abrasiveness | (noun) the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions | Synonyms: harshness, scratchiness |
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(noun) the quality of being sharply disagreeable | - |
acquisitiveness | (noun) strong desire to acquire and possess | - |
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activeness | (noun) the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically | Synonyms: activity |
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(noun) the state of being active | Synonyms: action, activity |
adhesiveness | (noun) the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition | Synonyms: adherence, adhesion, bond |
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advent | (noun) arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous) | Synonyms: coming |
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adventitia | (noun) an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue | Synonyms: tunic, tunica |
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adventure | (noun) a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) | Synonyms: dangerous undertaking, escapade, risky venture |
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adventurer | (noun) a person who enjoys taking risks | Synonyms: venturer |
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(noun) someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose) | Synonyms: explorer |
adventuress | (noun) a woman adventurer | - |
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adventurism | (noun) recklessness in politics or foreign affairs | - |
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adventurousness | (noun) the trait of being adventurous | Synonyms: venturesomeness |
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affirmativeness | (noun) the agreeable quality of one who assents | - |
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aggressiveness | (noun) the quality of being bold and enterprising | - |
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(noun) a natural disposition to be hostile | Synonyms: belligerence, pugnacity |
(noun) a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack | Synonyms: aggression |
aliveness | (noun) the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life | Synonyms: animateness, liveness |
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(noun) the condition of living or the state of being alive | Synonyms: animation, life, living |
allusiveness | (noun) a quality characterized by indirect reference | - |
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amativeness | (noun) the arousal of feelings of sexual desire | Synonyms: amorousness, eroticism, erotism, sexiness |
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antivenene | (noun) an antitoxin that counteracts the effects of venom from the bite of a snake or insect or other animal | Synonyms: antivenin |
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antivenin | (noun) an antitoxin that counteracts the effects of venom from the bite of a snake or insect or other animal | Synonyms: antivenene |
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appreciativeness | (noun) warm friendly feelings of gratitude | Synonyms: gratefulness, thankfulness |
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apprehensiveness | (noun) fearful expectation or anticipation | Synonyms: apprehension, dread |
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assertiveness | (noun) aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions | Synonyms: self-assertiveness |
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attentiveness | (noun) the trait of being considerate and thoughtful of others | - |
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(noun) the trait of being observant and paying attention | - |
(noun) paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people) | Synonyms: heed, paying attention, regard |
attractiveness | (noun) sexual allure | - |
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(noun) the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts | Synonyms: attraction |
avenger | (noun) someone who takes vengeance | Synonyms: retaliator |
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avens | (noun) any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers | - |
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aventail | (noun) a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck | Synonyms: camail, ventail |
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aventurine | (noun) a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals | Synonyms: sunstone |
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avenue | (noun) a line of approach | - |
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(noun) a wide street or thoroughfare | Synonyms: boulevard |
braveness | (noun) a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | Synonyms: bravery, courage, courageousness |
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circumvention | (noun) the act of evading by going around | - |
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cohesiveness | (noun) the property of being cohesive and sticky | Synonyms: glueyness, gluiness, gumminess, ropiness, tackiness, viscidity, viscidness |
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(noun) the state of cohering or sticking together | Synonyms: coherence, coherency, cohesion |
combativeness | (noun) a militant aggressiveness | Synonyms: militance, militancy |
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communicativeness | (noun) the trait of being communicative | - |
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competitiveness | (noun) an aggressive willingness to compete | Synonyms: fight |
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comprehensiveness | (noun) the capacity to understand a broad range of topics | Synonyms: breadth, largeness |
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(noun) completeness over a broad scope | Synonyms: fullness |
compulsiveness | (noun) the trait of acting compulsively | Synonyms: compulsivity |
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concaveness | (noun) the property possessed by a concave shape | Synonyms: concavity |
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conclusiveness | (noun) the quality of being final or definitely settled | Synonyms: decisiveness, finality |
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constructiveness | (noun) the quality of serving to build or improve | - |
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contemplativeness | (noun) deep serious thoughtfulness | Synonyms: meditativeness, pensiveness |
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contravention | (noun) coming into conflict with | Synonyms: dispute |
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convener | (noun) the member of a group whose duty it is to convene meetings | - |
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convenience | (noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: appliance, contraption, contrivance, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget |
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(noun) a toilet that is available to the public | Synonyms: comfort station, public convenience, public lavatory, public toilet, restroom, toilet facility, wash room |
(noun) the quality of being useful and convenient | - |
(noun) the state of being suitable or opportune | - |
conveniences | (noun) things that make you comfortable and at ease | Synonyms: amenities, comforts, creature comforts |
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convening | (noun) the act of convening | Synonyms: convention |
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convent | (noun) a religious residence especially for nuns | - |
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(noun) a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together | - |
conventicle | (noun) a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers) | Synonyms: meetinghouse |
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(noun) a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship | - |
convention | (noun) the act of convening | Synonyms: convening |
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(noun) orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional | Synonyms: conventionalism, conventionality |
(noun) something regarded as a normative example | Synonyms: formula, normal, pattern, rule |
(noun) (diplomacy) an international agreement | - |
(noun) a large formal assembly | - |
conventionalisation | (noun) the act of conventionalizing; conforming to a conventional style | Synonyms: conventionalization |
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conventionalism | (noun) orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional | Synonyms: convention, conventionality |
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conventionality | (noun) orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional | Synonyms: convention, conventionalism |
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(noun) unoriginality as a result of being too conventional | - |
(noun) conformity with conventional thought and behavior | - |
conventionalization | (noun) the act of conventionalizing; conforming to a conventional style | Synonyms: conventionalisation |
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conventioneer | (noun) someone who attends a convention | - |
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cooperativeness | (noun) the trait of being cooperative | Synonyms: amenability, amenableness |
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coven | (noun) an assembly of witches; usually 13 witches | - |
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covenant | (noun) a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action | Synonyms: compact, concordat |
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(noun) (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return | - |
craven | (noun) an abject coward | Synonyms: poltroon, recreant |
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cravenness | (noun) meanspirited cowardice | - |
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creativeness | (noun) the ability to create | Synonyms: creative thinking, creativity |
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davenport | (noun) a large sofa usually convertible into a bed | - |
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(noun) a small decorative writing desk | - |
deceptiveness | (noun) the quality of being deceptive | Synonyms: obliquity |
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decisiveness | (noun) the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose | Synonyms: decision |
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(noun) the quality of being final or definitely settled | Synonyms: conclusiveness, finality |
decorativeness | (noun) an appearance that serves to decorate and make something more attractive | - |
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defectiveness | (noun) the state of being defective | Synonyms: faultiness |
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defensiveness | (noun) excessive sensitivity to criticism | - |
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demonstrativeness | (noun) tending to express your feelings freely | - |
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destructiveness | (noun) the quality of causing destruction | - |
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digressiveness | (noun) The characteristic quality of poetry that is marked by departure from the subject, course, or idea at hand; or by an exploration of a different or unrelated concern. | - |
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diminutiveness | (noun) the property of being very small in size | Synonyms: minuteness, petiteness, tininess, weeness |
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directiveness | (noun) the quality of being directive | Synonyms: directivity |
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discursiveness | (noun) the quality of being discursive | - |
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dissolvent | (noun) a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances | Synonyms: dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent, solvent |
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distinctiveness | (noun) utter dissimilarity | Synonyms: disparateness |
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(noun) a distinguishing trait | Synonyms: peculiarity, speciality, specialness, specialty |
effectiveness | (noun) power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect | Synonyms: effectivity, effectuality, effectualness |
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(noun) capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects | Synonyms: potency, strength |
effusiveness | (noun) a friendly open trait of a talkative person | Synonyms: expansiveness, expansivity |
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electiveness | (noun) Quality or state in which choice or discretion is allowed. | Synonyms: optionality |
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eleven | (noun) a team that plays football | Synonyms: football team |
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(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one | Synonyms: 11, XI |
eleventh | (noun) position 11 in a countable series of things | - |
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elusiveness | (noun) the quality of being difficult to grasp or pin down | - |
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enlivener | (noun) an agent that gives or restores life or vigor | Synonyms: invigorator, quickener |
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erosiveness | (noun) The state or quality of causing or tending to wear away or erode. | - |
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evasiveness | (noun) intentionally vague or ambiguous | Synonyms: equivocation, prevarication |
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even | (noun) the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall) | Synonyms: eve, evening, eventide |
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evenfall | (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight |
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evening | (noun) the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall) | Synonyms: eve, even, eventide |
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(noun) a later concluding time period | - |
(noun) the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way | - |
eveningwear | (noun) attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening | Synonyms: evening clothes, evening dress, formalwear |
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evenness | (noun) a quality of uniformity and lack of variation | Synonyms: invariability |
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(noun) the quality of being balanced | - |
(noun) the parity of even numbers (divisible by two) | - |
evensong | (noun) (Anglican Church) a daily evening service with prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer | Synonyms: Evening Prayer |
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(noun) the sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office; early evening; now often made a public service on Sundays | Synonyms: vespers |
event | (noun) something that happens at a given place and time | - |
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(noun) a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory | - |
(noun) a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Synonyms: consequence, effect, issue, outcome, result, upshot |
(noun) a special set of circumstances | Synonyms: case |
eventide | (noun) the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall) | Synonyms: eve, even, evening |
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eventration | (noun) protrusion of the intestine through the abdominal wall | - |
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eventuality | (noun) a possible event or occurrence or result | Synonyms: contingence, contingency |
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excessiveness | (noun) immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits | Synonyms: excess, inordinateness |
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exclusiveness | (noun) tendency to associate with only a select group | Synonyms: clannishness, cliquishness |
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expansiveness | (noun) a friendly open trait of a talkative person | Synonyms: effusiveness, expansivity |
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(noun) a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand | Synonyms: expansivity |
expensiveness | (noun) the quality of being high-priced | - |
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expressiveness | (noun) the quality of being expressive | - |
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extensiveness | (noun) large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness | Synonyms: largeness |
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fervency | (noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity | Synonyms: ardor, ardour, fervidness, fervor, fervour, fire |
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figurativeness | (noun) The property of being metaphorical or tropical, as opposed to literal; using figures of speech. | - |
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(noun) The representation of form or figure in art. | - |