makings
     n 1: 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" syn: qualification
     2: the components needed for making or doing something; "the
        recipe listed all the makings for a chocolate cake"
see also:
qualification 

90 moby thesaurus words for "makings":
   ability, adjunct, appurtenance, aspect, bump, caliber, capability,
   capacity, capital gains, circumstance, cleanup, clear profit,
   component, constituent, contents, detail, dividends, dower, dowry,
   earnings, element, endowment, equipment, factor, faculty, feature,
   filthy lucre, fixings, flair, forte, gain, gains, genius, get,
   gettings, gift, gleanings, gross, gross profit, hoard, income,
   ingredient, instinct, integrant, interest, item, killing,
   long suit, lucre, metier, natural endowment, natural gift,
   neat profit, net, net profit, paper profits, part, part and parcel,
   parts, pelf, percentage, perk, perks, perquisite, pickings,
   potential, power, powers, proceeds, profit, profits, qualification,
   rake-off, receipts, return, returns, speciality, specialty, store,
   strong flair, strong point, take, take-in, talent, talents,
   the goods, the stuff, wealth, what it takes, winnings