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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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adversity
0
n 1: a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers
struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship" [syn:
adversity, hardship, hard knocks]
2: a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event; "a period marked
by adversities"
-
animosity
0
n 1: a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility [syn:
animosity, animus, bad blood]
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atrocity
0
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
0
n 1: undisputed credibility [syn: authenticity, genuineness,
legitimacy]
-
bellicosity
0
n 1: a natural disposition to fight [syn: bellicosity,
bellicoseness]
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bitty
0
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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capacity
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n 1: capability to perform or produce; "among his gifts is his
capacity for true altruism"; "limited runway capacity"; "a
great capacity for growth" [ant: incapacity]
2: the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment;
"the capability of a metal to be fused" [syn: capability,
capacity]
3: the amount that can be contained; "the gas tank has a
capacity of 12 gallons" [syn: capacity, content]
4: the maximum production possible; "the plant is working at 80
per cent capacity"
5: a specified function; "he was employed in the capacity of
director"; "he should be retained in his present capacity at
a higher salary"
6: (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that
can be stored on a disk drive; "the capacity of a hard disk
drive is usually expressed in megabytes"
7: an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
[syn: capacitance, electrical capacity, capacity]
8: the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability
to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
[syn: capacity, mental ability] [ant: incapacity]
9: tolerance for alcohol; "he had drunk beyond his capacity"
-
catholicity
0
n 1: the beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church [syn:
Catholicism, Catholicity]
2: the quality of being universal; existing everywhere [syn:
universality, catholicity]
-
chromaticity
0
n 1: the quality of a color as determined by its dominant
wavelength [syn: hue, chromaticity]
-
city
0
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]
-
committee
0
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]
-
complexity
0
n 1: the quality of being intricate and compounded; "he enjoyed
the complexity of modern computers" [syn: complexity,
complexness] [ant: simpleness, simplicity]
-
complicity
0
n 1: guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense
-
convexity
0
n 1: the property possessed by a convex shape [syn: convexity,
convexness]
2: a shape that curves or bulges outward [syn: convex shape,
convexity]
-
curiosity
0
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]
-
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]
-
ditty
0
n 1: a short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be
sung)
-
diversity
0
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
-
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"
-
duplicity
0
n 1: a fraudulent or duplicitous representation [syn:
fraudulence, duplicity]
2: acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one
set of intentions while acting under the influence of another
[syn: duplicity, double-dealing]
-
eccentricity
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n 1: strange and unconventional behavior
2: (geometry) a ratio describing the shape of a conic section;
the ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of
the major axis; "a circle is an ellipse with zero
eccentricity"
3: a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a
circular path [ant: concentricity]
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edacity
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n 1: excessive desire to eat [syn: edacity, esurience,
ravenousness, voracity, voraciousness]
2: extreme gluttony [syn: edacity, esurience,
rapaciousness, rapacity, voracity, voraciousness]
-
elasticity
0
n 1: the tendency of a body to return to its original shape
after it has been stretched or compressed; "the waistband
had lost its snap" [syn: elasticity, snap] [ant:
inelasticity]
-
electricity
0
n 1: a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving
electrons and protons
2: energy made available by the flow of electric charge through
a conductor; "they built a car that runs on electricity"
[syn: electricity, electrical energy]
3: keen and shared excitement; "the stage crackled with
electricity whenever she was on it"
-
ethnicity
0
n 1: an ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or
cultural ties; "ethnicity has a strong influence on
community status relations"
-
falsity
0
n 1: the state of being false or untrue; "argument could not
determine its truth or falsity" [syn: falsity,
falseness] [ant: the true, trueness, truth,
verity]
2: a false statement [syn: falsehood, falsity, untruth]
[ant: true statement, truth]
-
febricity
0
n 1: a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom
of infection [syn: fever, febrility, febricity,
pyrexia, feverishness]
-
felicity
0
n 1: pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner
or style of expression) [syn: felicity, felicitousness]
[ant: infelicity]
2: state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from
contentment to intense joy [syn: happiness, felicity]
[ant: unhappiness]
-
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]
-
fixity
0
n 1: the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm
attachment [syn: fastness, fixedness, fixity,
fixture, secureness] [ant: looseness]
2: the quality of being incapable of mutation; "Darwin
challenged the fixity of species" [syn: immutability,
immutableness, fixity] [ant: mutability, mutableness]
-
fugacity
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n 1: the tendency of a gas to expand or escape
2: the lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts)
[syn: fugacity, fugaciousness]
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generosity
0
n 1: the trait of being willing to give your money or time [syn:
generosity, generousness] [ant: stinginess]
2: acting generously [syn: generosity, unselfishness]
-
grandiosity
0
n 1: high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation;
"the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of
language" [syn: grandiosity, magniloquence,
ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoric]
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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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immensity
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n 1: unusual largeness in size or extent or number [syn:
enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness,
immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness]
-
impetuosity
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n 1: rash impulsiveness [syn: impetuousness, impetuosity]
-
incapacity
0
n 1: lack of intellectual power [ant: capacity, mental
ability]
2: lack of physical or natural qualifications [ant: capacity]
-
inelasticity
0
n 1: the lack of elasticity [ant: elasticity, snap]
-
infelicity
0
n 1: inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially
manner or style of expression) [ant: felicitousness,
felicity]
-
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]
-
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]
-
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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laxity
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n 1: the condition of being physiologically lax; "baths can help
the laxness of the bowels" [syn: laxness, laxity]
2: the quality of being lax and neglectful [syn: laxness,
laxity, remissness, slackness]
-
loquacity
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n 1: the quality of being wordy and talkative [syn: garrulity,
garrulousness, loquaciousness, loquacity,
talkativeness]
-
luminosity
0
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]
-
mendacity
0
n 1: the tendency to be untruthful [ant: veracity]
-
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"
-
mordacity
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n 1: a disposition to biting
-
multiplicity
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n 1: the property of being multiple
2: a large number [syn: numerousness, numerosity,
multiplicity]
-
multiversity
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n 1: a university system having several separate campuses and
colleges and research centers
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necessity
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n 1: the condition of being essential or indispensable
2: anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of
life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to
buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place
where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be
obtained" [syn: necessity, essential, requirement,
requisite, necessary] [ant: inessential,
nonessential]
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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]
-
obesity
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n 1: more than average fatness [syn: fleshiness, obesity,
corpulency]
-
paucity
0
n 1: an insufficient quantity or number [syn: dearth,
paucity]
-
periodicity
0
n 1: the quality of recurring at regular intervals [syn:
cyclicity, periodicity]
-
perplexity
0
n 1: trouble or confusion resulting from complexity
-
pertinacity
0
n 1: persistent determination [syn: doggedness,
perseverance, persistence, persistency, tenacity,
tenaciousness, pertinacity]
-
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]
-
plasticity
0
n 1: the property of being physically malleable; the property of
something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without
breaking [syn: malleability, plasticity] [ant:
unmalleability]
-
pomposity
0
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]
-
precocity
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n 1: intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental
schedules [syn: precociousness, precocity]
-
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"
-
prolixity
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n 1: boring verbosity [syn: prolixity, prolixness,
windiness, long-windedness, wordiness]
-
propensity
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n 1: an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward
frivolity" [syn: leaning, propensity, tendency]
2: a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"
[syn: proclivity, propensity, leaning]
3: a disposition to behave in a certain way; "the aptness of
iron to rust"; "the propensity of disease to spread" [syn:
aptness, propensity]
-
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"
-
pugnacity
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n 1: a natural disposition to be hostile [syn: aggressiveness,
belligerence, pugnacity]
-
rapacity
0
n 1: extreme gluttony [syn: edacity, esurience,
rapaciousness, rapacity, voracity, voraciousness]
2: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
(personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: avarice,
greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia]
-
reciprocity
0
n 1: a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence
[syn: reciprocality, reciprocity]
2: mutual exchange of commercial or other privileges
-
religiosity
0
n 1: exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal [syn:
religiosity, religionism, religiousism, pietism]
-
sagacity
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n 1: the mental ability to understand and discriminate between
relations [syn: sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment,
judgement, discernment]
2: the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and
evaluating [syn: judiciousness, sagacity,
sagaciousness]
-
scarcity
0
n 1: a small and inadequate amount [syn: scarcity,
scarceness] [ant: abundance, copiousness,
teemingness]
-
sensuous
0
adj 1: taking delight in beauty; "the sensuous joy from all
things fair"
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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]
-
sinuosity
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n 1: having curves; "he hated the sinuosity of mountain roads"
[syn: sinuosity, sinuousness]
-
subcommittee
0
n 1: a subset of committee members organized for a specific
purpose
-
tenacity
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n 1: persistent determination [syn: doggedness,
perseverance, persistence, persistency, tenacity,
tenaciousness, pertinacity]
-
tonicity
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n 1: the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that
facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my
tonicity" [syn: tonicity, tonus, tone] [ant:
amyotonia, atonia, atonicity, atony]
-
toxicity
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n 1: the degree to which something is poisonous
2: grave harmfulness or deadliness [syn: perniciousness,
toxicity]
-
university
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n 1: the body of faculty and students at a university
2: establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed,
including administrative and living quarters as well as
facilities for research and teaching
3: a large and diverse institution of higher learning created to
educate for life and for a profession and to grant degrees
-
varsity
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n 1: a British abbreviation of `university'; usually refers to
Oxford University or Cambridge University
2: a team representing a college or university [syn: varsity,
first team]
-
velocity
0
n 1: distance travelled per unit time [syn: speed, velocity]
-
veracity
0
n 1: unwillingness to tell lies [ant: mendacity]
-
verbosity
0
n 1: an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words
[syn: verboseness, verbosity] [ant: terseness]
-
virtuosity
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n 1: technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso
-
viscosity
0
n 1: resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow)
[syn: viscosity, viscousness]
-
vivacity
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n 1: characterized by high spirits and animation
-
voracity
0
n 1: excessive desire to eat [syn: edacity, esurience,
ravenousness, voracity, voraciousness]
2: extreme gluttony [syn: edacity, esurience,
rapaciousness, rapacity, voracity, voraciousness]
-
witty
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adj 1: combining clever conception and facetious expression;
"his sermons were unpredictably witty and satirical as
well as eloquent"
-
shitty
0
adj 1: very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world" [syn:
icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty,
stinking, stinky]
-
titty
0
n 1: either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs
on the chest of a woman [syn: breast, bosom, knocker,
boob, tit, titty]
-
cubicity
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n 1: the property of resembling a cube
-
lubricity
0
n 1: feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
[syn: prurience, pruriency, lasciviousness,
carnality, lubricity]
-
mendicity
0
n 1: the state of being a beggar or mendicant; "they were
reduced to mendicancy" [syn: beggary, mendicancy,
mendicity]
-
rhythmicity
0
n 1: the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative
durations of notes in a piece of music
-
sphericity
0
n 1: the roundness of a 3-dimensional object [syn: sphericity,
sphericalness, globosity, globularness, rotundity,
rotundness]
-
triplicity
0
n 1: (astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each
group consists of three signs separated from each other by
120 degrees [syn: triplicity, trigon]
2: the property of being triple