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

n. possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"

adj. involving the mind or an intellectual process; "mental images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from mental defects"

adj. of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks

adj. of or relating to the mind; "mental powers"; "mental development"; "mental hygiene"

adj. of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw

n. the quality of having great facility and competence

n. a natural effortlessness; "they conversed with great facility"; "a happy readiness of conversation"--Jane Austen

n. the gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple

n. adroitness in using the hands

n. the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble

n. skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer"

n. inherent ability

n. natural abilities or qualities

n. great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; "a good command of French"

n. an ability that has been acquired by training

n. ability to produce solutions in some problem domain; "the skill of a well-trained boxer"; "the sweet science of pugilism"

n. an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something; "her qualifications for the job are excellent"; "one of the qualifications for admission is an academic degree"; "she has the makings of fine musician"

n. a skill at which you excel

n. an aptitude that may be developed

n. great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; "a good command of French"

n. the inherent capacity for coming into being

n. a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"

n. skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; "practice greatly improves proficiency"

n. an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away"

n. skill in an occupation or trade

n. skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer"

n. skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge

n. the quality of having great facility and competence

n. the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually

n. natural abilities or qualities

n. inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli; "the spawning instinct in salmon"; "altruistic instincts in social animals"

n. unusual mental ability

n. exceptional creative ability

n. a natural talent; "he has a flair for mathematics"; "he has a genius for interior decorating"

n. a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it"

n. the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"

adj. of or being or relating to or involving cognition; "cognitive psychology"; "cognitive style"

adj. appealing to or using the intellect; "satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature"

n. lacking the power to perform

n. lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications

n. the quality of being limited or restricted; "it is a good plan but it has serious limitations"

n. lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something

adj. involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit; "physical exercise"; "physical suffering"; "was sloppy about everything but her physical appearance"