| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment |
ability
|
| discrimination in favor of the able-bodied |
able-bodiedism
,
able-bodism
,
ableism
,
ablism
|
| able, extremely |
adept
,
adroit
|
| quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily |
adequacy
,
adequateness
|
| hands, able to work with both |
ambidextrous
|
| able to use both hands |
ambidextrous
|
| walk, able to |
ambulant
,
ambulatory
|
| compound lens or lens system designed to be free of astigmatism and able to form approximately point images |
anastigmat
|
| property of being able to survive and grow |
animation
,
vitality
|
| threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped |
assault
|
| able to be heard |
audible
|
| small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America |
basilisk
|
| (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance |
basilisk
|
| any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild |
big cat
,
cat
|
| quality of a substance that is able to rebound |
bounce
,
bounciness
|
| raised dots that together form words able to be read by the blind |
Braille
|
| limit of volume able to be held |
capacity
|
| lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue |
chamaeleon
,
chameleon
|
| King of France who began his reign with most of northern France under English control; after the intervention of Jeanne d'Arc the French were able to defeat the English and end the Hundred Years' War (1403-1461) |
Charles
,
Charles VII
|
| able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound |
click beetle
,
skipjack
,
snapping beetle
|
