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Glamour

A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are.

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Beauty 76% connected

An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the aesthetic faculty, or the moral sense.

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Becharm 76% connected

To charm; to captivate.

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Charm 76% connected

A melody; a song.

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Spell 76% connected

A spelk, or splinter.

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Voodoo 76% connected

See Voodooism.

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Bewitch 92% connected

To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery.

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Enchant 92% connected

To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites.

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Witch 92% connected

A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper.

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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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Accuracy noun · 84% 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 · 84% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 84% 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 · 84% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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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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Aberration noun · 78% connection

The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of su…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: charm, affecting, making, objects, appear.
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Actualization noun · 78% connection

A making actual or really existent.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: charm, affecting, making, objects, appear.
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Affecting adjective · 78% connection

Moving the emotions; fitted to excite the emotions; pathetic; touching; as, an affecting address; an affecting sight.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: charm, affecting, making, objects, appear.
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Amnesic aphasia noun · 78% connection

inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: charm, affecting, making, objects, appear.
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Amnestic aphasia noun · 78% connection

inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects

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Anomic aphasia noun · 78% connection

inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects

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Binary noun · 78% connection

a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run…

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Binary program noun · 78% connection

a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run…

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Camera lucida unknown · 78% connection

An instrument which by means of a prism of a peculiar form, or an arrangement of mirrors, causes an apparent image of an external obje…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: charm, affecting, making, objects, appear.
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Changeable adjective · 78% connection

Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or under different circumstances; as, changeable silk.

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Cyclorama noun · 78% connection

A pictorial view which is extended circularly, so that the spectator is surrounded by the objects represented as by things in nature.…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: charm, affecting, making, objects, appear.
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Different adjective · 78% connection

Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; differ…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: charm, affecting, making, objects, appear.
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Drachma noun · 78% connection

A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, having a different value in different States and at different periods. The average value of th…

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