palpable

palpable
    adj 1: capable of being perceived; especially capable of being
           handled or touched or felt; "a barely palpable dust";
           "felt sudden anger in a palpable wave"; "the air was warm
           and close--palpable as cotton"; "a palpable lie" [syn:
           {palpable}, {tangible}] [ant: {impalpable}]
    2: can be felt by palpation; "a palpable tumor"
    

Palpable \Pal"pa*ble\, a. [F. palpable, L. palpabilis, fr.
   palpare to feel, stroke; cf. palpus the soft palm of the
   hand.]
   1. Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the
      touch; as, a palpable form. --Shak.
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            Darkness must overshadow all his bounds,
            Palpable darkness.                    --Milton.
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   2. Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily
      perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture;
      palpable absurdity; palpable errors. "Three persons
      palpable." --P. Plowman.
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            [Lies] gross as a mountain, open, palpable. --Shak.
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            A hit, A very palpable hit.           --Shak.
                                                  (Hamlet)
      [1913 Webster] -- {Pal"pa*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pal"pa*bly},
      adv.
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57 Moby Thesaurus words for "palpable":
      apparent, appreciable, arresting, believable, certain, clear,
      clear as crystal, colorable, concrete, credible, crystal-clear,
      detectable, discernible, distinct, evident, explicit, express,
      indisputable, indubitable, manifest, material, noticeable,
      observable, obvious, open-and-shut, ostensible, patent,
      perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous, plain, plain as day,
      plausible, ponderable, positive, real, remarkable, seeable,
      seeming, self-evident, self-explaining, self-explanatory, sensible,
      solid, straightforward, striking, substantial, substantive, sure,
      tactile, tangible, to be seen, touchable, unequivocal,
      unmistakable, visible, weighable