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625 words match “ABILITY”

MANAGEABILITY n.
The state or quality of being manageable; manageableness.
MARRIAGEABILITY n.
The quality or state of being marriageable.
MEMORABILITY n.
The quality or state of being memorable.
MENSURABILITY n.
The quality of being mensurable.
MODIFIABILITY n.
Capability of being modified; state or quality of being modifiable.
MOVABILITY n.
Movableness.
MUTABILITY n.
ed that the heavens and the frame of the world are corporeal, and therefore subject to mutability. Stillingfleet.
NAVIGABILITY n.
The quality or condition of being navigable; navigableness.
NEGOTIABILITY n.
The quality of being negotiable or transferable by indorsement.
NONABILITY n. 2 definitions
Want of ability.
NOTABILITY n. 3 definitions
Quality of being notable.
OPPOSABILITY n.
quality of being opposable. In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace.
ORDINABILITY n.
Capability of being ordained or appointed. [Obs.] Bp. Bull.
ORGANIZABILITY n.
Quality of being organizable; capability of being organized.
OXIDABILITY n.
Capability of being converted into an oxide.
PALATABILITY n.
Palatableness.
PALPABILITY n.
The quality of being palpable, or perceptible by the touch. Arbuthnot.
PECCABILITY n.
The state or quality of being peccable; lability to sin. The common peccability of mankind. Dr. H. More.
PENETRABILITY n.
The quality of being penetrable; susceptibility of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Cheyne.
PERDURABILITY n.
Durability; lastingness. [Archaic] Chaucer.
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