Luck: alternatives and connections

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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An appearance; anything visible; whatever, in matter or spirit, is apparent to, or is apprehended by, observation; as, the phenomena of heat, light,…

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Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.

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The European flounder. See Flounder.

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The state or quality of being lucky; as, the luckiness of a man or of an event.

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Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap.

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Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance.

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Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance.

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The act of providing or preparing for future use or application; a making ready; preparation.

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A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.

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A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.

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A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.

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That to which any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.

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A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence…

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The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or deified power regarded as determinin…

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A game of chance played with dice.

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That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

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That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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