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Practicability

The quality or state of being practicable; practicableness; feasibility.

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Feasibility 76% connected

The quality of being feasible; practicability; also, that which is feasible; as, before we adopt a plan, let us consider its feasibility.

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Usefulness 76% connected

The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage.

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Utility 76% connected

The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the u…

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Practicable 74% connected

That may be practiced or performed; capable of being done or accomplished with available means or resources; feasible; as, a practicable method; a pr…

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Practicable 74% connected

That may be practiced or performed; capable of being done or accomplished with available means or resources; feasible; as, a practicable method; a pr…

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Quality noun · 85% connection

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare

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Water noun · 85% connection

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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Wetland noun · 85% connection

a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Convention noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionalism noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionality noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Fertility noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Prolificacy noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Rankness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Richness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Ability noun · 84% connection

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

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Accuracy noun · 84% connection

(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much grea…

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Adequacy noun · 84% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 84% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Appearance noun · 84% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Bad noun · 84% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Believability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Fenland noun · 84% connection

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…

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Accomplishable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being accomplished; practicable.

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Agible adjective · 78% connection

Possible to be done; practicable.

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Effectible adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being done or achieved; practicable; feasible.

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Feasibilities pl. · 78% connection

of Feasibility

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Feasible adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being done, executed, or effected; practicable.

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Feather-edged/ adjective · 78% connection

Having a feather-edge; also, having one edge thinner than the other, as a board; -- in the United States, said only of stuff one edge…

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Impracticable adjective · 78% connection

Not practicable; incapable of being performed, or accomplished by the means employed, or at command; impossible; as, an impracticable…

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Operable adjective · 78% connection

Practicable.

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Performable adjective · 78% connection

Admitting of being performed, done, or executed; practicable.

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Temperament verb · 78% connection

A system of compromises in the tuning of organs, pianofortes, and the like, whereby the tones generated with the vibrations of a groun…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: practicable, practicableness, feasibility.
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Tractable verb · 78% connection

Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible; as, tractable measures.

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