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Spirit

Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.

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Narrower term 57

Airiness 76% connected

The state or quality of being airy; openness or exposure to the air; as, the airiness of a country seat.

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Alacrity 76% connected

A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the ene…

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Apparition 76% connected

The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.

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Banshee 76% connected

Alt. of Banshie

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Banshie 76% connected

A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in…

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Braveness 76% connected

The quality of state or being brave.

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Bravery 76% connected

The quality of being brave; fearless; intrepidity.

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Breeziness 76% connected

State of being breezy.

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Briskness 76% connected

Liveliness; vigor in action; quickness; gayety; vivacity; effervescence.

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Buoyancy 76% connected

The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compar…

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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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Courage 76% connected

The heart; spirit; temper; disposition.

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Courageousness 76% connected

The quality of being courageous; courage.

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Cowardice 76% connected

Want of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; pusillanimity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit.

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Delicacy 76% connected

The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like.

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Ebullience 76% connected

Alt. of Ebulliency

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Ecstasy 76% connected

The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary impressions, as whe…

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Elan 76% connected

Ardor inspired by passion or enthusiasm.

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Embarrassment 76% connected

A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not kn…

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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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Enthusiasm 76% connected

Inspiration as if by a divine or superhuman power; ecstasy; hence, a conceit of divine possession and revelation, or of being directly subject to som…

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Esprit 76% connected

Spirit.

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Exaltation 76% connected

The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.

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Exuberance 76% connected

The state of being exuberant; an overflowing quantity; a copious or excessive production or supply; superabundance; richness; as, an exuberance of jo…

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Familiar 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a family; domestic.

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Fantasm 76% connected

Same as Phantasm.

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Felicity 76% connected

The state of being happy; blessedness; blissfulness; enjoyment of good.

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Genie 76% connected

See Genius.

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Ginger 76% connected

A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale.

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Gratification 76% connected

The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses…

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Happiness 76% connected

Good luck; good fortune; prosperity.

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Jauntiness 76% connected

The quality of being jaunty.

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Jinnee 76% connected

A genius or demon; one of the fabled genii, good and evil spirits, supposed to be the children of fire, and to have the power of assuming various for…

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Muscularity 76% connected

The state or quality of being muscular.

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Peri 76% connected

An imaginary being, male or female, like an elf or fairy, represented as a descendant of fallen angels, excluded from paradise till penance is accomp…

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Pertness 76% connected

The quality or state of being pert.

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Phantasm 76% connected

An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an optical illusion; a phantom; a dream.

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Phantasma 76% connected

A phantasm.

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Phantom 76% connected

That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image.

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Presence 76% connected

The state of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand; -- opposed to absence.

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Psyche 76% connected

A lovely maiden, daughter of a king and mistress of Eros, or Cupid. She is regarded as the personification of the soul.

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Python 76% connected

Any species of very large snakes of the genus Python, and allied genera, of the family Pythonidae. They are nearly allied to the boas. Called also ro…

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Rapture 76% connected

A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence.

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Satisfaction 76% connected

The act of satisfying, or the state of being satisfied; gratification of desire; contentment in possession and enjoyment; repose of mind resulting fr…

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Silvan 76% connected

Of or pertaining to woods; composed of woods or groves; woody.

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Smartness 76% connected

The quality or state of being smart.

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Soul 76% connected

Sole.

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Specter 76% connected

Alt. of Spectre

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Spectre 76% connected

Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom.

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State 76% connected

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

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Sylvan 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.

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Thunderbird 76% connected

An Australian insectivorous singing bird (Pachycephala gutturalis). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent…

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Transport 76% connected

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

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Vigor 76% connected

Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy.

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Vigour 76% connected

active strength of body or mind

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Vim 76% connected

Power; force; energy; spirit; activity; vigor.

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Animate 76% connected

To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

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Animation 76% connected

The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive.

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Atmosphere 76% connected

The whole mass of aeriform fluid surrounding the earth; -- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; as, the atmosphe…

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Character 76% connected

A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.

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Disposition 76% connected

The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.

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Emotion 76% connected

A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting…

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Enliven 76% connected

To give life, action, or motion to; to make vigorous or active; to excite; to quicken; as, fresh fuel enlivens a fire.

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Fiber 76% connected

Alt. of Fibre

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Fibre 76% connected

One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle.

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Import 76% connected

To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in th…

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Invigorate 76% connected

To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to.

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Invigoration 76% connected

The act of invigorating, or the state of being invigorated.

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Meaning 76% connected

of Mean

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Significance 76% connected

Alt. of Significancy

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Signification 76% connected

The act of signifying; a making known by signs or other means.

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Temperament 76% connected

Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts.

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Vivification 76% connected

The act of vivifying, or the state of being vivified; restoration of life; revival.

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Feel 74% connected

To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

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Feel 74% connected

To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

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Attribute 2

Lively 66% connected

Endowed with or manifesting life; living.

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Lively 66% connected

Endowed with or manifesting life; living.

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Feel 92% connected

To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

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Feeling 92% connected

of Feel

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Flavor 92% connected

That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.

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Flavour 92% connected

(physics) the six kinds of quarks

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Heart 92% connected

A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.

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Inspirit 92% connected

To infuse new life or spirit into; to animate; to encourage; to invigorate.

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Intent 92% connected

Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; -- said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement.

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Life 92% connected

The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that s…

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Liveliness 92% connected

The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as, the liveliness of youth, contrasted with the gravit…

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Look 92% connected

To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…

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Purport 92% connected

Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor.

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Smell 92% 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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Sprightliness 92% connected

The quality or state of being sprightly; liveliness; life; briskness; vigor; activity; gayety; vivacity.

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Tone 92% connected

Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone.

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