Found 1 items, similar to -ties.
English → English (gcide) Definition: -ties Similarity \Sim`i*lar"i*ty\, n.; pl. -ties. [Cf. F. similarit['e].] The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features. [1913 Webster] Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster] Incompatibility \In`com*pat`i*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. -ties. [Cf. F. incompatibilit['e].] The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilableness. [1913 Webster] Preciosity \Pre`ci*os"i*ty\, n.; pl. -ties. [F. pr['e]ciosit['e], OF. also precieuset['e].] Fastidious refinement, esp. in language; specif., the affected purism and sententiousness characteristic of the French pr['e]cieuses of the 17th century. He had the fastidiousness, the preciosity, the love of archaisms, of your true decadent. --L. Douglas. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Profundity \Pro*fun"di*ty\, n.; pl. -ties. [L. profunditas: cf. F. profondite. See Profound.] The quality or state of being profound; depth of place, knowledge, feeling, etc. “The vast profundity obscure.” --Milton. [1913 Webster] Magistrality \Mag`is*tral"i*ty\, n.; pl. -ties. Magisterialness; arbitrary dogmatism. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Rationality \Ra`tion*al"i*ty\ (r[a^]sh"[u^]n*[a^]l"[i^]*t[y^]; 277), n.; pl. -ties (-t[i^]z). [F. rationalit['e], or L. rationalitas.] The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness. [1913 Webster] When God has made rationality the common portion of mankind, how came it to be thy inclosure? --Gov. of Tongue. [1913 Webster] Well-directed intentions, whose rationalities will never bear a rigid examination. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] Responsibility \Re*spon`si*bil"i*ty\ (r?*sp?n`s?*b?l"?*t?), n.; pl. -ties (-t?z). [Cf. F. responsabilit['e].] 1. The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation. [1913 Webster] 2. That for which anyone is responsible or accountable; as, the resonsibilities of power. [1913 Webster] 3. Ability to answer in payment; means of paying. [1913 Webster] Subvariety \Sub`va*ri"e*ty\, n.; pl. -ties. A subordinate variety, or a division of a variety. [1913 Webster] Chupatty \Chu*pat"ty\, n.; pl. -ties. [Hind. chap[=a]t[=i].] A kind of griddlecake of unleavened bread, used among the natives of India. [Anglo-Indian] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]