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Emission

The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of bank notes.

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Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Egress 76% connected

The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure.

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Egression 76% connected

The act of going; egress.

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Emergence 76% connected

The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance.

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Flow 76% connected

imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

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Flowing 76% connected

of Flow

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Material 76% connected

Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

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Release 76% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

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Stuff 76% connected

Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.

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Catamenia 76% connected

The monthly courses of women; menstrual discharges; menses.

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Discharge 76% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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Effluvium 76% connected

Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from disease…

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Ejaculation 76% connected

The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight.

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Elimination 76% connected

The act of expelling or throwing off

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Evacuation 76% connected

The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging.

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Excreting 76% connected

of Excrete

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Excretion 76% connected

The act of excreting.

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Exudate 76% connected

To exude.

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Exudation 76% connected

The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors, moisture, juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also, the substance exuded.

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Flow 76% connected

imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

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Menses 76% connected

The catamenial or menstrual discharge, a periodic flow of blood or bloody fluid from the uterus or female generative organs.

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Menstruation 76% connected

The discharge of the menses; also, the state or the period of menstruating.

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Menstruum 76% connected

Any substance which dissolves a solid body; a solvent.

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Period 76% connected

A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…

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Radiation 76% connected

The act of radiating, or the state of being radiated; emission and diffusion of rays of light; beamy brightness.

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Rheum 76% connected

A genus of plants. See Rhubarb.

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Transudation 76% connected

The act or process of transuding.

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Venting 76% connected

of Vent

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Voiding 76% connected

of Void

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Emanate 74% connected

To issue forth from a source; to flow out from more or less constantly; as, fragrance emanates from flowers.

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Emanate 74% connected

To issue forth from a source; to flow out from more or less constantly; as, fragrance emanates from flowers.

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Exhale 74% connected

To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.

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Exhale 74% connected

To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.

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Synonym 3

Discharge 92% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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Emanation 92% connected

The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Expelling 92% connected

of Expel

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