-ibility

(Latin: a suffix that means "able to [be]"; a variation of -ability)


accessibility
1. The attribute of being easy to meet or to deal with someone.
2. The characteristics of being available when needed.
3. A place that is easily approached or entered.
admissibility
audibility
Quality, fact, or degree of being audible or perceptible by the ear.
biocompatible, biocompatibility
1. The compatibility of a donated organ or artificial limb with the living tissue into which it is implanted or with which it is brought into contact. Incompatibility leads to toxic reactions or immunological rejection.
2. Being harmonious with life; that is, not having toxic or injurious effects on biological functions.
3. The capability of coexistence with living tissues or organisms without causing harm: "Artificial joint adhesives must have biocompatibility with bone and muscle or they will result in sever damage."
compatibility
Mutual tolerance; consistency, congruity, rapport, like-mindedness.
comprehensibility
consumptibility
The quality of being consumable.
contemptibility
The quality of being contemptible; contemptibleness.
corrigibility
That which is capable of being corrected, improved, or reformed.
corruptibility
The quality of being corruptible; the possibility or liability of being corrupted; corruptibleness.
credibility
1. The ability to inspire belief or trust.
2. A willingness to accept something as true.
3. The quality of being credible; an instance or case of this.
3. Believable, plausible; capable of being believed.
credibility gap
1. A situation in which the public distrusts the accuracy of official statements.
2. Any situation in which a lack of trust exists between two groups.
3. An apparent difference between what is claimed to be true and what is in fact true.
For every credibility gap there is a gullibility fill.
—Richard Clopton
defensibility
demulsibility
An agent that is capable of producing a protective effect on mucous membranes and relieves irritation.

Demulcents are generally suspensions of gums or proteins that coat the surface of the mucous membranes.

digestibility

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