S: (n) recommendation, passport (any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission) "her pleasant personality is already a recommendation"; "his wealth was not a passport into the exclusive circles of society"
S: (n) compatibility (capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination)
S: (n) incompatibility (the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination)
S: (n) point, spot (an outstanding characteristic) "his acting was one of the high points of the movie"
S: (n) point (a distinguishing or individuating characteristic) "he knows my bad points as well as my good points"
S: (n) saving grace (a redeeming quality or characteristic) "her love of music remains her one saving grace"; "her sense of humor has to be a saving grace"; "the saving grace for both developments is that they are creating jobs"
S: (n) indirectness (having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal)
S: (n) robustness (the characteristic of being strong enough to withstand intellectual challenge) "the lack of robustness in the findings may be due to the small size of the sample"
S: (n) rurality, ruralism (a rural characteristic or trait) "a place with the rurality of a turnip field"
S: (n) streak (a distinctive characteristic) "he has a stubborn streak"; "a streak of wildness"
S: (n) stripe, streak, bar (a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background) "a green toad with small black stripes or bars"; "may the Stars and Stripes forever wave"