an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare
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Contagiousness
Quality of being contagious.
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a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.a low area where the land is saturated with water
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much grea…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.the quality of being believable or trustworthy
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.
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A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contagious.An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), the spores o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contagious.Infectious; contagious.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contagious.A very contagious and fatal disease of sheep, horses, and cattle. See Maligmant pustule.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contagious.One who believes in the contagious character of certain diseases, as of yellow fever.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contagious.Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contagious.In a contagious manner.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contagious.Contagion; contagious matter.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contagious.A very dangerous contagious disease in which the air passages, and especially the throat, become coated with a false membrane, produce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contagious.To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contagious.St. Anthony's fire; a febrile disease accompanied with a diffused inflammation of the skin, which, starting usually from a single poin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contagious.A contagious disease of horses, associated with painful ulcerating enlargements, esp. upon the head and limbs. It is of the same natur…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contagious.a contagious fungal infection of the scalp; occurs mainly in Africa and the Middle East
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contagious.
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