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cleanness
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n 1: the state of being clean; without dirt or other impurities
[ant: dirtiness, uncleanness]
2: without moral defects
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clumsiness
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n 1: unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training [syn:
awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude,
maladroitness, slowness]
2: the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are
ungainly or inelegant [syn: awkwardness, clumsiness]
[ant: gracefulness]
3: the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by
embarrassment) [syn: awkwardness, clumsiness,
gracelessness, stiffness]
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cockiness
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n 1: offensive boldness and assertiveness [syn: bumptiousness,
cockiness, pushiness, forwardness]
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comeliness
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n 1: the quality of being good looking and attractive [syn:
comeliness, fairness, loveliness, beauteousness]
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contrariness
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n 1: deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to
guidance or discipline [syn: contrariness, perversity,
perverseness]
2: a fussy and eccentric disposition [syn: crankiness,
crotchetiness, contrariness, grumpiness]
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costliness
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n 1: the quality possessed by something with a great price or
value [syn: costliness, dearness, preciousness]
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courtliness
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n 1: elegance suggestive of a royal court
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cowardliness
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n 1: the trait of lacking courage [syn: cowardice,
cowardliness] [ant: braveness, bravery, courage,
courageousness]
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craftiness
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n 1: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
[syn: craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness,
guile, slyness, wiliness]
2: the quality of being crafty [syn: craftiness,
deceitfulness, guile]
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crankiness
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n 1: a fussy and eccentric disposition [syn: crankiness,
crotchetiness, contrariness, grumpiness]
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craziness
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n 1: informal terms for insanity [syn: craziness, daftness,
flakiness]
2: the quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive
through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an
insane society is total foolishness" [syn: folly,
foolishness, craziness, madness]
3: foolish or senseless behavior [syn: folly, foolery,
tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence]
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creaminess
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n 1: the property of having the thickness of heavy cream [syn:
creaminess, soupiness]
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creepiness
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n 1: an uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin
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crispiness
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n 1: firm but easily broken [syn: brittleness, crispness,
crispiness]
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crotchetiness
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n 1: a fussy and eccentric disposition [syn: crankiness,
crotchetiness, contrariness, grumpiness]
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crumbliness
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n 1: excessive breakableness [syn: crumbliness, friability]
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curliness
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n 1: (of hair) a tendency to curl [syn: curliness, waviness]
[ant: straightness]
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dilatoriness
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n 1: slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it [syn:
dilatoriness, procrastination]
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dinginess
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n 1: discoloration due to dirtiness [syn: dinginess, dinge]
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dirtiness
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n 1: the state of being unsanitary [syn: dirtiness,
uncleanness] [ant: cleanness]
2: the state of containing dirty impurities
3: obscenity in speech or writing [syn: smuttiness,
dirtiness]
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disorderliness
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n 1: a condition in which things are not in their expected
places; "the files are in complete disorder" [syn:
disorderliness, disorder] [ant: order, orderliness]
2: rowdy behavior [syn: rowdiness, rowdyism, roughness,
disorderliness]
3: untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance) [syn:
disarray, disorderliness]
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dizziness
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n 1: a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
[syn: dizziness, giddiness, lightheadedness,
vertigo]
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dowdiness
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n 1: having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or
elegance [syn: dowdiness, drabness, homeliness]
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dreaminess
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n 1: a relaxed comfortable feeling [syn: languor,
dreaminess]
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dreariness
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n 1: extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest [syn:
boringness, dreariness, insipidness, insipidity]
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drowsiness
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n 1: a very sleepy state; "sleepiness causes many driving
accidents" [syn: sleepiness, drowsiness, somnolence]
[ant: sleeplessness, wakefulness]
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genus
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n 1: a general kind of something; "ignore the genus communism"
2: (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species
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heinous
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adj 1: extremely wicked, deeply criminal; "a flagitious crime";
"heinous accusations" [syn: flagitious, heinous]
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subgenus
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n 1: (biology) taxonomic group between a genus and a species
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venous
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adj 1: of or contained in or performing the function of the
veins; "venous inflammation"; "venous blood as contrasted
with arterial blood"; "venous circulation"
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venus
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n 1: the second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in
that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite
sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it
is visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an
`evening star'; "before it was known that they were the
same object the evening star was called Venus and the
morning star was called Lucifer"
2: goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite [syn:
Venus, Urania]
3: type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams
with thick oval shells [syn: Venus, genus Venus]
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silenus
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n 1: any of the minor woodland deities who were companions of
Dionysus (similar to the satyrs)
2: the chief satyr in the service of Bacchus; father of
Dionysus; usually depicted as drunk and jolly and riding a
donkey
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corniness
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cragginess
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dopiness
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dressiness
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freeness
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salinas
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maecenas
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malvinas
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longinus
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