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Condition

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength, etc.; predicament; rank; position, estate.

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Groom 84% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

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Groom 84% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

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Prepare 84% connected

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

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Prepare 84% connected

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

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Stipulate 84% connected

Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.

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Stipulate 84% connected

Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.

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Train 84% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Train 84% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Absolution 76% connected

An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.

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Anchorage 76% connected

The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.

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Ascendance 76% connected

Same as Ascendency.

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Ascendancy 76% connected

Alt. of Ascendance

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Ascendency 76% connected

Governing or controlling influence; domination; power.

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Astigmatism 76% connected

A defect of the eye or of a lens, in consequence of which the rays derived from one point are not brought to a single focal point, thus causing imper…

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Atmosphere 76% connected

The whole mass of aeriform fluid surrounding the earth; -- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; as, the atmosphe…

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Atony 76% connected

Want of tone; weakness of the system, or of any organ, especially of such as are contractile.

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Brutalization 76% connected

The act or process of making brutal; state of being brutalized.

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Celibacy 76% connected

The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry.

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Circumstance 76% connected

That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.

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Climate 76% connected

One of thirty regions or zones, parallel to the equator, into which the surface of the earth from the equator to the pole was divided, according to t…

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Comfort 76% connected

To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.

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Comfortableness 76% connected

State of being comfortable.

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Condemnation 76% connected

The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation.

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Control 76% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Curvature 76% connected

The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved; a curving or bending, normal or abnormal, as of a line or surface from a rectilinear direct…

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Danger 76% connected

Authority; jurisdiction; control.

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Dark 76% connected

Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color…

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Darkness 76% connected

The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom.

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Declination 76% connected

The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head.

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Decline 76% connected

To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

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Deification 76% connected

The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis; excessive praise.

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Demand 76% connected

To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily;…

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Depilation 76% connected

Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing.

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Deshabille 76% connected

An undress; a careless toilet.

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Despair 76% connected

To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of.

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Desperation 76% connected

The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.

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Destiny 76% connected

That to which any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.

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Discomfort 76% connected

To discourage; to deject.

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Dishabille 76% connected

An undress; a loose, negligent dress; deshabille.

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Disorder 76% connected

Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.

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Disorderliness 76% connected

The state of being disorderly.

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Diversification 76% connected

The act of making various, or of changing form or quality.

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Diversity 76% connected

A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness.

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Dominance 76% connected

Alt. of Dominancy

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Dryness 76% connected

The state of being dry. See Dry.

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Emptiness 76% connected

The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.

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Encapsulation 76% connected

The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule.

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Ennoblement 76% connected

The act of making noble, or of exalting, dignifying, or advancing to nobility.

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Exoneration 76% connected

The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.

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Facilitation 76% connected

The act of facilitating or making easy.

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Fate 76% connected

A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence…

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Fitness 76% connected

The state or quality of being fit; as, the fitness of measures or laws; a person's fitness for office.

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Fortune 76% connected

The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or deified power regarded as determinin…

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Frizz 76% connected

See Friz, v. t. & n.

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Fruition 76% connected

Use or possession of anything, especially such as is accompanied with pleasure or satisfaction; pleasure derived from possession or use.

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Fullness 76% connected

The state of being full, or of abounding; abundance; completeness.

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Guilt 76% connected

The criminality and consequent exposure to punishment resulting from willful disobedience of law, or from morally wrong action; the state of one who…

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Guiltiness 76% connected

The quality or state of being guilty.

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Health 76% connected

The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical disease or pain.

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Identification 76% connected

The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified.

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Illumination 76% connected

The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.

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Immunity 76% connected

Freedom or exemption from any charge, duty, obligation, office, tax, imposition, penalty, or service; a particular privilege; as, the immunities of t…

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Impaction 76% connected

The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other; as, impaction of the skull or of the hip.

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Impropriety 76% connected

The quality of being improper; unfitness or unsuitableness to character, time place, or circumstances; as, impropriety of behavior or manners.

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Improvement 76% connected

The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of th…

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Impureness 76% connected

The quality or condition of being impure; impurity.

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Impurity 76% connected

The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration.

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Innocence 76% connected

The state or quality of being innocent; freedom from that which is harmful or infurious; harmlessness.

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Introversion 76% connected

The act of introverting, or the state of being introverted; the act of turning the mind inward.

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Invagination 76% connected

The condition of an invaginated organ or part.

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Involvement 76% connected

The act of involving, or the state of being involved.

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Irradiation 76% connected

Act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.

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Justification 76% connected

The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law, justice, right, or duty; defense; vindi…

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Laxity 76% connected

The state or quality of being lax; want of tenseness, strictness, or exactness.

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Laxness 76% connected

The state of being lax; laxity.

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Leakiness 76% connected

The quality of being leaky.

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Light 76% connected

That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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Lot 76% connected

That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

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Lubrication 76% connected

The act of lubricating; the act of making slippery.

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Luck 76% connected

That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed casual; a course or series of such…

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Malady 76% connected

Any disease of the human body; a distemper, disorder, or indisposition, proceeding from impaired, defective, or morbid organic functions; especially,…

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Melioration 76% connected

The act or operation of meliorating, or the state of being meliorated; improvement.

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Mode 76% connected

Manner of doing or being; method; form; fashion; custom; way; style; as, the mode of speaking; the mode of dressing.

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Mood 76% connected

Manner; style; mode; logical form; musical style; manner of action or being. See Mode which is the preferable form).

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motivation 76% connected

The reasons and energy that drive someone to act.

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Mummification 76% connected

The act of making a mummy.

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Muteness 76% connected

The quality or state of being mute; speechlessness.

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Mutism 76% connected

The condition, state, or habit of being mute, or without speech.

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Nakedness 76% connected

The condition of being naked.

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Need 76% connected

A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.

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Niche 76% connected

A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. hence, any similar position, lite…

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Nomination 76% connected

The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated.

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Normalcy 76% connected

The quality, state, or fact of being normal; as, the point of normalcy.

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Nudity 76% connected

The quality or state of being nude; nakedness.

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Order 76% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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Orderliness 76% connected

The state or quality of being orderly.

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Ordinary 76% connected

According to established order; methodical; settled; regular.

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Orphanage 76% connected

The state of being an orphan; orphanhood; orphans, collectively.

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Orphanhood 76% connected

The state or condition of being an orphan; orphanage.

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Participation 76% connected

The act or state of participating, or sharing in common with others; as, a participation in joy or sorrows.

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Polarization 76% connected

The act of polarizing; the state of being polarized, or of having polarity.

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Portion 76% connected

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Prepossession 76% connected

Preoccupation; prior possession.

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Preservation 76% connected

The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, pr…

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Prognathism 76% connected

Projection of the jaws.

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Protuberance 76% connected

That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or kno…

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Provision 76% connected

The act of providing, or making previous preparation.

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Proviso 76% connected

An article or clause in any statute, agreement, contract, grant, or other writing, by which a condition is introduced, usually beginning with the wor…

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Pureness 76% connected

The state of being pure (in any sense of the adjective).

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Purity 76% connected

The condition of being pure.

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Reinstatement 76% connected

The act of reinstating; the state of being reinstated; re/stablishment.

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Repair 76% connected

To return.

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Resistance 76% connected

The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.

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Rustication 76% connected

The act of rusticating, or the state of being rusticated; specifically, the punishment of a student for some offense, by compelling him to leave the…

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Rustiness 76% connected

The quality or state of being rusty.

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Safety 76% connected

The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.

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Saturation 76% connected

The act of saturating, or the state of being saturating; complete penetration or impregnation.

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Serration 76% connected

Condition of being serrate; formation in the shape of a saw.

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Silence 76% connected

The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.

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Situation 76% connected

Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

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Soundness 76% connected

The quality or state of being sound; as, the soundness of timber, of fruit, of the teeth, etc.; the soundness of reasoning or argument; soundness of…

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Stratification 76% connected

The act or process of laying in strata, or the state of being laid in the form of strata, or layers.

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Submission 76% connected

The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedienc…

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Subservience 76% connected

Alt. of Subserviency

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Susceptibility 76% connected

The state or quality of being susceptible; the capability of receiving impressions, or of being affected.

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Tension 76% connected

The act of stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of the m…

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Tensity 76% connected

The quality or state of being tense, or strained to stiffness; tension; tenseness.

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Tilth 76% connected

The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture; as, land is good tilth.

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Vacuolation 76% connected

Formation into, or multiplication of, vacuoles.

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Virginity 76% connected

The quality or state of being a virgin; undefiled purity or chastity; maidenhood.

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Way 76% connected

Away.

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Whiteness 76% connected

The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.

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Wickedness 76% connected

The quality or state of being wicked; departure from the rules of the divine or the moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; depravity;…

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Ameliorate 76% connected

To make better; to improve; to meliorate.

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Amend 76% connected

To change or modify in any way for the better

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Assumption 76% connected

The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.

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Better 76% connected

Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.

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Contract 76% connected

To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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Develop 76% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

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Healthiness 76% connected

The state of being healthy or healthful; freedom from disease.

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Illness 76% connected

The condition of being ill, evil, or bad; badness; unfavorableness.

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Improve 76% connected

To disprove or make void; to refute.

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Information 76% connected

The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.

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Instruct 76% connected

Arranged; furnished; provided.

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Learn 76% connected

To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…

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Malady 76% connected

Any disease of the human body; a distemper, disorder, or indisposition, proceeding from impaired, defective, or morbid organic functions; especially,…

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Meliorate 76% connected

To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.

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Premise 76% connected

A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

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Premiss 76% connected

Premise.

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Procedure 76% connected

The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct.

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Process 76% connected

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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Shampoo 76% connected

To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath.

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Sickness 76% connected

The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; sisease or malady.

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State 76% connected

The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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Statement 76% connected

The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.

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Teach 76% connected

To impart the knowledge of; to give intelligence concerning; to impart, as knowledge before unknown, or rules for practice; to inculcate as true or i…

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Undertake 76% connected

To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt.

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Unwellness 76% connected

Quality or state of being unwell.

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Manner of action 2

Mortify 76% connected

To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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Derivationally related 6

Stipulate 74% connected

Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.

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Stipulate 74% connected

Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.

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Stipulation 74% connected

The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.

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Stipulation 74% connected

The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.

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Containing whole 4

Agreement 70% connected

State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the mem…

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Experiment 70% connected

Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something doubtful; esp., one under conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or o…

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Experimentation 70% connected

The act of experimenting; practice by experiment.

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Synonym 13

Check 92% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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Circumstance 92% connected

That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Consideration 92% connected

The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Discipline 92% connected

The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, menta…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Precondition 92% connected

A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Qualify 92% connected

To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the k…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Shape 92% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Specify 92% connected

To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to speci…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Status 92% connected

State; condition; position of affairs.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stipulate 92% connected

Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stipulation 92% connected

The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Term 92% connected

That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.

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Train 92% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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