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Physical

Of or pertaining to nature (as including all created existences); in accordance with the laws of nature; also, of or relating to natural or material things, or to the bodily structure, as opposed to things mental, moral, spiritual, or imaginary; material; natural; as, armies and navies are the physical force of a nation; the body is the physical part of man.

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Animal 84% connected

An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity…

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Animal 84% connected

An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity…

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Bodily 84% connected

Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal; consisting of matter.

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Bodily 84% connected

Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal; consisting of matter.

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Carnal 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the body or its appetites; animal; fleshly; sensual; given to sensual indulgence; lustful; human or worldly as opposed to spiritu…

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Carnal 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the body or its appetites; animal; fleshly; sensual; given to sensual indulgence; lustful; human or worldly as opposed to spiritu…

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Corporal 84% connected

A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncommissioned officer in a company of infantry. He pla…

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Corporal 84% connected

A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncommissioned officer in a company of infantry. He pla…

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Corporeal 84% connected

Having a body; consisting of, or pertaining to, a material body or substance; material; -- opposed to spiritual or immaterial.

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Corporeal 84% connected

Having a body; consisting of, or pertaining to, a material body or substance; material; -- opposed to spiritual or immaterial.

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Energetic 84% connected

Alt. of Energetical

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Energetic 84% connected

Alt. of Energetical

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Fleshly 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the flesh; corporeal.

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Fleshly 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the flesh; corporeal.

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Forceful 84% connected

Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty.

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Forceful 84% connected

Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty.

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Material 84% connected

Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

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Material 84% connected

Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

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Natural 84% connected

Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential; characterist…

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Natural 84% connected

Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential; characterist…

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Personal 84% connected

Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.

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Personal 84% connected

Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.

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Physiologic 84% connected

Physiological.

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Physiologic 84% connected

Physiological.

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Physiological 84% connected

Of or pertaining to physiology; relating to the science of the functions of living organism; as, physiological botany or chemistry.

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Physiological 84% connected

Of or pertaining to physiology; relating to the science of the functions of living organism; as, physiological botany or chemistry.

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Sensual 84% connected

Pertaining to, consisting in, or affecting, the sense, or bodily organs of perception; relating to, or concerning, the body, in distinction from the…

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Sensual 84% connected

Pertaining to, consisting in, or affecting, the sense, or bodily organs of perception; relating to, or concerning, the body, in distinction from the…

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Somatic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the body as a whole; corporeal; as, somatic death; somatic changes.

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Somatic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the body as a whole; corporeal; as, somatic death; somatic changes.

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Corporality 74% connected

The state of being or having a body; bodily existence; corporeality; -- opposed to spirituality.

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Corporality 74% connected

The state of being or having a body; bodily existence; corporeality; -- opposed to spirituality.

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Forcible 92% connected

Possessing force; characterized by force, efficiency, or energy; powerful; efficacious; impressive; influential.

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Mental 94% connected

Of or pertaining to the chin; genian; as, the mental nerve; the mental region.

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Mental 94% connected

Of or pertaining to the chin; genian; as, the mental nerve; the mental region.

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