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365 words match “ABLENESS”

ABLENESS n.
Ability of body or mind; force; vigor. [Obs. or R.]
ABOMINABLENESS n.
The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness. Bentley.
ACCEPTABLENESS n.
The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.
ACCOMMODABLENESS n.
The quality or condition of being accommodable. [R.] Todd.
ACCOUNTABLENESS n.
The quality or state of being accountable; accountability.
ADAPTABILITY; ADAPTABLENESS n.
The quality of being adaptable; suitableness. "General adaptability for every purpose." Farrar.
ADMIRABLENESS n.
The quality of being admirable; wonderful excellence.
ADORABLENESS n.
The quality of being adorable, or worthy of adoration. Johnson.
AFFABLENESS n.
Affability.
AGREEABLENESS n. 3 definitions
es satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses. That author . . . has an agreeableness that charms us. Pope.
ALLOWABLENESS n.
The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety. South.
ALTERABLENESS n.
The quality of being alterable; variableness; alterability.
AMENABLENESS n.
The quality or state of being amenable; liability to answer charges; answerableness.
AMIABLENESS n.
The quality of being amiable; amiability.
AMICABLENESS n.
The quality of being amicable; amicability.
ANSWERABLENESS n.
The quality of being answerable, liable, responsible, or correspondent.
APPROACHABLENESS n.
The quality or state of being approachable; accessibility.
ASSOCIABLENESS n.
Associability.
ATTAINABLENESS n.
The quality of being attainable; attainability.
AVAILABLENESS n. 2 definitions
Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title. [Obs.]
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