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Concreteness

The quality of being concrete.

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Corporality 76% connected

The state of being or having a body; bodily existence; corporeality; -- opposed to spirituality.

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Corporeality 76% connected

The state of being corporeal; corporeal existence.

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Materiality 76% connected

The quality or state of being material; material existence; corporeity.

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Literalness 76% connected

The quality or state of being literal; literal import.

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Concrete 74% connected

United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.

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Concrete 74% connected

United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.

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Concrete 66% connected

United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.

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Concrete 66% connected

United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.

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Quality noun · 85% connection

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare

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Water noun · 85% connection

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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Wetland noun · 85% connection

a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Convention noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionalism noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionality noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Fertility noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Prolificacy noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Rankness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Richness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Ability noun · 84% connection

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

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Accuracy noun · 84% 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 · 84% connection

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

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Air noun · 84% 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 · 84% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Bad noun · 84% 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 · 84% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Fenland noun · 84% connection

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…

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Abstract adjective · 78% connection

Expressing a particular property of an object viewed apart from the other properties which constitute it; -- opposed to concrete; as,…

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Abstractionism noun · 78% connection

a representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples

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Aggregate noun · 78% connection

material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster

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Ballast adjective · 78% connection

The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete.

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Beam noun · 78% connection

long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction

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Beton noun · 78% connection

The French name for concrete; hence, concrete made after the French fashion.

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Breakwater noun · 78% connection

a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

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Bulwark noun · 78% connection

a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

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Butter noun · 78% connection

Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chlorides, as butter o…

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Cake verb · 78% connection

To concrete or consolidate into a hard mass, as dough in an oven; to coagulate.

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Clot verb · 78% connection

To concrete, coagulate, or thicken, as soft or fluid matter by evaporation; to become a cot or clod.

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Clotter verb · 78% connection

To concrete into lumps; to clot.

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