Soluble
Soluble , adjective
[Latin solubilis, from solvere, solutum, to loosen, to dissolve: compare French soluble. See Solve, and compare Solvable.]
1.
Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water.
Sugar is... soluble in water and fusible in fire.
2.
Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the mystery is perhaps soluble.
More soluble is this knot.
3.
Relaxed; open or readily opened. [Rare]
The bowels must be kept soluble.