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Deadness

The state of being destitute of life, vigor, spirit, activity, etc.; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness; vapidness; indifference; as, the deadness of a limb, a body, or a tree; the deadness of an eye; deadness of the affections; the deadness of beer or cider; deadness to the world, and the like.

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Frigidness 76% connected

The state of being frigid; want of heat, vigor, or affection; coldness; dullness.

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Resistance 76% connected

The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.

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Inanimateness 76% connected

The quality or state of being inanimate.

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Inelasticity 76% connected

Want of elasticity.

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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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Dead 74% connected

Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to…

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Dead 74% connected

Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to…

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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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Aridity noun · 86% connection

the quality of yielding nothing of value

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Asset noun · 86% connection

a useful or valuable quality

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Atmosphere 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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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

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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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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Barrenness noun · 86% connection

the quality of yielding nothing of value

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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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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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Argon noun · 78% connection

A substance regarded as an element, contained in the atmosphere and remarkable for its chemical inertness.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, life, vigor, spirit, activity.
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Arm noun · 78% connection

The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, life, vigor, spirit, activity.
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Azoic adjective · 78% connection

Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, life, vigor, spirit, activity.
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Chilliness noun · 78% connection

A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, life, vigor, spirit, activity.
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Deaden adjective · 78% connection

To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the n…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, life, vigor, spirit, activity.
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Dislimb verb · 78% connection

To tear limb from limb; to dismember.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, life, vigor, spirit, activity.
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Dismember verb · 78% connection

To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, life, vigor, spirit, activity.
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Energy noun · 78% connection

a healthy capacity for vigorous activity; "jogging works off my excess energy"; "he seemed full of vim and vigor"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, life, vigor, spirit, activity.
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Ennui noun · 78% connection

A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor of spirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, life, vigor, spirit, activity.
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Fail verb · 78% connection

To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, life, vigor, spirit, activity.
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Fresh superl · 78% connection

Renewed in vigor, alacrity, or readiness for action; as, fresh for a combat; hence, tending to renew in vigor; rather strong; cool or…

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