Definition of ability

"ability" in the noun sense

1. ability

the quality of being able to perform a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

2. ability, power

possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done

"danger heightened his powers of discrimination"

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Quotations for ability

Ability seeks ability. [ German Proverb ]

Read my little fable:
He that runs may read.
Most can raise the flowers now,
For all have got the seed. [ Tennyson ]

Ability is a poor man's wealth. [ Matthew Wren ]

Generosity should never exceed ability. [ Cicero ]

There is only one proof of ability, - action. [ Marie Ebner-Eschenbach ]

When we mean to build,
We first survey the plot, then draw the model;
And when we see the figure of the house,
Then must we rate the cost of the erection;
Which if we find outweighs ability.
What do we then, but draw anew the model
In fewer offices; or, at least, desist
To build at all? [ William Shakespeare ]

Ability is of little account without opportunity. [ Napoleon I ]

Wisdom is not attained with years, but by ability. [ Plaut ]

Gentility without ability is worse than plain begging. [ Scotch Proverb ]

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest. [ Jean Paul Richter ]

Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. [ Bacon ]

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities. [ Froude ]

The wicked are always surprised to find ability in the good. [ Vauvenargues ]

In morals good-will is everything, but in art it is ability. [ Arthur Schopenhauer ]

Ability in a man is knowledge which emanates from divine light. [ Zoroaster ]

In the matter of dress one should always keep below one's ability. [ Montesquieu ]

An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions. [ Chesterfield ]

Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck that of the people. [ La Rochefoucauld ]

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and to conquer them. [ Wendell Phillips ]

Ability involves responsibility. Power to its last particle is duty. [ Maclaren ]

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. [ Gibbon ]

The greatest art of an able man is to know how to conceal his ability. [ La Rochefoucauld ]

The measure of capacity is the measure of sphere to either man or woman. [ Elizabeth Oakes Smith ]

Consider well what your strength is equal to, and what exceeds your ability. [ Horace ]

The ability to appreciate what is noble is a gain which no one can ever take from us. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

Who does the best his circumstance allows, Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more. [ Young ]

The possession of great powers no doubt carries with it a contempt for mere external show. [ James A. Garfield ]

I pride myself in recognizing and upholding ability in every party and wherever I meet it. [ Beaconsfield ]

Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more. [ Gail Hamilton ]

Let us proportion our alms to our ability, lest we provoke God to proportion His blessings to our alms. [ Beveridge ]

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

To become an able man in any profession, there are three things necessary, - nature, study, and practice. [ Aristotle ]

Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability. [ Burke ]

Ability to discern that what is true is true, and that what is false is false, is the characteristic of intelligence. [ Swedenborg ]

You are a devil at everything, and there is no kind of thing in the universal world but what you can turn your hand to. [ Cervantes ]

The art of using moderate abilities to advantage wins praise, and often acquires more reputation than actual brilliancy. [ La Rochefoucauld ]

Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work, body and soul. [ Charles Buxton ]

Presence of mind, penetration, fine observation, are the sciences of women; ability to avail themselves of these is their talent. [ Rousseau ]

Art, as far as it has ability, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master, thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild. [ Dante ]

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life, [ Marcus Aurelius ]

Most books fail, not so much from a want of ability in their authors, as from an absence in their productions of a thorough development of their ability. [ Bovee ]

Natural ability can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation; but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural ability. [ Schopenhauer ]

No man will harbor any fear of degradation in the ranks of literature, because he has devoted his portion of ability and learning to the drudgery of a dictionary. [ C. Richardson ]

The finding of your able man, and getting him invested with the symbols of ability, is the business, well or ill accomplished, of all social procedure whatsoever in the world. [ Carlyle ]

Weakness has its hidden resources, as well as strength; there is a degree of folly and meanness which we cannot calculate upon, and by which we are as much liable to be foiled as by the greatest ability or courage. [ Hazlitt ]

Emulation is grief arising from seeing one's self exceeded or excelled by his concurrent, together with hope to equal or exceed him in time to come, by his own ability. But envy is the same grief joined with pleasure conceived in the imagination of some ill-fortune that may befall him. [ Thomas Hobbes ]

Have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means? That it is the key which admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy and imagination? to the company of saint and sage, of the wisest and the wittiest at their wisest and wittiest moment? That it enables us to see with the keenest eyes, hear with the finest ears, and listen to the sweetest voices of all time? More than that, it annihilates time and space for us. [ Lowell ]

If I were to choose the people with whom I would spend my hours of conversation, they should be certainly such as labored no further than to make themselves readily and clearly apprehended, and would have patience and curiosity to understand me. To have good sense and ability to express it are the most essential and necessary qualities in companions. When thoughts rise in us fit to utter among familiar friends, there needs but very little care in clothing them. [ Steele ]

ability in Scrabble®

The word ability is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters ability:

ABILITY
(98 = 48 + 50)
ABILITY
(98 = 48 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

ability

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word ability

ABILITY
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ABILITY
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ABILITY
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ABILITY
(64 = 14 + 50)
ABILITY
(64 = 14 + 50)
ABILITY
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ABILITY
(64 = 14 + 50)
ABILITY
(63 = 13 + 50)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In ability

ABILITY
(98 = 48 + 50)
ABILITY
(98 = 48 + 50)
ABILITY
(95 = 45 + 50)
ABILITY
(89 = 39 + 50)
ABILITY
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ability in Words With Friends™

The word ability is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters ability:

ABILITY
(110 = 75 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

ability

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word ability

ABILITY
(110 = 75 + 35)
ABILITY
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In ability

ABILITY
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ABILITY
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ABILITY
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ABILITY
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Words within the letters of ability

2 letter words in ability (9 words)

3 letter words in ability (9 words)

4 letter words in ability (5 words)

5 letter words in ability (2 words)

6 letter words in ability (1 word)

7 letter words in ability (1 word)

ability + 1 blank (1 word)

Words containing the sequence ability

Words that start with ability (1 word)

Words with ability in them (1 word)

Words that end with ability (594 words)

abilityabsorbabilityacceptabilityaccessabilityaccountabilityachievabilityacquirabilityactabilityadaptabilityaddressabilityadjustabilityadmirabilityadmissabilityadoptabilityadorabilityadvisabilityaffabilityaffordabilityagglutinabilityagreeabilityalienabilityalterabilityamenabilityamiabilityamicabilityanalysabilityanalyzabilityapplicabilityapproachabilityarousabilityassailabilityattainabilityautoxidizabilityavailabilitybelievabilitybioavailabilitybiodegradabilitybleachabilitybreathabilitybrowsabilitybrushabilitycalculabilitycapabilitycertifiabilitychangeabilitychargeabilitycleavabilityclubabilityclubbabilityclusterabilitycoagulabilitycollapsabilitycollectabilitycombinabilitycomfortabilitycommunicabilitycomparabilitycompensabilitycompilabilitycomputabilityconceivabilityconduceabilityconfirmabilityconformabilitycongealabilityconsiderabilitycontrollabilitycountabilitycreditabilitycrushabilitycrystallisabilitycrystallizabilityculpabilitycultivabilitycultivatabilitycurabilitydamageabilitydamnabilitydeceivabilitydecidabilitydecipherabilitydecomposabilitydefinabilitydeflagrabilitydeformabilitydegradabilitydelectabilitydeliverabilitydemonstrabilitydeniabilitydependabilitydeplorabilitydeployabilitydeportabilitydescendabilitydeselectabilitydesirabilitydespicabilitydetachabilitydetectabilitydeterminabilitydetestabilitydetonabilitydetonatabilitydevisabilitydialysabilitydialyzabilitydiazotisabilitydiazotizabilitydifferentiabilitydilatabilitydisabilitydisagreeabilitydispensabilitydispersabilitydisplaceabilitydisposabilitydisputabilitydisreputabilitydisrespectabilitydisruptabilitydissolvabilitydissolveabilitydistinguishabilitydrillabilitydrinkabilitydrivabilityduplicabilitydurabilitydyeabilityeducabilityeducatabilityelectabilityemployabilityemulsifiabilityenforceabilityenjoyabilityequabilityerasabilityevaporabilityexchangeabilityexcitabilityexcludabilityexorabilityexpandabilityexplainabilityexplicabilityexploitabilityexportabilityextendabilityextractabilityextrudabilityfalsifiabilityfashionabilityfertilizabilityfigurabilityfilterabilityfiltrabilityflammabilityfloatabilityforeseeabilityformabilityformidabilitygelatinisabilitygelatinizabilitygeneralisabilitygeneralizabilitygrindabilitygullabilityhabitabilityhereditabilityheritabilityhypercoagulabilityhyperexcitabilityhyperirritabilityhyperstabilityhypnotisabilityhypnotizabilityidentifiabilityignitabilityillimitabilityimaginabilityimitabilityimmeasurabilityimmensurabilityimmovabilityimmoveabilityimmutabilityimpalpabilityimpassabilityimpeccabilityimpenetrabilityimperfectabilityimpermeabilityimperturbabilityimplacabilityimplementabilityimponderabilityimpracticabilityimpregnabilityimpressionabilityimprobabilityimprovabilityimpugnabilityinabilityinadjustabilityinadvisabilityinalienabilityinalterabilityinapplicabilityincalculabilityincapabilityincommensurabilityincommunicabilityincomparabilityincompletabilityincomputabilityinconceivabilityinconsolabilityincontestabilityinculpabilityindefatigabilityindictabilityindispensabilityineducabilityinevitabilityinexorabilityinexplicabilityinflammabilityinimicabilityinoperabilityinsatiabilityinscrutabilityinseparabilityinsociabilityinspirabilityinstabilityintegrabilityinterchangeabilityintercommunicabilityinterminabilityinteroperabilityinterpenetrabilityinterpretabilityintestabilityintractabilityinutterabilityinvariabilityinviabilityinviolabilityinvulnerabilityirrationabilityirreconcilabilityirredeemabilityirreplicabilityirresectabilityirritabilityjustifiabilitylaudabilityleachabilitylearnabilityliabilitylikabilitylikeabilitylivabilityliveabilitylovabilityloveabilitymachinabilitymachineabilitymagnetisabilitymagnetizabilitymaintainabilitymalleabilitymanageabilitymaneuverabilitymanipulabilitymanoeuvrabilitymanufacturabilitymarketabilitymarriageabilitymeasurabilitymemorabilitymensurabilitymerchandisabilitymerchandizabilitymerchantabilitymetabolisabilitymetabolizabilitymetastabilitymodifiabilitymouldabilitymutabilitynavigabilitynegotiabilitynonabilitynonadjustabilitynonappeasabilitynonattainabilitynonavailabilitynoncommunicabilitynoncompensabilitynonconformabilitynoncultivabilitynondetachabilitynondetectabilitynondurabilitynonflammabilitynonignitabilitynonintegrabilitynonliabilitynonlocalizabilitynonmalleabilitynonpalpabilitynonportabilitynonreadabilitynonregistrabilitynonreliabilitynonresectabilitynonresolvabilitynonrespectabilitynonsatiabilitynonsociabilitynonsupportabilitynontaxabilitynonteachabilitynontraceabilitynontransferabilitynontranslatabilitynontransportabilitynonvariabilitynotabilityobjectionabilityobservabilityoperabilityopposabilityoverimpressionabilityoverstabilityoxidisabilityoxidizabilitypalpabilitypenetrabilityperceivabilityperformabilitypermeabilitypermutabilityperspirabilitypersuadabilityperturbabilityphotostabilityplacabilityplasmolyzabilityplayabilitypliabilitypolarisabilitypolarizabilityportabilitypotabilitypracticabilitypredeterminabilitypredicabilitypredictabilitypreferabilitypregnabilitypreservabilitypreventabilityprintabilityprobabilityprocessabilityprofitabilityprogrammabilitypromotabilitypronounceabilitypropagabilitypunishabilityquantifiabilityquestionabilityquizzabilityquotabilityreachabilityreadabilityrealisabilityrealizabilityreasonabilityrecoatabilityrecognisabilityrecognizabilityrecommendabilityreconcilabilityrecoverabilityrecuperabilityrecyclabilityredeemabilityreformabilityrefundabilityrefutabilityregistrabilityreliabilityrelocatabilityremediabilityremovabilityremunerabilityrenewabilityrentabilityrepairabilityreparabilityrepealabilityrepeatabilityreplaceabilityreplicabilityreputabilityresectabilityreselectabilityresolvabilityrespectabilityrespirabilityrestorabilityrestrainabilityretractabilityretrievabilityreturnabilityreusabilityreversabilityreviewabilityrinsabilitysalabilitysaleabilitysalvageabilitysatisfiabilitysaturabilityscalabilityseduceabilityselectabilitysemipermeabilitysemirespectabilityseparabilityserialisabilityserializabilityserviceabilitysettleabilityseverabilityshareabilityshiftabilityshockabilitysinterabilitysketchabilitysociabilitysolderabilitysolidifiabilitysolvabilityspecifiabilityspreadabilitystabilitystabilizabilitystainabilitystretchabilitysubconformabilitysubstitutabilitysuitabilitysummabilitysuperrespectabilitysurvivabilitysustainabilitytaxabilityteachabilitytenabilitytestabilitythermolabilitythermostabilitytitillabilitytolerabilitytowabilitytraceabilitytractabilitytransferabilitytransferrabilitytransformabilitytranslatabilitytransmutabilitytranspirabilitytransplantabilitytransportabilitytrappabilitytreatabilitytunabilitytwistabilityultrafilterabilityunacceptabilityunaccountabilityunachievabilityunadaptabilityunadvisabilityunaffordabilityunalienabilityunalterabilityunamiabilityunamicabilityunanswerabilityunapproachabilityunassailabilityunattainabilityunattributabilityunavailabilityunavoidabilityunbearabilityunbeatabilityunbelievabilityunblamabilityunbreakabilityunbudgeabilityunchangeabilityuncomputabilityunconformabilityunconscionabilityuncontrollabilityuncopyrightabilityuncrystallisabilityuncrystallizabilityuncultivabilityundecidabilityundefinabilityundependabilityunderstandabilityundesirabilityundetectabilityundeterrabilityundiscoverabilityundrinkabilityunemployabilityunenforceabilityunexchangeabilityunflappabilityunforgettabilityungovernabilityunimpeachabilityuninheritabilityuninsurabilityunlikabilityunlinkabilityunmalleabilityunmanageabilityunmaneuverabilityunmarketabilityunmeasurabilityunmistakabilityunmodifiabilityunnegotiabilityunobservabilityunpalatabilityunpatentabilityunperturbabilityunplayabilityunpredictabilityunreachabilityunreadabilityunrecoverabilityunregistrabilityunreliabilityunremovabilityunrepeatabilityunresectabilityunrespectabilityunseasonabilityunseeabilityunselectabilityunsellabilityunshockabilityunshrinkabilityunsociabilityunsolvabilityunstoppabilityunsuitabilityunteachabilityuntouchabilityunworkabilityupgradabilityusabilityuseabilityutilisabilityutilizabilityvaporabilityvapourabilityvariabilityvenerabilityverifiabilityviabilityviewabilityvulnerabilitywalkabilitywashabilityweatherabilityweldabilitywettabilityworkability

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Longer words containing ability

absorbability

acceptability unacceptability

accessability

achievability unachievability

acquirability

actability tractability extractability

actability tractability intractability

actability tractability retractability

adaptability unadaptability

addressability

admirability

admissability

adoptability

adorability

advisability inadvisability

advisability unadvisability

affability

affordability unaffordability

agreeability disagreeability

alienability inalienability

alienability unalienability

alterability inalterability

alterability unalterability

amenability

amiability unamiability

amicability unamicability

analysability

analyzability

applicability inapplicability

approachability unapproachability

assailability unassailability

availability bioavailability

availability nonavailability

availability unavailability

believability unbelievability

breathability

browsability

brushability

calculability incalculability

capability incapability

certifiability

changeability exchangeability unexchangeability

changeability interchangeability

changeability unchangeability

chargeability

cleavability

clubability

clubbability

clusterability

coagulability hypercoagulability

collapsability

collectability

comfortability

communicability incommunicability

communicability intercommunicability

communicability noncommunicability

comparability incomparability

compensability noncompensability

compilability

computability incomputability

computability uncomputability

conceivability inconceivability

conduceability

confirmability

congealability

considerability

controllability uncontrollability

countability accountability unaccountability

creditability

crushability

crystallisability uncrystallisability

crystallizability uncrystallizability

culpability inculpability

cultivability noncultivability

cultivability uncultivability

cultivatability

curability

damageability

damnability

deceivability

decidability undecidability

decipherability

decomposability

deflagrability

degradability biodegradability

deliverability

demonstrability

deniability

dependability undependability

deplorability

deployability

descendability

desirability undesirability

despicability

detachability nondetachability

detectability nondetectability

detectability undetectability

detonability

detonatability

devisability

dialysability

dialyzability

diazotisability

diazotizability

differentiability

dilatability

disability merchandisability

disability oxidisability

dispensability indispensability

dispersability

displaceability

disposability

disputability

disruptability

dissolveability

distinguishability

drillability

drinkability undrinkability

drivability

duplicability

durability nondurability

dyeability

educability ineducability

educatability

electability delectability

electability selectability deselectability

electability selectability reselectability

electability selectability unselectability

employability unemployability

emulsifiability

enforceability unenforceability

enjoyability

equability

erasability

excitability hyperexcitability

excludability

exorability inexorability

expandability

explicability inexplicability

exploitability

extendability

extrudability

falsifiability

fashionability

fertilizability

figurability

filterability ultrafilterability

filtrability

flammability inflammability

flammability nonflammability

floatability

foreseeability

formability conformability nonconformability

formability conformability subconformability

formability conformability unconformability

formability deformability

formability performability

formability reformability

formability transformability

formidability

gelatinisability

gelatinizability

generalisability

generalizability

grindability

gullability

habitability

hereditability

heritability uninheritability

hypnotisability

hypnotizability

identifiability

ignitability nonignitability

imitability illimitability

immovability

immoveability

impassability

impeccability

imperfectability

implementability

imponderability

impressionability overimpressionability

improvability

impugnability

inability agglutinability

inability attainability nonattainability

inability attainability unattainability

inability combinability

inability definability undefinability

inability determinability predeterminability

inability explainability

inability imaginability

inability interminability

inability machinability

inability maintainability

inability restrainability

inability stainability sustainability

incompletability

inconsolability

indefatigability

indictability

inevitability

inimicability

insatiability

inscrutability

inspirability

integrability nonintegrability

interpretability

inutterability

inviolability

irrationability

irritability hyperirritability

justifiability

laudability

leachability bleachability

learnability

liability nonliability

liability pliability

liability reliability nonreliability

liability reliability unreliability

likability unlikability

likeability

livability

liveability

lovability

loveability

machineability

magnetisability

magnetizability

malleability nonmalleability

malleability unmalleability

manageability unmanageability

maneuverability unmaneuverability

manipulability

manoeuvrability

manufacturability

marketability unmarketability

marriageability

measurability immeasurability

measurability unmeasurability

memorability

mensurability immensurability

mensurability incommensurability

merchandizability

merchantability

metabolisability

metabolizability

modifiability unmodifiability

mouldability

mutability immutability

mutability permutability

mutability transmutability

navigability

negotiability unnegotiability

nonability

nonappeasability

nonlocalizability

nonsatiability

notability

objectionability

observability unobservability

operability inoperability

operability interoperability

opposability

oxidizability autoxidizability

palpability impalpability

palpability nonpalpability

penetrability impenetrability

penetrability interpenetrability

perceivability

permeability impermeability

permeability semipermeability

perspirability

persuadability

perturbability imperturbability

perturbability unperturbability

placability implacability

plasmolyzability

playability unplayability

polarisability

polarizability

portability deportability

portability exportability

portability nonportability

portability nonsupportability

portability transportability nontransportability

potability

practicability impracticability

predicability

predictability unpredictability

preferability

pregnability impregnability

preservability

preventability

printability

probability improbability

processability

profitability

programmability

promotability

pronounceability

propagability

punishability

quantifiability

questionability

quizzability

quotability

reachability unreachability

readability nonreadability

readability spreadability

readability unreadability

realisability

realizability

reasonability

recoatability

recognisability

recognizability

recommendability

reconcilability irreconcilability

recoverability unrecoverability

recuperability

recyclability

redeemability irredeemability

refundability

refutability

registrability nonregistrability

registrability unregistrability

relocatability

remediability

removability unremovability

remunerability

renewability

rentability

repairability

reparability

repealability

repeatability unrepeatability

replaceability

replicability irreplicability

reputability disreputability

resectability irresectability

resectability nonresectability

resectability unresectability

respectability disrespectability

respectability nonrespectability

respectability semirespectability

respectability superrespectability

respectability unrespectability

respirability

restorability

retrievability

returnability

reversability

rinsability

salability

saleability

salvageability

satisfiability

saturability

scalability

seduceability

separability inseparability

serialisability

serializability

serviceability

settleability

severability

shareability

shiftability

shockability unshockability

sinterability

sketchability

sociability insociability

sociability nonsociability

sociability unsociability

solderability

solidifiability

solvability dissolvability

solvability resolvability nonresolvability

solvability unsolvability

specifiability

stability adjustability inadjustability

stability adjustability nonadjustability

stability hyperstability

stability instability

stability metastability

stability overstability

stability photostability

stability testability detestability

stability testability incontestability

stability testability intestability

stability thermostability

stability twistability

stabilizability

stretchability

substitutability

suitability unsuitability

summability

survivability

taxability nontaxability

teachability nonteachability

teachability unteachability

tenability

thermolability

titillability

tolerability

towability

traceability nontraceability

transferability nontransferability

transferrability

translatability nontranslatability

transpirability

transplantability

trappability

treatability

tunability

unanswerability

unattributability

unavoidability

unbearability

unbeatability

unblamability

unbreakability

unbudgeability

unconscionability

uncopyrightability

understandability

undeterrability

undiscoverability

unflappability

unforgettability

ungovernability

unimpeachability

uninsurability

unlinkability

unmistakability

unpalatability

unpatentability

unseasonability

unseeability

unsellability

unshrinkability

unstoppability

untouchability

upgradability

usability arousability

usability reusability

useability

utilisability

utilizability

vaporability evaporability

vapourability

variability invariability

variability nonvariability

venerability

verifiability

viability inviability

viewability reviewability

vulnerability invulnerability

walkability

washability

weatherability

weldability

wettability

workability unworkability