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Muteness

The quality or state of being mute; speechlessness.

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Condition 76% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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Status 76% connected

State; condition; position of affairs.

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Deaf-mutism 76% connected

The condition of being a deaf-mute.

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Mute 74% connected

To cast off; to molt.

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Mute 74% connected

To cast off; to molt.

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Mutism 92% connected

The condition, state, or habit of being mute, or without speech.

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Silence 92% connected

The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.

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

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an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it

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

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

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Antimetathesis noun · 78% connection

A rhetorical figure resulting from a reverted arrangement in the last clause of a sentence of the two principal words of the clause pr…

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Dumb adjective · 78% connection

Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show.

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Dummy adjective · 78% connection

Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.

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Lene adjective · 78% connection

Applied to certain mute consonants, as p, k, and t (or Gr. /, /, /).

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Liquid noun · 78% connection

A letter which has a smooth, flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute; as, l and r, in bla, bra. M and n also are called li…

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Media noun · 78% connection

One of the sonant mutes /, /, / (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the…

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Moate verb · 78% connection

To void the excrement, as a bird; to mute.

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Moot-hill noun · 78% connection

A hill of meeting or council; an elevated place in the open air where public assemblies or courts were held by the Saxons; -- called,…

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Mutely adverb · 78% connection

Without uttering words or sounds; in a mute manner; silently.

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