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Wilderness

A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind.

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Barren 76% connected

Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.

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Bush 76% connected

A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.

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Frontier 76% connected

That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country,…

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Waste 76% connected

Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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Cornucopia 76% connected

The horn of plenty, from which fruits and flowers are represented as issuing. It is an emblem of abundance.

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Disfavor 76% connected

Want of favor of favorable regard; disesteem; disregard.

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Profuseness 76% connected

Extravagance; profusion.

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Profusion 76% connected

The act of one who is profuse; a lavishing or pouring out without sting.

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Richness 76% connected

The quality or state of being rich (in any sense of the adjective).

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Wild 74% connected

Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed o…

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Wild 74% connected

Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed o…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Wild 92% connected

Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed o…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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