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Moisture

A moderate degree of wetness.

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Wash 74% connected

To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Wash 74% connected

To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Wet 92% connected

Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Conservation noun · 78% connection

the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources

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Area noun · 78% connection

a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

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Arena noun · 78% connection

a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

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Biodiversity noun · 78% connection

the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); "a high level of biodiversity is desirabl…

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Bionomic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Bionomical adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Book verb · 78% connection

arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the sho…

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Condition noun · 78% connection

a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"

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Corridor noun · 78% connection

an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it

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Defunctness noun · 78% connection

no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"

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Domain noun · 78% connection

a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

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Ecologic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Ecological adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Endangered adjective · 78% connection

(of flora or fauna) in imminent danger of extinction; "an endangered species"

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Extinction noun · 78% connection

no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"

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Field noun · 78% connection

a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

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Habitat noun · 78% connection

the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds"

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Abate verb · 78% connection

To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut sh…

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Acescency noun · 78% connection

The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness.

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Acidulate verb · 78% connection

To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.

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Adansonia noun · 78% connection

A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and…

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Agreeableness noun · 78% connection

The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses.

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Allemande noun · 78% connection

A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in the reign of Louis XIV.; -- now mostly found in suites of pieces, like tho…

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Aslake v. t. & i. · 78% connection

To mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: moderate, wetness.
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Attemper verb · 78% connection

To reduce, modify, or moderate, by mixture; to temper; to regulate, as temperature.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: moderate, wetness.
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Bonnet noun · 78% connection

An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of a jib or foresail in moderate winds.

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Brackish adjective · 78% connection

Saltish, or salt in a moderate degree, as water in saline soil.

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Centre noun · 78% connection

politically moderate persons; centrists

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Clamminess noun · 78% connection

unpleasant wetness

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