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adiposity
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n 1: having the property of containing fat; "he recommended
exercise to reduce my adiposity" [syn: adiposity,
adiposeness, fattiness]
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animosity
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n 1: a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility [syn:
animosity, animus, bad blood]
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atrocity
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n 1: the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane [syn:
atrocity, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness,
heinousness]
2: an act of atrocious cruelty [syn: atrocity, inhumanity]
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audacity
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n 1: fearless daring [syn: audacity, audaciousness,
temerity]
2: aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery; "he had the
audacity to question my decision" [syn: audacity,
audaciousness]
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authenticity
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n 1: undisputed credibility [syn: authenticity, genuineness,
legitimacy]
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bellicosity
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n 1: a natural disposition to fight [syn: bellicosity,
bellicoseness]
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bitty
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adj 1: (used informally) very small; "a wee tot" [syn: bitty,
bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny,
weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty,
itsy-bitsy]
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callosity
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n 1: an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual
pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) [syn:
callosity, callus]
2: devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness [syn:
unfeelingness, callousness, callosity, hardness,
insensibility]
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city
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n 1: a large and densely populated urban area; may include
several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy
was a great city" [syn: city, metropolis, urban
center]
2: an incorporated administrative district established by state
charter; "the city raised the tax rate"
3: people living in a large densely populated municipality; "the
city voted for Republicans in 1994" [syn: city,
metropolis]
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committee
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n 1: a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a
committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" -
Milton Berle [syn: committee, commission]
2: a self-constituted organization to promote something [syn:
committee, citizens committee]
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complexity
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n 1: the quality of being intricate and compounded; "he enjoyed
the complexity of modern computers" [syn: complexity,
complexness] [ant: simpleness, simplicity]
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curiosity
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n 1: a state in which you want to learn more about something
[syn: curiosity, wonder]
2: something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting [syn:
curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity,
rarity]
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density
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n 1: the amount per unit size [syn: density, denseness]
2: the spatial property of being crowded together [syn:
concentration, density, denseness, tightness,
compactness] [ant: dispersion, distribution]
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ditty
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n 1: a short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be
sung)
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diversity
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n 1: noticeable heterogeneity; "a diversity of possibilities";
"the range and variety of his work is amazing" [syn:
diverseness, diversity, multifariousness, variety]
2: the condition or result of being changeable
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domesticity
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n 1: the quality of being domestic or domesticated; "a royal
family living in unpretentious domesticity"
2: domestic activities or life; "making a hobby of domesticity"
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ferocity
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n 1: the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's
violence" [syn: ferocity, fierceness, furiousness,
fury, vehemence, violence, wildness]
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generosity
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n 1: the trait of being willing to give your money or time [syn:
generosity, generousness] [ant: stinginess]
2: acting generously [syn: generosity, unselfishness]
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gritty
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adj 1: composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in
texture or consistency; "granular sugar"; "the
photographs were grainy and indistinct"; "it left a mealy
residue" [syn: farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy,
granular, granulose, gritty, mealy]
2: willing to face danger [syn: game, gamy, gamey,
gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky]
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impetuosity
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n 1: rash impulsiveness [syn: impetuousness, impetuosity]
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intensity
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n 1: the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or
electromagnetic radiation); "he adjusted the intensity of
the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength"
[syn: intensity, strength, intensity level]
2: high level or degree; the property of being intense [syn:
intensity, intensiveness]
3: the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction);
"the kids played their music at full volume" [syn: volume,
loudness, intensity] [ant: softness]
4: chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence
vivid in hue [syn: saturation, chroma, intensity,
vividness]
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jocosity
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n 1: fun characterized by humor [syn: jocosity, jocularity]
2: the trait of merry joking [syn: jocoseness, jocosity,
merriness, humorousness]
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kitty
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n 1: the combined stakes of the betters [syn: pool, kitty]
2: the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
[syn: pot, jackpot, kitty]
3: young domestic cat [syn: kitten, kitty]
4: informal terms referring to a domestic cat [syn: kitty,
kitty-cat, puss, pussy, pussycat]
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luminosity
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n 1: the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting
light; "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our
sun" [syn: luminosity, brightness, brightness level,
luminance, luminousness, light]
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monstrosity
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n 1: a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
[syn: freak, monster, monstrosity, lusus naturae]
2: something hideous or frightful; "they regarded the atom bomb
as a monstrosity"
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nicety
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n 1: conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or
propriety; "it was performed with justness and beauty"
[syn: justness, rightness, nicety]
2: a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude;
"without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the
humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning" [syn: nuance,
nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement]
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obesity
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n 1: more than average fatness [syn: fleshiness, obesity,
corpulency]
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paucity
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n 1: an insufficient quantity or number [syn: dearth,
paucity]
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perversity
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n 1: deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to
guidance or discipline [syn: contrariness, perversity,
perverseness]
2: deliberately deviating from what is good; "there will always
be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain
satisfaction from bullying and terrorism" [syn: perversity,
perverseness]
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pity
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n 1: a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of
others; "the blind are too often objects of pity" [syn:
commiseration, pity, ruth, pathos]
2: an unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it"
[syn: pity, shame]
3: the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others
and wanting to do something about it [syn: compassion,
pity]
v 1: share the suffering of [syn: feel for, pity,
compassionate, condole with, sympathize with]
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pomposity
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n 1: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and
puffed up with vanity [syn: ostentation,
ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness,
pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation]
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porosity
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n 1: the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids
[syn: porosity, porousness] [ant: solidity,
solidness]
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precocity
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n 1: intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental
schedules [syn: precociousness, precocity]
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pretty
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adv 1: to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "pretty
big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are
priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"
[syn: reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly,
somewhat, fairly, middling, passably] [ant:
immoderately, unreasonably]
adj 1: pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing; "pretty
girl"; "pretty song"; "pretty room"
2: (used ironically) unexpectedly bad; "a pretty mess"; "a
pretty kettle of fish"
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publicity
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n 1: a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea
or person or institution; "the packaging of new ideas"
[syn: promotion, publicity, promotional material,
packaging]
2: the quality of being open to public view; "the publicity of
the court room"
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reciprocity
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n 1: a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence
[syn: reciprocality, reciprocity]
2: mutual exchange of commercial or other privileges
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religiosity
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n 1: exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal [syn:
religiosity, religionism, religiousism, pietism]
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simplicity
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n 1: the quality of being simple or uncompounded; "the
simplicity of a crystal" [syn: simplicity, simpleness]
[ant: complexity, complexness]
2: a lack of penetration or subtlety; "they took advantage of
her simplicity" [syn: simplicity, simpleness, simple
mindedness]
3: absence of affectation or pretense [syn: simplicity,
simmpleness]
4: freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose
through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into
containers for ease of transportation"; "the very easiness of
the deed held her back" [syn: ease, easiness,
simplicity, simpleness] [ant: difficultness,
difficulty]
5: lack of ornamentation; "the room was simply decorated with
great restraint" [syn: chasteness, restraint,
simplicity, simpleness]
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sinuosity
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n 1: having curves; "he hated the sinuosity of mountain roads"
[syn: sinuosity, sinuousness]
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subcommittee
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n 1: a subset of committee members organized for a specific
purpose
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varicosity
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n 1: varix or varicose condition in which a vein is swollen and
tortuous
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velocity
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n 1: distance travelled per unit time [syn: speed, velocity]
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verbosity
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n 1: an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words
[syn: verboseness, verbosity] [ant: terseness]
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virtuosity
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n 1: technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso
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viscosity
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n 1: resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow)
[syn: viscosity, viscousness]
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witty
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adj 1: combining clever conception and facetious expression;
"his sermons were unpredictably witty and satirical as
well as eloquent"
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shitty
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adj 1: very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world" [syn:
icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty,
stinking, stinky]
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titty
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n 1: either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs
on the chest of a woman [syn: breast, bosom, knocker,
boob, tit, titty]
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gibbosity
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n 1: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects
from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an
obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the
rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well
developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn:
bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity,
gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance,
protrusion, extrusion, excrescence]
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pilosity
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n 1: the quality of having hair [syn: hairiness, pilosity]
[ant: hairlessness]
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ponderosity
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n 1: the property of being large in mass [syn: heft,
heftiness, massiveness, ponderousness, ponderosity]
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preciosity
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n 1: the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined
[syn: preciosity, preciousness]
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tuberosity
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n 1: a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a
muscle or ligament [syn: tuberosity, tubercle,
eminence]
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voluminosity
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n 1: greatness of volume [syn: fullness, voluminosity,
voluminousness]
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incuriosity
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nebulosity
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scrupulosity
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nitty
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clytie
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twitty
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commitee
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chitty
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citi
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whitty
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benedicite
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mucosity
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nodosity
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rugosity
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scirrhosity
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serosity
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venosity
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villosity
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vinosity
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flexuosity
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funniosity
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graciosity
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smriti
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