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Metempsychosis

The passage of the soul, as an immortal essence, at the death of the animal body it had inhabited, into another living body, whether of a brute or a human being; transmigration of souls.

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Phenomenon 76% connected

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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Animism noun · 78% connection

The belief that inanimate objects and the phenomena of nature are endowed with personal life or a living soul; also, in an extended se…

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Being noun · 78% connection

That which exists in any form, whether it be material or spiritual, actual or ideal; living existence, as distinguished from a thing w…

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Biology noun · 78% connection

The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of…

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Brute adjective · 78% connection

Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of na…

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Coroner noun · 78% connection

An officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire, with the help of a jury, into the cause of any violent, sudden or mysterio…

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Corps n. sing. & pl. · 78% connection

The human body, whether living or dead.

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Corpse noun · 78% connection

A human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuously.

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Death's-head noun · 78% connection

A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification of death.

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Deathless adjective · 78% connection

Not subject to death, destruction, or extinction; immortal; undying; imperishable; as, deathless beings; deathless fame.

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Dissolution noun · 78% connection

The extinction of life in the human body; separation of the soul from the body; death.

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Emotion noun · 78% connection

A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a sp…

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Ethics noun · 78% connection

The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting d…

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Eutrophication noun · 78% connection

excessive nutrients in a lake or other body of water, usually caused by runoff of nutrients (animal waste, fertilizers, sewage) from t…

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Existence noun · 78% connection

The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the…

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Extraction noun · 78% connection

The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a…

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Faculty noun · 78% connection

Ability to act or perform, whether inborn or cultivated; capacity for any natural function; especially, an original mental power or ca…

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Ghost noun · 78% connection

The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter.

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Habitable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being inhabited; that may be inhabited or dwelt in; as, the habitable world.

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