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Answer for the clue "Capable of turning ", 9 letters:
steerable

Alternative clues for the word steerable

Word definitions for steerable in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1836, originally of balloons, from steer (v.) + -able .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Capable of being steered.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. capable of being steered or directed [syn: dirigible ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Steerable \Steer"a*ble\ (-[.a]*b'l), a. Capable of being steered; dirigible.

Usage examples of steerable.

Thus there was not much heard about steerable balloons until some years later, when M.

The dirigible quivered as her steerable tiltmotors held the nose threaded into the anchor ring of the tower.

The steel-and-aluminum shape of the great, steerable dish antenna, designed for modern astronomy, was silhouetted against the sky.

After only six seconds he felt the drag chute pull from his main chute, then the gradual slowing as the rectangular, steerable chute deployed.

They were using black steerable rectangular ramjet parachutes but had skydived for most of the distance, reaching forward speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and navigating with the aid of night-vision goggles by comparing the terrain with the map they had studied and the video made by a Ranger reconnaissance plane the night before.

When a third wheel was fitted with a stub axle and slid into place in the forked lower end of the post, the test stand looked remarkably like a three-wheeled, steerable, steam-engine-powered platform that was mounted on legs.