| modifiable | (adj) capable of being modified in form or character or strength (especially by making less extreme); - Alexis Carrel, Ant. unmodifiable, Example: the rhythm of physiological time is not modifiable except by interference with certain fundamental processes |
| modification | (n) slightly modified copy; not an exact copy, Example: a modification of last year's model |
| modification | (n) the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase, Syn. qualifying, limiting |
| modified american plan | (n) a hotel plan that includes breakfast and dinner (but not lunch) |
| modified radical mastectomy | (n) removal of a breast and the pectoralis minor and some lymph nodes in the adjacent armpit |
| modifier | (n) a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb, Syn. qualifier |
| modifier | (n) a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising |
| modifier | (n) a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene, Syn. modifier gene |
| Modifiability | n. Capability of being modified; state or quality of being modifiable. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Modifiable | a. [ From Modify. ] Capable of being modified; liable to modification. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Modificable | a. Modifiable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Modificate | v. t. [ See Modify. ] To qualify. [ Obs. ] Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Modification | n. [ L. modificatio a measuring: cf. F. modification. See Modify. ]
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| Modificative | n. That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Modificatory | a. Tending or serving to modify; modifying. Max Müller. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Modifier | n. |