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Barrenness

The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness.

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Infertility 76% connected

The state or quality of being infertile; unproductiveness; barrenness.

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Sterility 76% connected

The quality or condition of being sterile.

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Poorness 76% connected

The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective).

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Barren 74% connected

Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.

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Barren 74% connected

Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.

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Fruitless 74% connected

Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage.

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Fruitless 74% connected

Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage.

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Aridity 92% connected

The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness.

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Fecundity 94% connected

The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness; especially (Biol.), the quality in female organisms of reproducing rapidly and in great number…

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Fecundity 94% connected

The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness; especially (Biol.), the quality in female organisms of reproducing rapidly and in great number…

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Ability noun · 86% connection

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

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Accuracy noun · 86% connection

(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much grea…

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Adequacy noun · 86% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 86% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Appearance noun · 86% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Asset noun · 86% connection

a useful or valuable quality

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Atmosphere noun · 86% connection

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Attraction noun · 86% connection

the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him"

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Aura noun · 86% connection

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Bad noun · 86% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Badness noun · 86% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Believability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Brachycephalism noun · 86% connection

the quality of being brachycephalic

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Brachycephaly noun · 86% connection

the quality of being brachycephalic

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Certainty noun · 86% connection

something that is certain; "his victory is a certainty"

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Credibility noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Credibleness noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Good noun · 86% connection

that which is pleasing or valuable or useful; "weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self…

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Agenesic adjective · 78% connection

Characterized by sterility; infecund.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, barren, sterility, unproductiveness.
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Agennesis noun · 78% connection

Impotence; sterility.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, barren, sterility, unproductiveness.
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Arid adjective · 78% connection

Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren.

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Bad lands unknown · 78% connection

Barren regions, especially in the western United States, where horizontal strata (Tertiary deposits) have been often eroded into fanta…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, barren, sterility, unproductiveness.
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Black-jack noun · 78% connection

The Quercus nigra, or barren oak.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, barren, sterility, unproductiveness.
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Branchless adjective · 78% connection

Destitute of branches or shoots; without any valuable product; barren; naked.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, barren, sterility, unproductiveness.
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Delivery noun · 78% connection

your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren o…

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Desert noun · 78% connection

A deserted or forsaken region; a barren tract incapable of supporting population, as the vast sand plains of Asia and Africa are desti…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, barren, sterility, unproductiveness.
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Dry superl. · 78% connection

Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain.

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Effete adjective · 78% connection

No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy; incapable o…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, barren, sterility, unproductiveness.
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Fell noun · 78% connection

A barren or rocky hill.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, barren, sterility, unproductiveness.
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Foodless adjective · 78% connection

Without food; barren.

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