire risk from power lines,” he says. The Verge (Oct 10, 2019)