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Modality

The quality or state of being modal.

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Audition 76% connected

The act of hearing or listening; hearing.

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Declarative 76% connected

Making declaration, proclamation, or publication; explanatory; assertive; declaratory.

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Gustation 76% connected

The act of tasting.

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Hearing 76% connected

of Hear

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Imperative 76% connected

Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders.

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Indicative 76% connected

Pointing out; bringing to notice; giving intimation or knowledge of something not visible or obvious.

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Interrogative 76% connected

Denoting a question; expressed in the form of a question; as, an interrogative sentence; an interrogative pronoun.

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Olfaction 76% connected

The sense by which the impressions made on the olfactory organs by the odorous particles in the atmosphere are perceived.

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Optative 76% connected

Expressing desire or wish.

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Sight 76% connected

The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land.

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Smell 76% connected

To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate ma…

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Subjunctive 76% connected

Subjoined or added to something before said or written.

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Taste 76% connected

To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.

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Vision 76% connected

The act of seeing external objects; actual sight.

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Intervention 76% connected

The act of intervening; interposition.

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Sensation 76% connected

An impression, or the consciousness of an impression, made upon the central nervous organ, through the medium of a sensory or afferent nerve or one o…

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Sense 76% connected

A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the bod…

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Sentience 76% connected

Alt. of Sentiency

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Sentiency 76% connected

The quality or state of being sentient; esp., the quality or state of having sensation.

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Treatment 76% connected

The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment.

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Mode 92% connected

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

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Mood 92% connected

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

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