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Modal

Of or pertaining to a mode or mood; consisting in mode or form only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or reality.

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Normal 84% connected

According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal;…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Normal 84% connected

According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal;…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Mode 74% connected

Manner of doing or being; method; form; fashion; custom; way; style; as, the mode of speaking; the mode of dressing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Mode 74% connected

Manner of doing or being; method; form; fashion; custom; way; style; as, the mode of speaking; the mode of dressing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Mood 74% connected

Manner; style; mode; logical form; musical style; manner of action or being. See Mode which is the preferable form).

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Mood 74% connected

Manner; style; mode; logical form; musical style; manner of action or being. See Mode which is the preferable form).

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Mode 66% connected

Manner of doing or being; method; form; fashion; custom; way; style; as, the mode of speaking; the mode of dressing.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Average 92% connected

That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Accessory adjective · 85% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Adjunct adjective · 85% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Adjuvant adjective · 85% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Ancillary adjective · 85% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Appurtenant adjective · 85% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Auxiliary adjective · 85% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Modal auxiliary noun · 85% connection

an auxiliary verb (such as ‘can’ or ‘will’) that is used to express modality

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Modal auxiliary verb noun · 85% connection

an auxiliary verb (such as ‘can’ or ‘will’) that is used to express modality

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Modal verb noun · 85% connection

an auxiliary verb (such as ‘can’ or ‘will’) that is used to express modality

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Auxiliary verb noun · 78% connection

a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with

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Causal factor noun · 78% connection

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

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Co-ordinator noun · 78% connection

someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously

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Common noun noun · 78% connection

a noun that denotes any or all members of a class

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Coordinator noun · 78% connection

someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously

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Count noun noun · 78% connection

a noun that forms plurals

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Determining factor noun · 78% connection

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

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Future perfect noun · 78% connection

a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future; "‘I will have finished’ is an example of the future p…

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Future perfect tense noun · 78% connection

a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future; "‘I will have finished’ is an example of the future p…

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Alamodality noun · 78% connection

The quality of being a la mode; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, mode, mood, consisting, essence.
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Amiable adjective · 78% connection

Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, mode, mood, consisting, essence.
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Attitude noun · 78% connection

Fig.: Position as indicating action, feeling, or mood; as, in times of trouble let a nation preserve a firm attitude; one's mental att…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, mode, mood, consisting, essence.
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Coumarin noun · 78% connection

The concrete essence of the tonka bean, the fruit of Dipterix (formerly Coumarouna) odorata and consisting essentially of coumarin pro…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, mode, mood, consisting, essence.
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Deliquium noun · 78% connection

A melting or maudlin mood.

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Disposition noun · 78% connection

Mood; humor.

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Dysthymia noun · 78% connection

mild chronic depression; "I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia"

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Dysthymic depression noun · 78% connection

mild chronic depression; "I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia"

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Fashion noun · 78% connection

The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.; partic…

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Fit noun · 78% connection

A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; as, a fit melancholy, of p…

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form noun · 78% connection

Mode of acting or manifestation to the senses, or the intellect; as, water assumes the form of ice or snow. In modern usage, the eleme…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, mode, mood, consisting, essence.
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Frame noun · 78% connection

Particular state or disposition, as of the mind; humor; temper; mood; as, to be always in a happy frame.

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