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Power

Same as Poor, the fish.

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Narrower term 43

Accomplishment 76% connected

The act of accomplishing; entire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc.

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Acquirement 76% connected

The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment.

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Acquisition 76% connected

The act or process of acquiring.

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Aptitude 76% connected

A natural or acquired disposition or capacity for a particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect; as, oil has an aptitude to burn.

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Attainment 76% connected

The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence, the act of obtaining by efforts.

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Bilingualism 76% connected

Quality of being bilingual.

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Capacity 76% connected

The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things.

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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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Creativeness 76% connected

The quality of being creative.

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Degree 76% connected

A step, stair, or staircase.

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Discretion 76% connected

Disjunction; separation.

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Disposal 76% connected

The act of disposing, or disposing of, anything; arrangement; orderly distribution; a putting in order; as, the disposal of the troops in two lines.

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Effectiveness 76% connected

The quality of being effective.

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Effectualness 76% connected

The quality of being effectual.

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Faculty 76% connected

Ability to act or perform, whether inborn or cultivated; capacity for any natural function; especially, an original mental power or capacity for any…

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Free will 76% connected

A will free from improper coercion or restraint.

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Hand 76% connected

That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.

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Influence 76% connected

A flowing in or upon; influx.

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Intelligence 76% connected

The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding.

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Interest 76% connected

To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest…

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Interestingness 76% connected

The condition or quality of being interesting.

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Irresistibility 76% connected

The quality or state of being irrestible, irresistibleness.

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Juggernaut 76% connected

One of the names under which Vishnu, in his incarnation as Krishna, is worshiped by the Hindoos.

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Jurisdiction 76% connected

The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judicial authority…

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Leadership 76% connected

The office of a leader.

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Log 76% connected

A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills.

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Logarithm 76% connected

One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of…

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Module 76% connected

A model or measure.

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Moloch 76% connected

The fire god of the Ammonites in Canaan, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Molech. Also applied figuratively.

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Originality 76% connected

The quality or state of being original.

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Potency 76% connected

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

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Preponderance 76% connected

Alt. of Preponderancy

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Puissance 76% connected

Power; strength; might; force; potency.

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Repellent 76% connected

Driving back; able or tending to repel.

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Science 76% connected

Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts.

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Signal 76% connected

A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agr…

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Skill 76% connected

Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.

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Strength 76% 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;…

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Sway 76% connected

To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter.

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Valence 76% connected

The degree of combining power of an atom (or radical) as shown by the number of atoms of hydrogen (or of other monads, as chlorine, sodium, etc.) wit…

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Valency 76% connected

See Valence.

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Veto 76% connected

An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.

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Bourgeois 76% connected

A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type.

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Cater 76% connected

A provider; a purveyor; a caterer.

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Cause 76% connected

That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

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Cognition 76% connected

The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.

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Commonwealth 76% connected

A state; a body politic consisting of a certain number of men, united, by compact or tacit agreement, under one form of government and system of laws.

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Country 76% connected

A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region o…

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Energy 76% connected

Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing energies may suffer the…

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Knowledge 76% connected

The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.

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Land 76% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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Nation 76% connected

A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock.

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Ply 76% connected

To bend.

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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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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State 76% connected

The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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Strength 76% 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;…

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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Manner of action 1

Drive 76% connected

To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

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Force 74% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Force 74% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Hale 74% connected

Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.

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Hale 74% connected

Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.

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Able 66% connected

Fit; adapted; suitable.

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Able 66% connected

Fit; adapted; suitable.

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Powerful 66% connected

Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any kind; potent; mighty; efficacious; intense; as, a powerful man or beast; a powerful engine;…

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Powerful 66% connected

Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any kind; potent; mighty; efficacious; intense; as, a powerful man or beast; a powerful engine;…

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Powerless 66% connected

Destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect.

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Powerless 66% connected

Destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect.

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Ability 92% connected

The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in…

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Baron 92% connected

A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a noble…

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Electricity 92% connected

A power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, the fact of direc…

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Exponent 92% connected

A number, letter, or any quantity written on the right hand of and above another quantity, and denoting how many times the latter is repeated as a fa…

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Force 92% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Index 92% connected

That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.

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King 92% connected

A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and struck with a…

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Magnate 92% connected

A person of rank; a noble or grandee; a person of influence or distinction in any sphere.

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Might 92% connected

of May

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Mightiness 92% connected

The quality of being mighty; possession of might; power; greatness; high dignity.

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Mogul 92% connected

A person of the Mongolian race.

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Office 92% connected

That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the rel…

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Tycoon 92% connected

The title by which the shogun, or former commander in chief of the Japanese army, was known to foreigners.

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Impotency 94% connected

The quality or condition of being impotent; want of strength or power, animal, intellectual, or moral; weakness; feebleness; inability; imbecility.

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Impotency 94% connected

The quality or condition of being impotent; want of strength or power, animal, intellectual, or moral; weakness; feebleness; inability; imbecility.

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