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Sane

Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; acting rationally; -- said of the mind.

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Lucid 84% connected

Shining; bright; resplendent; as, the lucid orbs of heaven.

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Lucid 84% connected

Shining; bright; resplendent; as, the lucid orbs of heaven.

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Rational 84% connected

Relating to the reason; not physical; mental.

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Rational 84% connected

Relating to the reason; not physical; mental.

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Saneness 74% connected

The state of being sane; sanity.

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Saneness 74% connected

The state of being sane; sanity.

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Sanity 74% connected

The condition or quality of being sane; soundness of health of body or mind, especially of the mind; saneness.

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Sanity 74% connected

The condition or quality of being sane; soundness of health of body or mind, especially of the mind; saneness.

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Normal 66% connected

According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal;…

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Normal 66% connected

According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal;…

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Rational 66% connected

Relating to the reason; not physical; mental.

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Rational 66% connected

Relating to the reason; not physical; mental.

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Reasonable 92% connected

Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being.

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Insane 94% connected

Exhibiting unsoundness or disorded of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See Insanity, 2.

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Insane 94% connected

Exhibiting unsoundness or disorded of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See Insanity, 2.

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Active adjective · 78% connection

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; a…

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Affection noun · 78% connection

Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affect…

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Anemia noun · 78% connection

A condition in which the blood doesn't have enough healthy red blood cells.

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Crazy adjective · 78% connection

Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged.

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Deportment noun · 78% connection

Manner of deporting or demeaning one's self; manner of acting; conduct; carriage; especially, manner of acting with respect to the cou…

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Derangement noun · 78% connection

The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental…

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Dilapidate verb · 78% connection

To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; -- sa…

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Disordered adjective · 78% connection

Thrown into disorder; deranged; as, a disordered house, judgment.

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Disorderly adjective · 78% connection

Not acting in an orderly way, as the functions of the body or mind.

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Double-acting adjective · 78% connection

Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump.

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Duplicity noun · 78% connection

acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another

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Elevation noun · 78% connection

The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, et…

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Faction noun · 78% connection

A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to a minorit…

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form noun · 78% connection

Mode of acting or manifestation to the senses, or the intellect; as, water assumes the form of ice or snow. In modern usage, the eleme…

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Hasty noun · 78% connection

Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.

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Healthful adjective · 78% connection

Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant.

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Healthy adjective · 78% connection

having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease; "a rosy healthy baby"; "staying fit and healthy"

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Herself pron. · 78% connection

Her own proper, true, or real character; hence, her right, or sane, mind; as, the woman was deranged, but she is now herself again; sh…

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