See Also: pregnable(dictionary)

bisulphate (iou) and pregnable (iou)


bisulphate (iou)



bisulphate noun. Also (US & Chemistry) bisulfate. E19.
[from BI- + SULPHATE noun.]
Chemistry. A salt of the anion HSO4, i.e. containing double the proportion of the acid radical present in a sulphate.

pregnable (iou)



pregnable adjective. LME.
[Old & mod. French prenable takable (Old French also pregnable), from pren- stem of prendre take from Latin prehendere: see -ABLE.]
Of a fortress etc.: able to be taken by force, not impregnable. LME.
Times An Englishman's Home is a structure pregnable by all sorts of officials.
fig. Open to attack; assailable, vulnerable. M19.
Daily Chronicle He attacks Arnold's very pregnable idea that Christianity is only stoicism 'touched with emotion'.
pregna'bility noun M19.