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Energy

Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing energies may suffer them to lie inactive.

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activation energy 76% connected

The energy barrier that must be overcome for a reaction to begin.

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Athleticism 76% connected

The practice of engaging in athletic games; athletism.

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Electricity 76% connected

A power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, the fact of direc…

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Heat 76% connected

A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire…

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Juice 76% connected

The characteristic fluid of any vegetable or animal substance; the sap or part which can be expressed from fruit, etc.; the fluid part which separate…

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Power 76% connected

Same as Poor, the fish.

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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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Verve 76% connected

Excitement of imagination such as animates a poet, artist, or musician, in composing or performing; rapture; enthusiasm; spirit; energy.

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Vitality 76% connected

The quality or state of being vital; the principle of life; vital force; animation; as, the vitality of eggs or vegetable seeds; the vitality of an e…

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Drive 76% connected

To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

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Force 76% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Healthiness 76% connected

The state of being healthy or healthful; freedom from disease.

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Life 76% connected

The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that s…

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Liveliness 76% connected

The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as, the liveliness of youth, contrasted with the gravit…

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Spirit 76% connected

Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.

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Sprightliness 76% connected

The quality or state of being sprightly; liveliness; life; briskness; vigor; activity; gayety; vivacity.

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Strength 76% connected

The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force;…

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Energetic 74% connected

Alt. of Energetical

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Energetic 74% connected

Alt. of Energetical

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Energize 74% connected

To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.

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Energize 74% connected

To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.

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Synonym 7

Doe 92% connected

A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to the female of other anima…

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Muscularity 92% connected

The state or quality of being muscular.

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Push 92% connected

A pustule; a pimple.

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Vigor 92% connected

Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy.

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Vigour 92% connected

active strength of body or mind

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Vim 92% connected

Power; force; energy; spirit; activity; vigor.

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Vitality 92% connected

The quality or state of being vital; the principle of life; vital force; animation; as, the vitality of eggs or vegetable seeds; the vitality of an e…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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