Controllable adj. Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command. "Passion is the drunkeness of the mind, and, therefore,... not always controllable by reason."
... and passed through the coils; what is steam remains in the steam chamber, and what is not (if any) drops back into the box from where it started. Hence it will be seen that a large surface is exposed to a small quantity of water, and in a way that it is entirely controllable. All the engineer has to do to surcharge his steam, is to reduce the speed of the pump (which is independent of the main engine). By raising the heat and quantity of water, any degree of elasticity can be given to the ... — A Catechism of the Steam Engine • John Bourne
... chills. Did you ever see what happens when you lock a claustrophobe up in a dark closet—the mad, unreasoning, uncontrollable panic of absolute terror? That's what would happen to Manny if you put him behind the wheel of a running automobile. It's worse than fear; fear is controllable. Blind terror isn't. ... — Nor Iron Bars a Cage.... • Gordon Randall Garrett
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