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Nativeness

The quality or state of being native.

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Autochthony 76% connected

An aboriginal or autochthonous condition.

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Aboriginal 74% connected

First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America.

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Aboriginal 74% connected

First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America.

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Native 74% connected

Arising by birth; having an origin; born.

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Native 74% connected

Arising by birth; having an origin; born.

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Strangeness 94% connected

The state or quality of being strange (in any sense of the adjective).

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Strangeness 94% connected

The state or quality of being strange (in any sense of the adjective).

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Ability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

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Accuracy noun · 86% connection

(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much grea…

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Adequacy noun · 86% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 86% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Appearance noun · 86% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Aridity noun · 86% connection

the quality of yielding nothing of value

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Asset noun · 86% connection

a useful or valuable quality

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Atmosphere noun · 86% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Attraction noun · 86% connection

the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him"

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Aura noun · 86% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Bad noun · 86% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Badness noun · 86% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Barrenness noun · 86% connection

the quality of yielding nothing of value

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Believability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Brachycephalism noun · 86% connection

the quality of being brachycephalic

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Brachycephaly noun · 86% connection

the quality of being brachycephalic

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Credibility noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Credibleness noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Aborigines n. pl. · 78% connection

The earliest known inhabitants of a country; native races.

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Abyssinian noun · 78% connection

A native of Abyssinia.

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Acadian noun · 78% connection

A native of Acadie.

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Acclimate verb · 78% connection

To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.

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Achaian noun · 78% connection

A native of Achaia; a Greek.

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Adjutant noun · 78% connection

A species of very large stork (Ciconia argala), a native of India; -- called also the gigantic crane, and by the native name argala. I…

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Afghan noun · 78% connection

A native of Afghanistan.

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African noun · 78% connection

A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.

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Africander noun · 78% connection

One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a "colored" mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born o…

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Albanian noun · 78% connection

A native of Albania.

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Algerian noun · 78% connection

A native of Algeria.

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Algerine noun · 78% connection

A native or one of the people of Algiers or Algeria. Also, a pirate.

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