Word: replenishable
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...January, which is usually the slack month of the year, the shop was able to sell as many bikes as had been sold in the preceding six months, but now very few new machines can be obtained to replenish the stock as it is depleted...
...will have his first wartime rationing book: a folder of 28 stamps, each good for one week's ration (probably ¾ Ib.) of sugar. Housewives will get their books at neighborhood schools; grocers will collect stamps for every sugar sale, pass them on to wholesalers in order to replenish their own supplies...
...which are harmful to rubber] by covering them with a tarpaulin or other heavy, tightly woven fabric. The darker the storage place the better. Heat and air have a very destructive effect on casings. Seventy or 80 degrees Fahrenheit should be the maximum storage temperature. Drafts and moving air replenish the supply of oxygen, causing the casing to deteriorate more rapidly...
...swashbuckling attack on a Spanish man-o'-war, carrying King Philip's ambassador (Claude Rains) and his proud niece (Brenda Marshall). To appease Queen Bess (Flora Robson) for this shocking violation of neutrality, Hawk Thorpe gives her a pet monkey and some soft words, sets out to replenish her treasury and hamstring King Philip by hijacking the Spanish gold train in Panama...
...York City last week took steps to replenish its staff of street cleaners. The city estimated it would need about 1,600 in the next four years. So its Civil Service Commission arranged an examination, invited able-bodied men of 20 to 40 to take tests for the position of "Sanitation Man, Class A" (laborer). Salary: $35 a week. The response was terrific...