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Substantialness

The quality or state of being substantial; as, the substantialness of a wall or column.

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Corporality 76% connected

The state of being or having a body; bodily existence; corporeality; -- opposed to spirituality.

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Corporeality 76% connected

The state of being corporeal; corporeal existence.

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Materiality 76% connected

The quality or state of being material; material existence; corporeity.

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Material 74% connected

Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

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Material 74% connected

Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

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Material 66% connected

Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

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Material 66% connected

Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

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Real 66% connected

A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system.

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Real 66% connected

A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system.

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Substantial 66% connected

Belonging to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life.

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Substantial 66% connected

Belonging to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life.

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Unreal 66% connected

Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.

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Unreal 66% connected

Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.

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Unsubstantial 66% connected

Lacking in matter or substance; visionary; chimerical.

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Unsubstantial 66% connected

Lacking in matter or substance; visionary; chimerical.

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Solidness 92% connected

State or quality of being solid; firmness; compactness; solidity, as of material bodies.

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Substantiality 92% connected

The quality or state of being substantial; corporiety; materiality.

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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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Air noun · 84% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Appearance noun · 84% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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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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Abacus noun · 78% connection

The uppermost member or division of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave. See Column.

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Architrave noun · 78% connection

The lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column, esp. in classical architecture. See Column.

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Assize noun · 78% connection

An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public busi…

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Backbone noun · 78% connection

The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.

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Base noun · 78% connection

The lower part of a wall, pier, or column, when treated as a separate feature, usually in projection, or especially ornamented.

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Bond noun · 78% connection

The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways…

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Bracket noun · 78% connection

A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like.

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Capital noun · 78% connection

The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. Se…

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Column noun · 78% connection

Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air,…

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Columnar adjective · 78% connection

Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns; like the shaft of a column.

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Consubstantiation noun · 78% connection

The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; impanation; -- o…

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Core noun · 78% connection

The heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall, rope, of a boil, etc.; especially, the central part of fruit, containing the…

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Drum noun · 78% connection

One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed; also, a vertical wall, whether circ…

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