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ability
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n 1: the quality of being able to perform; a quality that
permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment [ant:
inability, unfitness]
2: possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities)
required to do something or get something done; "danger
heightened his powers of discrimination" [syn: ability,
power] [ant: inability]
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agility
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n 1: the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and
nimble [syn: agility, legerity, lightness,
lightsomeness, nimbleness]
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amiability
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n 1: a cheerful and agreeable mood [syn: good humor, good
humour, good temper, amiability] [ant: distemper,
ill humor, ill humour]
2: a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk
to) [syn: affability, affableness, amiability,
amiableness, bonhomie, geniality]
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civility
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n 1: formal or perfunctory politeness [ant: incivility]
2: the act of showing regard for others [syn: politeness,
civility]
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comprehensibility
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n 1: the quality of comprehensible language or thought [syn:
comprehensibility, understandability] [ant:
incomprehensibility]
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contractility
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n 1: the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting,
especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of
living matter
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debility
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n 1: the state of being weak in health or body (especially from
old age) [syn: infirmity, frailty, debility,
feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianism]
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ductility
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n 1: the malleability of something that can be drawn into
threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets [syn:
ductility, ductileness]
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facility
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n 1: a building or place that provides a particular service or
is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is
an enormous facility" [syn: facility, installation]
2: skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his
quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous
for his facility as an archer" [syn: adeptness,
adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness]
3: a natural effortlessness; "they conversed with great
facility"; "a happy readiness of conversation"--Jane Austen
[syn: facility, readiness]
4: something designed and created to serve a particular function
and to afford a particular convenience or service; "catering
facilities"; "toilet facilities"; "educational facilities"
5: a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers
you; "a cell phone with internet facility"
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feasibility
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n 1: the quality of being doable [syn: feasibility,
feasibleness] [ant: infeasibility, unfeasibility]
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fertility
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n 1: the ratio of live births in an area to the population of
that area; expressed per 1000 population per year [syn:
birthrate, birth rate, fertility, fertility rate,
natality]
2: the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
[syn: fertility, fecundity] [ant: infertility,
sterility]
3: the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous
and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil";
"weeds lovely in their rankness" [syn: richness,
rankness, prolificacy, fertility]
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flexibility
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n 1: the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped [syn:
flexibility, flexibleness] [ant: inflexibility,
inflexibleness]
2: the quality of being adaptable or variable; "he enjoyed the
flexibility of his working arrangement" [syn: flexibility,
flexibleness] [ant: inflexibility, rigidity,
rigidness]
3: the trait of being easily persuaded [syn: tractability,
tractableness, flexibility] [ant: intractability,
intractableness]
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fragility
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n 1: quality of being easily damaged or destroyed [syn:
fragility, breakability, frangibleness,
frangibility]
2: lack of physical strength [syn: fragility, delicacy]
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futility
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n 1: uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result
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gentility
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n 1: elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
[syn: breeding, genteelness, gentility]
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hostility
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n 1: a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition; "he could not
conceal his hostility" [syn: hostility, ill will]
2: a state of deep-seated ill-will [syn: hostility, enmity,
antagonism]
3: the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain
his hostility" [syn: hostility, enmity, ill will]
4: violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked [syn:
aggression, hostility]
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humility
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n 1: a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride; "not
everyone regards humility as a virtue" [syn: humility,
humbleness] [ant: conceit, conceitedness, vanity]
2: a humble feeling; "he was filled with humility at the sight
of the Pope" [syn: humility, humbleness] [ant: pride,
pridefulness]
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imbecility
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n 1: retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as
an idiot
2: a stupid mistake [syn: stupidity, betise, folly,
foolishness, imbecility]
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impenetrability
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n 1: the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or
missiles etc.) [syn: impenetrability, imperviousness]
[ant: penetrability, perviousness]
2: incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to
understand [syn: impenetrability, impenetrableness]
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impracticability
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n 1: the quality of not being usable [syn: impracticability,
impracticableness] [ant: practicability,
practicableness]
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inapplicability
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n 1: irrelevance by virtue of being inapplicable to the matter
at hand [ant: applicability, pertinence, pertinency]
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incivility
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n 1: deliberate discourtesy [ant: civility]
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incomprehensibility
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n 1: the quality of being incomprehensible [ant:
comprehensibility, understandability]
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inconceivability
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n 1: the state of being impossible to conceive [syn:
inconceivability, inconceivableness]
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indefatigability
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n 1: tireless determination [syn: indefatigability,
indefatigableness, tirelessness]
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indispensability
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n 1: the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly
do without [syn: indispensability, indispensableness,
vitalness] [ant: dispensability, dispensableness]
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ineligibility
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n 1: the quality or state of being ineligible [ant:
eligibility]
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ineluctability
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n 1: the quality of being impossible to avoid or evade [syn:
ineluctability, unavoidability]
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inevitability
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n 1: the quality of being unavoidable [syn: inevitability,
inevitableness]
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infertility
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n 1: the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman
it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability
to impregnate [syn: sterility, infertility] [ant:
fecundity, fertility]
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intelligibility
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n 1: the quality of language that is comprehensible [ant:
unintelligibility]
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interchangeability
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n 1: the quality of being capable of exchange or interchange
[syn: exchangeability, interchangeability,
interchangeableness, fungibility] [ant:
unexchangeability]
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invisibility
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n 1: the quality of not being perceivable by the eye [syn:
invisibility, invisibleness] [ant: visibility,
visibleness]
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irresponsibility
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n 1: a form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense
of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your
actions [syn: irresponsibility, irresponsibleness]
[ant: responsibility, responsibleness]
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irritability
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n 1: an irritable petulant feeling [syn: irritability,
crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness,
petulance, choler]
2: excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part [syn:
excitability, irritability]
3: a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was
well known to all his employees" [syn: temper,
biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness,
snappishness, surliness]
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juvenility
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n 1: lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life [syn:
callowness, jejuneness, juvenility]
2: the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person
[syn: youth, youthfulness, juvenility]
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legibility
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n 1: distinctness that makes perception easy [syn:
discernability, legibility]
2: a quality of writing (print or handwriting) that can be
easily read [syn: legibility, readability] [ant:
illegibility]
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malleability
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n 1: the property of being physically malleable; the property of
something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without
breaking [syn: malleability, plasticity] [ant:
unmalleability]
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manipulability
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n 1: the quality of being controllable by skilled movements of
the hands
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mobility
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n 1: the quality of moving freely [ant: immobility]
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motility
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n 1: ability to move spontaneously and independently [ant:
immotility]
2: a change of position that does not entail a change of
location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his
surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move
of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" [syn: motion,
movement, move, motility]
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nobility
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n 1: a privileged class holding hereditary titles [syn:
nobility, aristocracy]
2: the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character
or ideals or conduct [syn: nobility, nobleness,
magnanimousness, grandeur]
3: the state of being of noble birth [syn: nobility,
noblesse]
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palatability
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n 1: the property of being acceptable to the mouth [syn:
palatability, palatableness] [ant: unpalatability,
unpalatableness]
2: acceptability to the mind or feelings; "the pursuit of
electoral palatability" [syn: palatability,
palatableness]
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possibility
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n 1: a future prospect or potential; "this room has great
possibilities"
2: capability of existing or happening or being true; "there is
a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired"
[syn: possibility, possibleness] [ant: impossibility,
impossibleness]
3: a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is
not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts
or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives
experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he
proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in
chemical practices" [syn: hypothesis, possibility,
theory]
4: a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility"
[syn: possibility, possible action, opening]
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probability
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n 1: a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a
number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole
number of cases possible; "the probability that an unbiased
coin will fall with the head up is 0.5" [syn:
probability, chance]
2: the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most
probable event; "for a while mutiny seemed a probability";
"going by past experience there was a high probability that
the visitors were lost" [ant: improbability,
improbableness]
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reliability
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n 1: the quality of being dependable or reliable [syn:
dependability, dependableness, reliability,
reliableness] [ant: undependability,
undependableness, unreliability, unreliableness]
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reprehensibility
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n 1: being reprehensible; worthy of and deserving reprehension
or reproof
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scurrility
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n 1: foul-mouthed or obscene abuse [syn: scurrility,
billingsgate]
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senility
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n 1: mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes
shown by foolish infatuations [syn: dotage, second
childhood, senility]
2: the state of being senile
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servility
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n 1: abject or cringing submissiveness [syn: obsequiousness,
servility, subservience]
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sterility
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n 1: (of non-living objects) the state of being free of
pathogenic organisms [syn: asepsis, antisepsis,
sterility, sterileness]
2: the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it
is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to
impregnate [syn: sterility, infertility] [ant:
fecundity, fertility]
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substitutability
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n 1: exchangeability by virtue of being replaceable [syn:
replaceability, substitutability, commutability]
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tactility
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n 1: the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat
or pain [syn: tactual sensation, tactility, touch
perception, skin perceptiveness]
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tranquillity
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n 1: an untroubled state; free from disturbances [syn:
tranquillity, tranquility, quiet]
2: a state of peace and quiet [syn: tranquillity,
tranquility, quietness, quietude]
3: a disposition free from stress or emotion [syn: repose,
quiet, placidity, serenity, tranquillity,
tranquility]
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unintelligibility
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n 1: nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible [syn:
incoherence, incoherency, unintelligibility]
2: incomprehensibility as a consequence of being unintelligible
[ant: intelligibility]
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unpredictability
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n 1: the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable
impulses [syn: capriciousness, unpredictability]
2: the trait of being unpredictably irresolute; "the volatility
of the market drove many investors away" [syn: volatility,
unpredictability]
3: lacking predictability [ant: predictability]
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utility
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adj 1: used of beef; usable but inferior [syn: utility(a),
utility-grade]
2: capable of substituting in any of several positions on a
team; "a utility infielder" [syn: utility(a),
substitute(a)]
n 1: a company that performs a public service; subject to
government regulation [syn: utility, public utility,
public utility company, public-service corporation]
2: the quality of being of practical use [syn: utility,
usefulness] [ant: inutility, unusefulness,
uselessness]
3: the service (electric power or water or transportation)
provided by a public utility; "the cost of utilities never
decreases"; "all the utilities were lost after the hurricane"
4: (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any
situation involving choice
5: (computer science) a program designed for general support of
the processes of a computer; "a computer system provides
utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users"
[syn: utility program, utility, service program]
6: a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment
connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a
service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage
disposal; "the price of the house included all utilities"
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versatility
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n 1: having a wide variety of skills
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virility
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n 1: the masculine property of being capable of copulation and
procreation
2: the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an
adult male [syn: manfulness, manliness, virility]
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volatility
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n 1: the property of changing readily from a solid or liquid to
a vapor
2: the trait of being unpredictably irresolute; "the volatility
of the market drove many investors away" [syn: volatility,
unpredictability]
3: being easily excited [syn: excitability, excitableness,
volatility]
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febrility
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n 1: a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom
of infection [syn: fever, febrility, febricity,
pyrexia, feverishness]
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nihility
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n 1: the state of nonexistence [syn: nothingness, void,
nullity, nihility]
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puerility
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n 1: the state of a child between infancy and adolescence [syn:
childhood, puerility]
2: a property characteristic of a child [syn: childishness,
puerility]
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communicability
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disutility
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illimitability
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inalienability
0
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incalculability
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incommensurability
0
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incommunicability
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incorrigibility
0
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indefeasibility
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indefensibility
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indissolubility
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inexplicability
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inextricability
0
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inheritability
0
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interpretability
0
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irreconcilability
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irreproachability
0
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irrevocability
0
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unassailability
0
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anility
0
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tensility
0
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infantility
0