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Must

To be obliged; to be necessitated; -- expressing either physical or moral necessity; as, a man must eat for nourishment; we must submit to the laws.

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Essential 84% connected

Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is.

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Essential 84% connected

Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is.

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Essential 76% connected

Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is.

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Necessary 76% connected

Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable.

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Necessity 76% connected

The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite; inevitableness; indispensableness.

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Requirement 76% connected

The act of requiring; demand; requisition.

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Requisite 76% connected

That which is required, or is necessary; something indispensable.

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Staleness 76% connected

The quality or state of being stale.

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Musty 74% connected

Having the rank, pungent, offencive odor and taste which substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist weather; foul or sour and fetid; mol…

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Musty 74% connected

Having the rank, pungent, offencive odor and taste which substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist weather; foul or sour and fetid; mol…

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Moldiness 92% connected

Alt. of Mouldiness

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Mustiness 92% connected

The quality or state of being musty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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