able /āˈbl/

1. Having enough strength, power or means (to do a thing)
2. Clever, skilful

1. To enable (obsolete)
2. To warrant (Shakespeare)

aˈbled adjective

Able-bodied (cf differently abled under differ)

aˈbleism noun

Discrimination in favour of able-bodied people

aˈbleist adjective

aˈbly adverb

aiblins or ablins /āˈblinz/ or yibbles /yibˈlz/ adverb (Scot)

Perhaps

able-bodˈied adjective

1. Having a strong body
2. Free from disability, etc
3. Robust

able seaman, able-bodied seaman or able rating, also (fem) able seawoman or able-bodied seawoman noun

A seaman able to perform all the duties of seamanship and having a higher rating than the ordinary sailor (abbrev AB)

-able /-ə-bl/

1. Combining with verbs to convey any of various passive senses (now the chief use as a living suffix), such as ‘capable of being’, ‘able to be’, ‘worthy of being’, ‘likely to be’, ‘that must be’
2. Combining with verbs to convey any of various active senses, such as ‘capable of’, ‘able to’, ‘worthy of’, ‘suitable to’, ‘likely to’
3. Combining with nouns to convey such meanings as ‘worthy of’, ‘suitable for’, ‘in accordance with’, ‘causing’. See also -ible

-ability n sfx

-ably adv sfx

• sound
• sound-alike
• sound as a bell
• sound barrier
• sound barriers
• sound bite
• soundbite
• sound bites
• soundbites
• soundboard
• sound boarding
• soundboards
• sound bodies
• sound body
• sound bow
• sound bows
• soundbox
• soundboxes
• sound broadcasting
• sound card
• sound-carrier
• sound-carriers
• soundcheck
• soundchecks
• sounded