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Potency

The quality or state of being potent; physical or moral power; inherent strength; energy; ability to effect a purpose; capability; efficacy; influence.

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Carte blanche 76% connected

A blank paper, with a person's signature, etc., at the bottom, given to another person, with permission to superscribe what conditions he pleases. He…

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Chance 76% connected

A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.

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Command 76% connected

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

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Latency 76% connected

The state or quality of being latent.

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Lordship 76% connected

The state or condition of being a lord; hence (with his or your), a title applied to a lord (except an archbishop or duke, who is called Grace) or a…

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Muscle 76% connected

An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion.

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Prospect 76% connected

That which is embraced by eye in vision; the region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.

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Sovereignty 76% connected

The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power; dominion; sway; supremacy; in…

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Control 76% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Possibility 76% connected

The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing.

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Power 76% connected

Same as Poor, the fish.

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Dominate 74% connected

To predominate over; to rule; to govern.

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Dominate 74% connected

To predominate over; to rule; to govern.

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Potential 74% connected

Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential.

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Potential 74% connected

Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential.

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Impotent 66% connected

Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; inf…

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Impotent 66% connected

Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; inf…

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Possible 66% connected

Capable of existing or occurring, or of being conceived or thought of; able to happen; capable of being done; not contrary to the nature of things; -…

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Possible 66% connected

Capable of existing or occurring, or of being conceived or thought of; able to happen; capable of being done; not contrary to the nature of things; -…

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Potent 66% connected

Producing great physical effects; forcible; powerful' efficacious; as, a potent medicine.

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Potent 66% connected

Producing great physical effects; forcible; powerful' efficacious; as, a potent medicine.

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Potential 66% connected

Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential.

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Potential 66% connected

Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential.

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Stiff 66% connected

Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.

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Stiff 66% connected

Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.

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Strong 66% connected

Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.

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Strong 66% connected

Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.

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Authority 92% connected

Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authori…

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Authorization 92% connected

The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.

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Dominance 92% connected

Alt. of Dominancy

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Effectiveness 92% connected

The quality of being effective.

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Potence 92% connected

Potency; capacity.

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Potential 92% connected

Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential.

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Potentiality 92% connected

The quality or state of being potential; possibility, not actuality; inherent capability or disposition, not actually exhibited.

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Strength 92% 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 68% interchangeable

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