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365 words match “ABLENESS”

BREATHABLENESS n.
State of being breathable.
CAPABLENESS n.
The quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency.
CHANGEABLENESS n.
The quality of being changeable; fickleness; inconstancy; mutability.
CHARGEABLENESS n.
The quality of being chargeable or expensive. [Obs.] Whitelocke.
CHARITABLENESS n.
The quality of being charitable; the exercise of charity.
CHEATABLENESS n.
Capability of being cheated.
COMFORTABLENESS n.
State of being comfortable or comforting manner. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem. Is. xl. 2.
COMMUTABLENESS n.
The quality of being commutable; interchangeableness.
CONFORMABLENESS n.
The quality of being conformable; conformability.
CONSCIONABLENESS n.
The quality of being conscionable; reasonableness. Johnson.
CONSIDERABLENESS n.
Worthiness of consideration; dignity; value; size; amount.
CONTROLLABLENESS n.
Capability of being controlled.
CONVERSABLENESS n.
The quality of being conversable; disposition to converse; sociability.
CREDITABLENESS n.
The quality of being creditable.
CUSTOMABLENESS n.
Quality of being customable; conformity to custom. [Obs.]
DAMNABLENESS n.
The state or quality of deserving damnation; execrableness. The damnableness of this most execrable impiety. Prynne.
DECEIVABLENESS n. 2 definitions
Capability of deceiving. With all deceivableness of unrighteousness. 2 Thess. ii. 10.
DEMONSTRABLENESS n.
The quality of being demonstrable; demonstrability.
DEPLORABLENESS n.
State of being deplorable.
DESIRABLENESS n.
The quality of being desirable. The desirableness of the Austrian alliance. Froude.
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