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Heart

A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.

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Area 76% connected

Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

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Braveness 76% connected

The quality of state or being brave.

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Bravery 76% connected

The quality of being brave; fearless; intrepidity.

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Content 76% connected

Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

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Country 76% connected

A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region o…

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Courage 76% connected

The heart; spirit; temper; disposition.

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Courageousness 76% connected

The quality of being courageous; courage.

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Disposition 76% connected

The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.

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Feeling 76% connected

of Feel

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Hunch 76% connected

A hump; a protuberance.

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Intuition 76% connected

A looking after; a regard to.

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Suspicion 76% connected

The act of suspecting; the imagination or apprehension of the existence of something (esp. something wrong or hurtful) without proof, or upon very sl…

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Temperament 76% connected

Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts.

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Viscus 76% connected

One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; -- especially used in the plural, and applied to…

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Attachment 76% connected

The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an/ passion of affection that binds a person; as, an a…

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Haecceity 76% connected

Literally, this-ness. A scholastic term to express individuality or singleness; as, this book.

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Hub 76% connected

The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box.

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Hypostasis 76% connected

That which forms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or thing.

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Protectiveness 76% connected

The quality or state of being protective.

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Quiddity 76% connected

The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it?

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Quintessence 76% connected

The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment.

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Regard 76% connected

To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

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Respect 76% connected

To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed.

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Seat 76% connected

The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

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Stuff 76% connected

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

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Valve 70% connected

A door; especially, one of a pair of folding doors, or one of the leaves of such a door.

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Affection 92% connected

The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.

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Affectionateness 92% connected

The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection.

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Bosom 92% connected

The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.

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Center 92% connected

A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…

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Centre 92% connected

To be placed in a center; to be central.

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Core 92% connected

A body of individuals; an assemblage.

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Essence 92% connected

The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence.

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Eye 92% connected

A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.

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Fondness 92% connected

The quality or state of being fond; foolishness.

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Gist 92% connected

A resting place.

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Inwardness 92% connected

Internal or true state; essential nature; as, the inwardness of conduct.

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Kernel 92% connected

The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything included in a…

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Marrow 92% connected

The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is m…

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Meat 92% connected

Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an…

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Mettle 92% connected

Substance or quality of temperament; spirit, esp. as regards honor, courage, fortitude, ardor, etc.; disposition; -- usually in a good sense.

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Middle 92% connected

Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station…

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Nerve 92% connected

One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various pa…

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Nub 92% connected

To push; to nudge; also, to beckon.

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Pith 92% connected

The soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees, especially those of the dicotyledonous or exogenous classes. It consis…

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Pump 92% connected

A low shoe with a thin sole.

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Spirit 92% connected

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

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Spunk 92% connected

Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou.

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Substance 92% connected

That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

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Sum 92% connected

The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added t…

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Tenderness 92% connected

The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective).

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Ticker 92% connected

One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, as a watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc.

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Warmness 92% connected

Warmth.

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