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625 words match “ABILITY”

EQUABILITY n.
The quality or condition of being equable; evenness or uniformity; as, equability of temperature; the equability of the mind. For the celestial bodies, the equability and constancy of their motions argue them ordained by wisdom. Ray.
EXCHANGEABILITY n.
xchangeable. The law ought not be contravened by an express article admitting the exchangeability of such persons. Washington.
EXCITABILITY n. 2 definitions
nd tissues of which they are constituted, of responding to the action of stimulants; irritability; as, nervous excitability.
EXPORTABILITY n.
The quality or state of being suitable for exportation. To increase the exportability of native goods. J. P. Peters.
EXUVIABILITY n.
Capability of shedding the skin periodically. Craig.
FERMENTABILITY n.
Capability of fermentation.
FIGURABILITY n.
The quality of being figurable. Johnson.
FLAMMABILITY n.
The quality of being flammable; inflammability. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
FLUCTUABILITY n.
The capacity or ability to fluctuate. [R.] H. Walpole.
FORMIDABILITY n.
Formidableness. Walpole.
GENERABILITY n.
Capability of being generated. Johnstone.
GOVERNABILITY n.
Governableness.
HABILITY n.
Ability; aptitude. [Obs.] Robynson. (More's Utopia).
HABITABILITY n.
Habitableness.
HEREDITABILITY n.
State of being hereditable. Brydges.
HERITABILITY n.
The state of being heritable.
IMAGINABILITY n.
Capacity for imagination. [R.] Coleridge.
IMITABILITY n.
The quality of being imitable. Norris.
IMMEABILITY n.
Want of power to pass, or to permit passage; impassableness. Immeability of the juices. Arbuthnot.
IMMEASURABILITY n.
The quality of being immeasurable; immensurability.
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