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Effete

No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy; incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren; sterile.

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Impotent 84% connected

Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; inf…

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Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; inf…

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Afford verb · 78% connection

To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue; as, grapes afford wine; olives afford oil; the ear…

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Barren adjective · 78% connection

Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.

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Bird noun · 78% connection

Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).

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Corsage noun · 78% connection

a flower or small arrangement of flowers worn by a person as a personal ornament. Typically worn by women on special occasions (as, at…

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Cutworm noun · 78% connection

A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees and ea…

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Engraving noun · 78% connection

The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of pro…

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Enthalpy noun · 78% connection

(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure; "entha…

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Entropy noun · 78% connection

(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanic…

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Exhaust adjective · 78% connection

Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.

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Exhaustible adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being exhausted, drained off, or expended.

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Fertile adjective · 78% connection

Capable of producing fruit; fruit-bearing; as, fertile flowers.

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Force noun · 78% connection

Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy; capacity of exercising…

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Forswonk adjective · 78% connection

Overlabored; exhausted; worn out.

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Fructification noun · 78% connection

The act of forming or producing fruit; the act of fructifying, or rendering productive of fruit; fecundation.

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Fruitful adjective · 78% connection

Full of fruit; producing fruit abundantly; bearing results; prolific; fertile; liberal; bountiful; as, a fruitful tree, or season, or…

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Granadilla noun · 78% connection

The fruit of certain species of passion flower (esp. Passiflora quadrangularis) found in Brazil and the West Indies. It is as large as…

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Hatch verb · 78% connection

To produce, as young, from an egg or eggs by incubation, or by artificial heat; to produce young from (eggs); as, the young when hatch…

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Heat content noun · 78% connection

(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure; "entha…

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