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Interestingness

The condition or quality of being interesting.

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Color 76% connected

A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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Colour 76% connected

See Color.

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News 76% connected

A report of recent occurences; information of something that has lately taken place, or of something before unknown; fresh tindings; recent intellige…

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Shrillness 76% connected

The quality or state of being shrill.

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Power 76% connected

Same as Poor, the fish.

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Interest 92% connected

To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest…

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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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Analogy noun · 78% connection

drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect; "the operation of a computer presents an interesting analogy to th…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, interesting.
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Anecdote noun · 78% connection

A particular or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a single passage of private l…

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Concubine noun · 78% connection

A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were H…

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Condition noun · 78% connection

To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition of.

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Decline noun · 78% connection

a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

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Dialogism noun · 78% connection

the use in a text of different tones or viewpoints, whose interaction or contradiction is important to the text's interpretation.; "Wh…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, interesting.
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Dig noun · 78% connection

the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"

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Digging noun · 78% connection

the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"

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Dilapidate verb · 78% connection

To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; -- sa…

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Disposal noun · 78% connection

Regulation of the fate, condition, application, etc., of anything; the transference of anything into new hands, a new place, condition…

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Divertive adjective · 78% connection

Tending to divert; diverting; amusing; interesting.

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Educe verb · 78% connection

deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

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Elicit verb · 78% connection

deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

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