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Duality

The quality or condition of being two or twofold; dual character or usage.

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Classification 76% connected

The act of forming into a class or classes; a distibution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affi…

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Exchangeability 76% connected

The quality or state of being exchangeable.

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Interchangeability 76% connected

The state or quality of being interchangeable; interchangeableness.

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Property 76% connected

That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as,…

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Dual 74% connected

Expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two; as, the dual number of nouns, etc. , in Greek.

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Dual 74% connected

Expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two; as, the dual number of nouns, etc. , in Greek.

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Dichotomy 92% connected

A cutting in two; a division.

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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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Phase noun · 86% connection

(astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's…

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Phase of the moon noun · 86% connection

a time when the Moon presents a particular recurring appearance

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Air noun · 85% connection

a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of; "air pollution"; "a smell of chemi…

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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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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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Acceptable adjective · 78% connection

judged to be in conformity with approved usage; "acceptable English usage"

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Allemande noun · 78% connection

A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in the reign of Louis XIV.; -- now mostly found in suites of pieces, like tho…

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Amphibology noun · 78% connection

A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, twofold, dual, character, usage.
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Authorize verb · 78% connection

To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage.

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Bifarious adjective · 78% connection

Twofold; arranged in two rows.

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Bifold adjective · 78% connection

Twofold; double; of two kinds, degrees, etc.

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Binal adjective · 78% connection

Twofold; double.

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Character noun · 78% connection

Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the miserable character of a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, twofold, dual, character, usage.
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Custom noun · 78% connection

Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.

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Devon noun · 78% connection

red dual-purpose cattle of English origin

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Di- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix, signifying twofold, double, twice

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Dink noun · 78% connection

a couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids)

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Dittology noun · 78% connection

A double reading, or twofold interpretation, as of a Scripture text.

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