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Answer for the clue "Lie with vertebra broken —one may get back something like this? ", 11 letters:
retrievable

Word definitions for retrievable in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1711, from retrieve + -able .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Capable of being retrieved or recovered.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. capable of being regained especially with effort; "he believed the information was retrievable"

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Retrievable \Re*triev"a*ble\, a. [From Retrieve .] That may be retrieved or recovered; admitting of retrieval. -- Re*triev"a*ble*ness , n. -- Re*triev"a*bly , adv.

Usage examples of retrievable.

Summerson will communicate with Mr. Carstone, and you can only hope that his position may be yet retrievable.

Briefly -- affairs are much worse in India than anyone here is allowed to realize, the situation is in fact retrievable but won't be retrieved because the Government is determined to make no real concessions, hell will break loose when and if there is a Japanese invasion, and our broadcasts are utterly useless because nobody listens to them.