The properties possessed by earth are immobility, weight, hardness, productiveness, scent, density, capacity to absorb scents of all kinds, cohesion, habitableness (in respect of vegetables and animals), and that attribute of the mind which is called patience of the capacity to bear.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference

Both the public rooms are in a state of perfect habitableness again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference

Milton; while a bookcase, filled apparently with the father's college books and college prizes and the favourite authors -- mostly poets, philosophers, and theologians -- of his later years, gave a final touch of habitableness to the room.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert Elsmere] Reference

It is a kind of natural magic that enables these favored ones to bring out the hidden capabilities of things around them; and particularly to give a look of comfort and habitableness to any place which, for however brief a period, may happen to be their home.    From Wordnik.com.  [House of the Seven Gables] Reference

On one side I saw a mound of the same, making a couch, across which a great cloak was spread; while beyond, the half-defined forms of a rude seat and table appeared, lending an air of habitableness to the spot, which, from the exterior, I had hardly expected to find.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Forsaken Inn A Novel] Reference

With the assistance of Baptiste, she had planted vines which flung over the outer walls a green drapery, intermingled with roses, honeysuckle, and jasmine; and, within doors, a few chairs, a well-worn sofa, a table, and footstool gave to the rustic apartment an appearance of habitableness and comfort.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fairy Fingers A Novel] Reference

All the sunny south windows facing the Schloss Platz rejoiced for days beforehand in open draperies and freshly cleaned plate glass, giving an unwonted look of cheer and human habitableness to the majestic and venerable pile through which we had walked, a few weeks before, with hushed voices and muffled footsteps, gazing on the rich decorations of the public rooms, the glittering candelabra, the silver balustrades, the ancient plate, the historic paintings and monuments which recall past centuries and vanished sovereigns.    From Wordnik.com.  [In and Around Berlin] Reference

Over the mantelpiece hung the portrait of the girls 'father, a long serious face, not unlike Wordsworth's face in outline, and bearing a strong resemblance to Catherine; a line of silhouettes adorned the mantelpiece; on the walls were prints of Winchester and Worcester Cathedrals, photographs of Greece, and two old-fashioned engravings of Dante and Milton; while a bookcase, filled apparently with the father's college books and college prizes and the favorite authors -- mostly poets, philosophers, and theologians -- of his later years, gave a final touch of habitableness to the room.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert Elsmere] Reference