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Muscularity

The state or quality of being muscular.

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Life 76% connected

The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that s…

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Liveliness 76% connected

The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as, the liveliness of youth, contrasted with the gravit…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spirit 76% connected

Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.

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Sprightliness 76% connected

The quality or state of being sprightly; liveliness; life; briskness; vigor; activity; gayety; vivacity.

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Strength 76% connected

The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Verve 76% connected

Excitement of imagination such as animates a poet, artist, or musician, in composing or performing; rapture; enthusiasm; spirit; energy.

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Vitality 76% connected

The quality or state of being vital; the principle of life; vital force; animation; as, the vitality of eggs or vegetable seeds; the vitality of an e…

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Muscle 74% connected

An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Muscle 74% connected

An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Muscular 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a muscle, or to a system of muscles; consisting of, or constituting, a muscle or muscles; as, muscular fiber.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Muscular 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a muscle, or to a system of muscles; consisting of, or constituting, a muscle or muscles; as, muscular fiber.

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Brawn 92% connected

A muscle; flesh.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Brawniness 92% connected

The quality or state of being brawny.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Energy 92% connected

Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing energies may suffer the…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Muscle 92% connected

An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sinew 92% connected

A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vigor 92% connected

Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vigour 92% connected

active strength of body or mind

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Vim 92% connected

Power; force; energy; spirit; activity; vigor.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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