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determination
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no more
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thinginess
underlyingness
show off
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best friend
property
prototype
describability
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be-all and end-all
describableness
appreciation
first-line
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point
grasp
nature
thisness
hold
similar
department
high-class
walking
goodness
ratio formalis
good
miscellaneity
technicality
relevancy
attribute
notionalness
seminality
characteristicness
immanent
conceptualistic
differentiatedness
miscellaneousness
sophisticalness
pivotality
paradigmaticity
thinghood
-acity
personify
industrialness
conceptively
towardness
nitty-gritty
quintessence
value
nounness
pivotalness
conceptacular
suitability
define
technicalness
practicality
being
suitableness
reality
the long and short
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predicate
noun
- The characteristic quality of something.
- One of the six types of quarks (top, bottom, strange, charmed, up, and down) or three types of leptons (electron, muon, and tauon).
- A substance used to produce a taste. Flavoring.
- A variety (of taste) attributed to an object.
- The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
- A kind or type.
verb
noun
- a quality that differentiates between similar things
- the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx
- a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds; used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves
adj
noun
- A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.
- An extract of herbal materials that has a semi-solid consistency, especially when such materials are partly aromatic.
- Specifically, a building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand.
- Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.
- A dessert of frozen custard with various toppings.
adj
- Made of concrete, a building material.
- Being or applying to actual things, not abstract qualities or categories.
- Real, actual, tangible.
- Particular, specific, rather than general.
- United by coalescence of separate particles, or liquid, into one mass or solid.
verb
noun
- A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality.
- A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.
- A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied.
- Bernoulli's Principle
- An original faculty or endowment.
- A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.
- A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.
- Moral rule or aspect.
verb
noun
- the way something is with respect to its main attributes
- the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
- the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
- a politically organized body of people under a single government
- (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)
- a state of depression or agitation
- the territory occupied by a nation
verb
noun
- A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
- A low-alcohol lager.
- A source of illumination.
- A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; opposed to shade.
- A window in architecture, carriage design, or motor car design: either the opening itself or the window pane of glass that fills it, if any.
- A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
- A cigarette lighter.
- The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
- Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
- Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
- The brightness of the eye or eyes.
- A traffic light, or, by extension, an intersection controlled by one or more that will face a traveler who is receiving instructions.
- A flame or something used to create fire.
- A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
- See lights (“lungs”).
- A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
- Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation (light) in the wavelength range of about 400 to 750 nanometers. Nearby shorter and longer wavelength ranges, although not visible, are commonly called ultraviolet and infrared light.
- The power of perception by vision.
verb
- To start (a fire).
- To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
- To become ignited; to take fire.
- To set fire to; to set burning.
- To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.
- To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
- To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
- To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
- To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
- To find by chance.
adv
adj
- Easy to endure or perform.
- Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
- Riding high because of no cargo; by extension, pertaining to a ship which is light.
- Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
- Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.
- Without any piece of equipment attached or attached only to a caboose.
- Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
- With low viscosity.
- Easily interrupted by stimulation.
- Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
- Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
- Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard, or proper amount; clipped or diminished.
- Lightly built; typically designed for speed or small loads.
- Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
- Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
- Served with extra milk or cream.
- Slight, not forceful or intense; small in amount or intensity.
- Having little or relatively little actual weight; not cumbrous or unwieldy.
- Gentle; having little force or momentum.
- Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
- Not heavy or soggy; spongy; well raised.
- Free from burden or impediment; unencumbered.
noun
- the essential quality of something
- the feel of a surface or a fabric
- the musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together
- the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality
- the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)
verb
- To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context.
- To appear, to make an appearance.
- To star, to contain.
noun
- An individual measurable property or characteristic of a phenomenon being observed; the input of a model.
- A beneficial capability of a piece of software.
- Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).
- The act of being featured in a piece of music.
- Characteristic forms or shapes of parts. For example, a hole, boss, slot, cut, chamfer, or fillet.
- A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.
- Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify, characterize, and interpret an archeological site.
- An important or main item.
- The elements into which linguistic units can be broken down.
- The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic.
verb
noun
- a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
- the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
- information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
- extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
- relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists
- (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
- scenery hung at back of stage
noun
- The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.
- The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
- The act of determining the relations of an object, such as genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification
- A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part
- The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.
- The addition of a distinguishing feature to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent.
- Bringing to an end; termination; limit.
- The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.
- Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.
- The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.
- That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.
verb
- To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.
- To certify or license someone for something.
- To throw and catch each object at least twice.
- To compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage.
- To make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task.
- To modify, limit, restrict or moderate something; especially to add conditions or requirements for an assertion to be true.
- To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
noun
noun
- An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.
- An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.
- A script, book, screenplay, or the like that is on the market or has been bought for commercial production as a stage play, movie, or the like.
- Real estate; the business of selling houses.
- The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.
- An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class.
- Something that is owned.
- A produced stage play, movie, or the like.
- A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.
- A prop, an object used in a dramatic production.
noun
- An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes.
- An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models.
- An early sample or model built to test a concept or process.
- A type of race car, a racing sports car not based on a production car. A 4-wheeled cockpit-seating car built especially for racing on sports car circuits, that does not use the silhouette related to a consumer road car.
- A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters, but none of the body or actual code.
verb
article
- When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
- Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
- Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
- Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
- Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
- Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
- Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it hints at is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already completely specified.
- Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
- Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
- Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
prep
adv
noun
- A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
- The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
- A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
- A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
- Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
- A tine or snag of an antler.
- Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
- A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition.
- A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
- A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
- A peninsula or promontory.
- The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
- Any projecting extremity of an object.
- A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
- A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
- The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
- a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
- Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
- A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
- Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
- An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
- A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
- An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
- The difference between two points of the compass.
- A railroad switch.
- Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
- An electric power socket.
- A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
- A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
- An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
- An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
- A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
- The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
- A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
- The sharp tip of an object.
- A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
- A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
- The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
- A note; a tune.
- A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
- The position of the pitcher and catcher.
- The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
- A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
- Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
- A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
- One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.
- Lace worked by the needle.
- A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
verb
- To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
- To repair mortar.
- To direct toward an object; to aim.
- To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
- To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
- To face in a particular direction.
- To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
- To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
- To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
- To mark with diacritics.
- To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
- To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
- To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
- To indicate a probability of something.
- To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
- To sail close to the wind.
- To approximate to the surface; to head.
noun
- the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
- a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe
- the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.
- the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions
- a particular type of thing
noun
- understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
- the act of grasping
- power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
- time during which some action is awaited
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- a stronghold
- a cell in a jail or prison
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
verb
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- have or hold in one's hands or grip
- organize or be responsible for
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- contain or hold; have within
- have room for; hold without crowding
- remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- support or hold in a certain manner
- be valid, applicable, or true
- assert or affirm
- have as a major characteristic
- be capable of holding or containing
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- protect against a challenge or attack
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- hold the attention of
- remain committed to
- resist or confront with resistance
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- stop dealing with
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- keep from departing
- take and maintain control over, often by violent means
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- cover as for protection against noise or smell
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- aim, point, or direct
- declare to be
- be in accord; be in agreement
- keep from exhaling or expelling
noun
- That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
- A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.
adj
- Of geometrical figures including triangles, squares, ellipses, arcs and more complex figures, having the same shape but possibly different size, rotational orientation, and position; in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional; such that one can be had from the other using a sequence of rotations, translations and scalings.
- Of two square matrices; being such that a conjugation sends one matrix to the other.
- Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
noun
- A specified aspect or quality.
- One of the divisions of instructions
- A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons.
- A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
- A military subdivision of a country
- A part, portion, or subdivision.
- One of the principal divisions of executive government
noun
- that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
- benefit
- moral excellence or admirableness
- a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes
adv
- (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')
- completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')
adj
- having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
- morally admirable
adj
- having the normally expected amount
- deserving of esteem and respect
- promoting or enhancing well-being
- agreeable or pleasing
- of moral excellence
- having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
- thorough
- with or in a close or intimate relationship
- financially safe
- most suitable or right for a particular purpose
- resulting favorably
- exerting force or influence
- capable of pleasing
- appealing to the mind
- in excellent physical condition
- tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
- not forged
- not left to spoil
- generally admired
noun
- A characteristic or quality of a thing.
- That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
- A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.
- An object that is considered typical of someone or some function, in particular as an artistic convention.
- A word that qualifies a noun.
- An option or setting belonging to some object.
verb
adv
noun
- The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.
- A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.
- A pure substance.
- The fifth alchemical element, or essence, after earth, air, fire, and water that fills the universe beyond the terrestrial sphere.
- A hypothetical form of dark energy postulated to explain observations of an accelerating universe.
verb
noun
- That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.
- The degree of importance given to something.
- The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
- The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, etc.
- The relative duration of a musical note.
- The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.
- The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.
- Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined.
- Precise meaning; import.
verb
verb
- To express the essential nature of something.
- To describe, explain, or make definite and clear; used to request the listener or other person to elaborate or explain more clearly his or her intended meaning of a word or expression.
- To establish the referent of a term or notation.
- To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.
- To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept.
- To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
noun
noun
- A particular thing to which a concept applies.
- An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction.
- An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing.
- A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
- A keepsake.
- A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a substitute for money; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.
- Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion.
- A minor attempt for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
- A meaningless placeholder used as a substitute for sensitive data.
- A conceptual object that can be possessed by a computer, process, etc. in order to regulate a turn-taking system such as a token ring network.
- A physical object used for exchange between drivers and signalmen on single track lines.
- A single example of a certain word in a text or corpus.
- An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power.
- Something serving as an expression of something else.
- A small physical object, often designed to give the appearance of a common thing, used to represent a person or character in a board game or other situation.
- A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.
- Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.
- Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith.
- A member of a group of people that is included within a larger group to comply with a legal or social requirement.
- A tally.
- A seal guaranteeing the quality of an item.
- A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sent one of these with each corf or tub he had hewn.
- A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.
- A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.
- In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
adj
- Done as an indication or a pledge.
- Perfunctory or merely symbolic; done or existing for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
- He was hired as the company's token black person.
- Included in minimal numbers in order to create an impression or illusion of diversity, especially ethnic or gender diversity.
verb
verb
- To assert or state as an attribute or quality of something.
- To announce, assert, or proclaim publicly.
- To assume or suppose; to infer.
- To make a term (or expression) the predicate of a statement.
- to base (on); to assert on the grounds of.
noun
- A term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false depending on whether the thing referred to by the values of the statement's variables has the property signified by that (predicative) term.
- An operator or function that returns either true or false.
- The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
adj
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