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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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bellicosity
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n 1: a natural disposition to fight [syn: bellicosity,
bellicoseness]
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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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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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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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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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impetuosity
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n 1: rash impulsiveness [syn: impetuousness, impetuosity]
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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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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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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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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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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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sinuosity
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n 1: having curves; "he hated the sinuosity of mountain roads"
[syn: sinuosity, sinuousness]
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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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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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caducity
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incuriosity
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scrupulosity
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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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