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Vicissitude

Regular change or succession from one thing to another; alternation; mutual succession; interchange.

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Fluctuation 76% connected

A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; as, the fluctuations of the sea.

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Mutability 76% connected

The quality of being mutable, or subject to change or alteration, either in form, state, or essential character; susceptibility of change; changeable…

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Mutableness 76% connected

The quality of being mutable.

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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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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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Alternate verb · 78% connection

To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.

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Alternating adjective · 78% connection

Occurring in turn, usually in regular succession

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Alternation noun · 78% connection

The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performa…

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Alternation of generations noun · 78% connection

the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal

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Alternity noun · 78% connection

Succession by turns; alternation.

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Change verb · 78% connection

To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to change one's occupation…

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code-switching noun · 78% connection

Changing between languages or speech styles during a conversation.

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Consecutive adjective · 78% connection

Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval o…

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Continually adverb · 78% connection

In regular or repeated succession; very often.

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Conversion noun · 78% connection

A spiritual and moral change attending a change of belief with conviction; a change of heart; a change from the service of the world t…

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Counsel noun · 78% connection

Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.

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Diversification noun · 78% connection

State of diversity or variation; variegation; modification; change; alternation.

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Gametophyte noun · 78% connection

the gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations

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