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Answer for the clue "Like 20-Across ", 13 letters:
pronounceable
Word definitions for pronounceable in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In addition, the model provides no account of how pronounceable non-words are read aloud, nor of how context influences word identification.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pronounceable \Pro*nounce"a*ble\, a. [Cf. L. pronunciabilis declarative.] Capable of being pronounced.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Capable of being distinctly pronounced in speech; enunciable. 2 Capable of being expressed; sayable.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. capable of being uttered or pronounced; "a pronounceable group of letters" [ant: unpronounceable ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, from pronounce (v.) + -able .
Usage examples of pronounceable.
This accounted not only for the habit of abbreviating whenever possible, but also for the almost exaggerated care that was taken to make every word easily pronounceable.
This accounted not only for the habit of abbreviating whenever possible, but also for the almost exaggerated care that was taken to make every word easily pronounceable.