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Robustness

The quality or state of being robust.

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Characteristic 76% connected

Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; di…

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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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Hardy 74% connected

Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolu?e; intrepid.

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Hardy 74% connected

Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolu?e; intrepid.

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Robust 74% connected

Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust health.

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Robust 74% connected

Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust health.

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Hardiness 92% connected

Capability of endurance.

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Lustiness 92% connected

State of being lusty; vigor; strength.

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Strain noun · 86% connection

difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy durin…

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Stress noun · 86% connection

difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy durin…

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Quality noun · 85% connection

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare

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Water noun · 85% connection

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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Wetland noun · 85% connection

a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Convention noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionalism noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionality noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Fertility noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Prolificacy noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Rankness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Richness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Ability noun · 84% connection

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

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Accuracy noun · 84% 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 · 84% connection

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

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Bad noun · 84% connection

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

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Believability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Fenland noun · 84% connection

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…

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Able-bodied adjective · 78% connection

Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust.

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Athletic adjective · 78% connection

Befitting an athlete; strong; muscular; robust; vigorous; as, athletic Celts.

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Bumblebee noun · 78% connection

robust hairy social bee of temperate regions

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Constitution noun · 78% connection

The aggregate of all one's inherited physical qualities; the aggregate of the vital powers of an individual, with reference to ability…

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Hale adjective · 78% connection

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

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Humblebee noun · 78% connection

robust hairy social bee of temperate regions

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Iron noun · 78% connection

Firm; robust; enduring; as, an iron constitution.

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Lusty superl. · 78% connection

Exhibiting lust or vigor; stout; strong; vigorous; robust; healthful; able of body.

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Masculine adjective · 78% connection

Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust.

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Peaked adjective · 78% connection

Sickly; not robust.

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Pithsome adjective · 78% connection

Pithy; robust.

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