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625 words match “ABILITY”

ASSIGNABILITY n.
The quality of being assignable.
ASSIMILABILITY n.
The quality of being assimilable. [R.] Coleridge.
ASSOCIABILITY n.
The quality of being associable, or capable of association; associableness. "The associability of feelings." H. Spencer.
ATTAINABILITY n.
The quality of being attainable; attainbleness.
ATTRACTABILITY n.
The quality or fact of being attractable. Sir W. Jones.
AUTOSTABILITY n.
Automatic stability; also, inherent stability. An aëroplane is inherently stable if it keeps in steady poise by virtue of its shape and proportions alone; it is automatically stable if it keeps in steady poise by means of self-operative mechanism.
AVAILABILITY n. 2 definitions
The quality of being available; availableness.
CAPABILITY n. 2 definitions
The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability. A capability to take a thousand views of a subject. H. Taylor.
CHANGEABILITY n.
Changeableness.
COAGULABILITY n.
The quality of being coagulable; capacity of being coagulated. Ure.
COGITABILITY n.
The quality of being cogitable; conceivableness.
COMMENSURABILITY n.
The quality of being commersurable. Sir T. Browne.
COMMUNICABILITY n.
The quality of being communicable; capability of being imparted.
COMMUTABILITY n.
The quality of being commutable.
CONDENSABILITY n.
Capability of being condensed.
CONFORMABILITY n. 2 definitions
The state of being conformable.
CONFUSABILITY n.
Capability of being confused.
CONTROLLABILITY n.
Capability of being controlled; controllableness.
CULPABILITY n.
The state of being culpable.
CURABILITY n.
The state of being curable; curableness.
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