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Purposeful

Important; material.

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Businesslike 84% connected

In the manner of one transacting business wisely and by right methods.

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Businesslike 84% connected

In the manner of one transacting business wisely and by right methods.

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Earnest 84% connected

Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness.

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Earnest 84% connected

Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness.

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Purposive 84% connected

Having or indicating purpose or design.

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Purposive 84% connected

Having or indicating purpose or design.

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Resolute 66% connected

Having a decided purpose; determined; resolved; fixed in a determination; hence, bold; firm; steady.

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Resolute 66% connected

Having a decided purpose; determined; resolved; fixed in a determination; hence, bold; firm; steady.

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Amygdala noun · 78% connection

an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamu…

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Amygdaloid nucleus noun · 78% connection

an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamu…

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Benzoquinone noun · 78% connection

any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; u…

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Causal factor noun · 78% connection

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

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Claviceps purpurea noun · 78% connection

a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant;…

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Corporeal adjective · 78% connection

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

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Corpus amygdaloideum noun · 78% connection

an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamu…

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Critical noun · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis, turning point, or specially important juncture; important as regards consequences; hence, of d…

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Descend verb · 78% connection

To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered.

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Determining factor noun · 78% connection

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

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Difference of opinion noun · 78% connection

a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the…

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Facing noun · 78% connection

The finishing of any face of a wall with material different from that of which it is chiefly composed, or the coating or material so u…

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Gelatine noun · 78% connection

Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal tissues by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a nitrogeneous coll…

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Hearth noun · 78% connection

The floor of a furnace, on which the material to be heated lies, or the lowest part of a melting furnace, into which the melted materi…

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Heat of vaporisation noun · 78% connection

heat absorbed by a unit mass of a material at its boiling point in order to convert the material into a gas at the same temperature

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Heat of vaporization noun · 78% connection

heat absorbed by a unit mass of a material at its boiling point in order to convert the material into a gas at the same temperature

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Incorporate verb · 78% connection

To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody.

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Leukocyte noun · 78% connection

blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system

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