A palpable tumor.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

A barely palpable dust.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The same is palpable from the sphere here assigned to him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

Seeing the fields rimmed by trees or the homey, rundown tavern really makes the earth and the rain palpable to the reader.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Color of Earth, The Color of Water, The Color of Heaven » Manga Worth Reading] Reference

Mofokeng recalls the palpable confusion and fear that ensued.    From Wordnik.com.  [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference

And then we are treated to this kind of palpable nonsense?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2006] Reference

There, racial and cultural tensions are "palpable," Robinson said.    From Wordnik.com.  [In D.C.'s Ward 6, Wells's progressive agenda assailed as out of touch] Reference

But there is a kind of palpable sense that the government here is trying to experiment with some kind of economic opening -- Soledad.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 12, 2005] Reference

But can when it comes to their 'palpable' chemistry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Entertainmentwise.com | Latest Articles] Reference

The word "palpable" has been used in English since the 14th century.    From Wordnik.com.  [Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day] Reference

The support from back home is "palpable" even from so far away, Thompson said.    From Wordnik.com.  [CTV News RSS Feed] Reference

Military progress since late summer, Gates said, is "palpable" and "has exceeded my expectations.".    From Wordnik.com.  [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference

"palpable" Obama effect on international goodwill.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

The tension surrounding such an event is palpable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Like Birds In A Gilded Cage] Reference

But if the excitement was palpable, so was the fear.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary: What's The Rush?] Reference

And the anger and resentment on both sides is palpable.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last Picture Show] Reference

The shift is most palpable in three specific directions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Time To Reconsider] Reference

The sense of motion within a still frame is often palpable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Avedon] Reference

"The palace?" the excitement in my mother's voice was palpable.    From Wordnik.com.  [LETTER FROM INDIA: RAJAH FOR A DAY] Reference

He had the magical ability to make abstract things seem palpable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spin Doctor] Reference

Europe's unease over GM food is palpable -- but by no means uniform.    From Wordnik.com.  [High-Tech Harvests] Reference

The sense of healing and connection in the room that day was palpable.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Special Kind of Family Medicine] Reference

The movement was spontaneous and amorphous, but the anger was palpable.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Jolt To The Middle Classes] Reference

The discouragement in Overly's sole conference room was almost palpable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Playing With Fire] Reference

The aura of rah-rah team spirit was almost palpable aboard Air Force One.    From Wordnik.com.  [Political Lives: Behind-The-Scenes On Air Force One] Reference

Yet as the holiday weekend wore on, the jitters on London's streets were palpable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hatred In London] Reference

The uplift it has provided this city, amid the dreary dog days of winter, is palpable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starr Gazing: Root, Root, Root For The Home Team] Reference

When I landed in Beijing in June, the nervousness about the coming meeting was palpable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beyond Gender] Reference

There's not much variety in his performance, but he and Paltrow set off palpable sparks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brush Up Your Shakespeare] Reference

The pride women take in her, especially younger women, is palpable on the campaign trail.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Gender Fender Bender] Reference

THE RELIEF AT the much-beleaguered DOE was palpable, but the mystery — and the danger — remain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mystery] Reference

As I sat down with a dozen of the teens who frequent the drop-in center, its impact was palpable.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Deadly Passage To India] Reference

But the McCain team's palpable resentment toward the president comes through in their version of what happened.    From Wordnik.com.  [But Words Will Never Hurt Me] Reference

That feeling has grown more palpable now that Chavez appears to have outlasted the two-month strike against his rule.    From Wordnik.com.  [Out For Revenge?] Reference

There was a palpable tension emanating from him, as if he wasn't sure that something ugly might sneak up on him and ruin the moment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forgiving Bill Buckner] Reference

Glad to hear of 'palpable' signs of recovery in the market for Horror Fiction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview with Mark Morris] Reference