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Impermanency

lack of permanence.

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Duration 76% connected

The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists.

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Length 76% connected

The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can…

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Mortality 76% connected

The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to death or to the necessity of dying.

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Temporariness 76% connected

The quality or state of being temporary; -- opposed to perpetuity.

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Transience 76% connected

Alt. of Transiency

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Transiency 76% connected

The quality of being transient; transientness.

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Transitoriness 76% connected

The quality or state of being transitory; speedy passage or departure.

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Impermanence 92% connected

Alt. of Impermanency

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Acathexis noun · 78% connection

(psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis; a condition in which significant objects or memories arouse no emotion in an individual

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Acrotism noun · 78% connection

Lack or defect of pulsation.

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Anemia noun · 78% connection

a lack of vitality

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Antisocial personality disorder noun · 78% connection

a personality disorder characterized by amorality and lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (‘psychopathic pe…

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Bad lands unknown · 78% connection

Barren regions, especially in the western United States, where horizontal strata (Tertiary deposits) have been often eroded into fanta…

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Bald eagle unknown · 78% connection

The white-headed eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) of America. The young, until several years old, lack the white feathers on the head.

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Cardiac arrest noun · 78% connection

absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…

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Cardiac resuscitation noun · 78% connection

an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has col…

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Cardiopulmonary arrest noun · 78% connection

absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation noun · 78% connection

an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has col…

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Complement verb · 78% connection

To supply a lack; to supplement.

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Consign verb · 78% connection

To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, wi…

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Continuance noun · 78% connection

A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration;…

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CPR noun · 78% connection

an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has col…

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Dearth noun · 78% connection

Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine.

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Disagree verb · 78% connection

To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be unlike; to be at variance.

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Dissemination noun · 78% connection

The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abro…

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Establish adjective · 78% connection

To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain.

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