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1. The quality of being able to do something, especially the physical, mental, financial, or legal power to accomplish a goal.
2. A natural or acquired skill or talent.
3. The quality of being suitable for or receptive to a specified treatment; especially, capable or talented with the capacity to achieve an objective: "They wanted computers with the capacity to be configured for use as file servers."

1. The state or condition of not being typical or usual; an irregularity: "Charles had a slight abnormality on his foot which the doctor was treating."

"A clubfoot is an abnormality that can often be surgically corrected."

3. A retardation that is sufficient to fall outside the acceptable range of intelligence: "The school is providing special classes for students with abnormalities who need special educational approaches."

1. The state or quality of being able to be wholly interested in something or giving full attention to something or to someone: "The absorbability of so much information made him very qualified to complete the project."
2. Being fully involved in doing something that a person wants to achieve: "Shirley's absorbabilities while studying at the university resulted in a doctor's degree that was achieved in less time than is normally required."

1. An upward slope or grade; such as, in a road.
2. An upward slope on a hill.

1. Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, as of unripe fruit.
2. Harshness, bitterness, or severity: "She had a reputation for expressing her temperamental acerbities in language which was very bitter and disturbing for those to whom she directed such acerbities."

1. Acuteness, keeness, as of thought or vision; severity.
2. Special degree of sensitivity.

1. Obesity or a condition of being fat.
2. Corpulence; fatness.
3. Excessive accumulation of lipids (fat) in a site or organ.

The quality of being friendly or easy to get along with; readiness to converse or be addressed; especially, by inferiors or equals; courteousness, civility, openness of manner.

1. A natural understanding and sympathy between people: "Many classical musicians have an affinity for jazz."
2. Family resemblance or a relationship by marriage.
3. An inherent similarity between people or things: "There is a close affinity between lemons and limes."

"She felt an affinity with all of those who suffered in that their pains were her pains."

4. Etymology: Affinity comes from Latin affinitas, which means "kinship by marriage, as distinct from blood kinship".

"In the 18th century, naturalists started to use affinity to mean a family resemblance (as between cats and lions)."

The degree of alcoholic content.

1. The ability to use either hand with equal skill.
2. General skillfulness, especially with the hands; very skillful and versatile; using both hands with equal facility.

1. A situation in which something can be understood in more than one way and it is not clear which meaning is intended.
2. An expression or statement that has more than one meaning.
3. Causing uncertainty or confusion.

1. The inability to perform acts requiring manual skill with either hand.
2. Left-handed on both sides; clumsy; as opposed to ambidexter.
3. Awkwardness in the use of either or both hands.