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Trophic

Of or connected with nutrition; nitritional; nourishing; as, the so-called trophic nerves, which have a direct influence on nutrition.

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Nutrition 66% connected

In the broadest sense, a process or series of processes by which the living organism as a whole (or its component parts or organs) is maintained in i…

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Aliment noun · 86% connection

a source of materials to nourish the body

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Alimentation noun · 86% connection

a source of materials to nourish the body

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Beverage noun · 86% connection

any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

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Biodiversity noun · 86% connection

the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); "a high level of biodiversity is desirabl…

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Chyme noun · 86% connection

a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum

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Comestible noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be used as food

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Commissariat noun · 86% connection

a stock or supply of foods

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Drink noun · 86% connection

any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

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Drinkable noun · 86% connection

any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

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Eatable noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be used as food

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Ecological niche noun · 86% connection

(ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)

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ecosystem noun · 86% connection

a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment

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Edible noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be used as food

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Fare noun · 86% connection

the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed

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Feed noun · 86% connection

food for domestic livestock

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Food noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

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Food cycle noun · 86% connection

(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

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Food web noun · 86% connection

(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

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Albumen noun · 78% connection

Nourishing matter stored up within the integuments of the seed in many plants, but not incorporated in the embryo. It is the floury pa…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: connected, nutrition, nitritional, nourishing, so-called.
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Alible adjective · 78% connection

Nutritive; nourishing.

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Alimental adjective · 78% connection

Supplying food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; as, alimental sap.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: connected, nutrition, nitritional, nourishing, so-called.
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Alimentally adverb · 78% connection

So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: connected, nutrition, nitritional, nourishing, so-called.
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Alimentariness noun · 78% connection

The quality of being alimentary; nourishing quality.

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Alimonious adjective · 78% connection

Affording food; nourishing.

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Cow tree unknown · 78% connection

A tree (Galactodendron utile or Brosimum Galactodendron) of South America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing fluid, resembling m…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: connected, nutrition, nitritional, nourishing, so-called.
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Denutrition noun · 78% connection

The opposition of nutrition; the failure of nutrition causing the breaking down of tissue.

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Direct adjective · 78% connection

straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: connected, nutrition, nitritional, nourishing, so-called.
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Epiperipheral adjective · 78% connection

Connected with, or having its origin upon, the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to the feelings which originate at…

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Excito-nutrient a · 78% connection

Exciting nutrition; said of the reflex influence by which the nutritional processes are either excited or modified.

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Feeling noun · 78% connection

The sense by which the mind, through certain nerves of the body, perceives external objects, or certain states of the body itself; tha…

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