vibratile

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

vibratile, a. [Cf. F. vibratile.].

 Adapted to, or used in, vibratory motion; having the power of vibrating; vibratory; as, the vibratile organs of insects.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

vibratile, adj.
1 capable of vibrating.
2 Biol. (of cilia etc.) used in vibratory motion.

Etymology

VIBRATORY, after pulsatile etc.

ROGET THESAURUS

vibratile

Oscillation

N oscillation, vibration, libration, motion of a pendulum, nutation, undulation, pulsation, pulse, alternation, coming and going, ebb and flow, flux and reflux, ups and down, fluctuation, vacillation, wave, vibratiuncle, swing, beat, shake, wag, seesaw, dance, lurch, dodge, logan, loggan, rocking-stone, vibroscope, oscillating, oscillatory, undulatory, pulsatory, libratory, rectilinear, vibratory, vibratile, pendulous, to and fro, up and down, backwards and forwards, hither and yon, seesaw, zigzag, wibble-wabble, in and out, from side to side, like buckets in a well.