Dilatable

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dilatable \Di*lat"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. dilatable.]
     Capable of expansion; that may be dilated; -- opposed to
     {contractible}; as, the lungs are dilatable by the force of
     air; air is dilatable by heat.
     [1913 Webster]