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Sensation

An impression, or the consciousness of an impression, made upon the central nervous organ, through the medium of a sensory or afferent nerve or one of the organs of sense; a feeling, or state of consciousness, whether agreeable or disagreeable, produced either by an external object (stimulus), or by some change in the internal state of the body.

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Excitation 76% connected

The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.

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Excitement 76% connected

The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people.

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Expert 76% connected

Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; having facility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and ready from much practice;…

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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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Fervor 76% connected

Heat; excessive warmth.

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Inflammation 76% connected

The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.

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Module 76% connected

A model or measure.

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Perception 76% connected

The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discer…

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Stir 76% connected

To change the place of in any manner; to move.

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Masking 76% connected

of Mask

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Modality 76% connected

The quality or state of being modal.

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Odor 76% connected

Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.

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Odour 76% connected

the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses"

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Sensibility 76% connected

The quality or state of being sensible, or capable of sensation; capacity to feel or perceive.

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Sensitivity 76% connected

The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver.

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Smell 76% connected

To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate ma…

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Sound 76% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Taste 76% connected

To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.

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Threshold 76% connected

The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entr…

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Vision 76% connected

The act of seeing external objects; actual sight.

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Derivationally related 6

Sense 74% connected

A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the bod…

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Sense 74% connected

A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the bod…

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Sensory 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the sensorium or sensation; as, sensory impulses; -- especially applied to those nerves and nerve fibers which convey to a nerve…

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Sensory 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the sensorium or sensation; as, sensory impulses; -- especially applied to those nerves and nerve fibers which convey to a nerve…

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Sensuous 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the senses, or sensible objects; addressing the senses; suggesting pictures or images of sense.

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Sensuous 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the senses, or sensible objects; addressing the senses; suggesting pictures or images of sense.

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Ace 92% connected

A unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked; as, the ace of diamonds.

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Adept 92% connected

One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.

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Aesthesis 92% connected

Sensuous perception.

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Champion 92% connected

To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as champion; to support or maintain; to protect.

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Genius 92% connected

A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients to preside over a man's destiny in life; a tutelary deity; a supernatural being; a spirit,…

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Sense 92% connected

A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the bod…

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Sentience 92% connected

Alt. of Sentiency

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Sentiency 92% connected

The quality or state of being sentient; esp., the quality or state of having sensation.

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Star 92% connected

One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon, comets, and nebulae.

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Virtuoso 92% connected

One devoted to virtu; one skilled in the fine arts, in antiquities, and the like; a collector or ardent admirer of curiosities, etc.

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Whiz 92% connected

To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball flying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp hissing or whistling sound.

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Wizard 92% connected

A wise man; a sage.

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