expansible
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However absurd the cereal wars may appear, Roth says he is simply trying to act before the really big guys muscle in on his highly expansible idea.
From Time Magazine Archive
One method is to form the tube of two layers of glass, one being considerably more expansible than the other.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various
This is why he insisted that we understand the policy implications of the differences between tangible property and ideas, which "like fire" are "expansible over all space, without lessening their density in any point."
From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle
Genital tuft: in Lepidoptera; an expansible tuft of fine hair believed to be scent-producing.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
In some of the lesser pools birds larger than the stork, bearing under the throat an expansible bag like that of the pelican, were seeking for prey.
From Across the Zodiac by Percy Greg
