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Thing

Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.

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Abstract 76% connected

Withdraw; separate.

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Abstraction 76% connected

The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.

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Action 76% connected

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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Aim 76% connected

To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a f…

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Artefact 76% connected

a man-made object taken as a whole

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Artifact 76% connected

a man-made object taken as a whole

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Attribute 76% connected

To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to…

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Concern 76% connected

To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

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Entity 76% connected

A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or in fact; being; essence; existence.

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Feeling 76% connected

of Feel

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Happening 76% connected

of Happen

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Object 76% connected

To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

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Objective 76% connected

Of or pertaining to an object.

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Occurrence 76% connected

A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.

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Occurrent 76% connected

Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.

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Situation 76% connected

Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

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Statement 76% connected

The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.

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Target 76% connected

A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Content 76% connected

Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

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Essential 76% connected

Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is.

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Everything 76% connected

Whatever pertains to the subject under consideration; all things.

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Feast 76% connected

A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.

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Flagship 76% connected

The vessel which carries the commanding officer of a fleet or squadron and flies his distinctive flag or pennant.

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Horror 76% connected

A bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement.

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Inessential 76% connected

Having no essence or being.

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Least 76% connected

Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least space.

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Necessary 76% connected

Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable.

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Necessity 76% connected

The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite; inevitableness; indispensableness.

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Nonessential 76% connected

Not essential.

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Piece 76% connected

A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

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Pill 76% connected

The peel or skin.

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Requirement 76% connected

The act of requiring; demand; requisition.

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Requisite 76% connected

That which is required, or is necessary; something indispensable.

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Reservoir 76% connected

A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal,…

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Snorter 76% connected

One who snorts.

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Source 76% connected

The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.

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Stinker 76% connected

One who, or that which, stinks.

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Subject 76% connected

Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

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Unit 76% connected

A single thing or person.

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Variable 76% connected

Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.

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Variation 76% connected

The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation…

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Water 76% connected

The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.

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Whacker 76% connected

One who whacks.

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Whopper 76% connected

Something uncommonly large of the kind; something astonishing; -- applied especially to a bold lie.

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Affair 92% connected

That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; --…

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Matter 92% connected

That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of concep…

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