tractile adj 1: capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy" [syn: {ductile}, {malleable}, {pliable}, {pliant}, {tensile}, {tractile}]
Tractile \Tract"ile\, a. [L. trahere, tractum, to draw.] Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]