965
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aduncity |
[.] ADUN'CITY, n. [L. aduncitas, hookedness, of ad and uncus, a hook.] [.] Hookedness; a bending in form of a hook. |
3321
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apricity |
[.] APRIC'ITY, n. Sunshine. [Little used.] |
4246
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atrocity |
[.] ATROC'ITY, n. Enormous wickedness; extreme hainousness or cruelty; as the atrocity of murder. |
4367
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audacity |
[.] AUDAC'ITY, n. [.] 1. Boldness, sometimes in a good sense; daring spirit, resolution or confidence. [.] 2. Audaciousness; impudence; in a bad sense; implying a contempt of law or moral restraint. |
4465
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authenticity |
[.] AUTHENTIC'ITY, n. Genuineness; the quality of being of genuine original; as the authenticity of the scriptures. |
6072
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bibacity |
[.] BIBAC'ITY, n. The quality of drinking much. [Not used.] |
7991
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caducity |
[.] CADUCITY, n. Tendency to fall. |
8373
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capacity |
[.] CAPACITY, n. [.] 1. Passive power; the power of containing, or holding; extent of room or space; as the capacity of a vessel, or a cask. [.] 2. The extent or comprehensiveness of the mind; the power of receiving ideas or knowledge. [.] [.] Let instruction be ... |
8591
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carnivoracity |
[.] CARNIVORACITY, n. Greediness of appetite for flesh. |
8942
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causticity |
[.] CAUSTICITY, n. The quality of acting like fire on animal matter, or the quality of combining with the principles of organized substances, and destroying their texture. This quality belongs to concentrated acids, pure alkalis, and some metallic salts. |
9006
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cecity |
[.] CECITY, n. Blindness. |
10142
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city |
[.] CITY, n. [.] 1. In a general sense, a large town; a large number of houses and inhabitants, established in one place. [.] 2. In a more appropriate sense, a corporate town; a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by particular officers, ... |
10143
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city-court |
[.] CITY-COURT, n. The municipal court of a city, consisting of the mayor or recorder and aldermen. |
15883
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dicacity |
[.] DICACITY, n. [L.] Pertness. [Little used.] |
18114
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duplicity |
[.] DUPLICITY, n. [L., double.] [.] 1. Doubleness; the number two. [.] 2. Doubleness of heart or speech; the act or practice of exhibiting a different or contrary conduct, or uttering different or contrary sentiments, at different times, in relation to the same thing; ... |
18312
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eccentricity |
...circle. [.] 2. In astronomy, the distance of the center of a planet's orbit from the center of the sun; that is, the distance between the center of an ellipsis and its focus. [.] 3. Departure or deviation from that which is stated, regular or usual; as the eccentricity ... |
18361
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edacity |
[.] EDAC'ITY, n. [L. edacitas, from edax, edo, to eat.] Greediness; voracity; ravenousness; rapacity. |
18567
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elasticity |
[.] ELASTIC'ITY, n. The inherent property in bodies by which they recover their former figure or state, after external pressure,tension or distortion. Thus elastic gum, extended, will contract to its natural dimensions, when the force is removed. Air, when compressed, ... |
18604
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electricity |
...ghtning, and produces thunder. Bodies which, when rubbed, exhibit this property, are called electrics or non-conductors. Bodies, which,when excited, do not exhibit this property, as water and metals, are called non-electrics or conductors, as they readily convey electricity ... |
21623
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felicity |
[.] FELIC'ITY, n. [L. felicitas, from felix, happy.] [.] 1. Happiness, or rather great happiness; blessedness; blissfulness; appropriately, the joys of heaven. [.] 2. Prosperity; blessing; enjoyment of good. [.] The felicities of her wonderful reign may be complete. [.] Females ... |
21725
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feracity |
[.] FERAC'ITY, n. [L. feracitas.] Fruitfulness. [Little used.] |
21748
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ferocity |
[.] FEROC'ITY, n. [L. ferocitas.] [.] 1. Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as the ferocity of barbarians. [.] 2. Fierceness indicating a savage heart; as ferocity of countenance. |
23582
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fugacity |
[.] FUGAC'ITY, n. [L. fugax, supra.] [.] 1. Volatility; the quality of flying away; as the fugacity of spires. [.] 2. Uncertainty; instability. |
23714
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furacity |
[.] FURAC'ITY, n. Thievishness. [Little used.] |
28237
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immundicity |
[.] IMMUNDIC'ITY, n. Uncleanness. |
28629
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impudicity |
[.] IMPUDIC'ITY, n. [L. impudicitia.] Immodesty. |
28779
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incapacity |
[.] INCAPAC'ITY, n. [in and capacity.] Want of capacity, intellectual power, or the power of receiving, containing or understanding; applied to the mind, and it may be natural or casual. There is a natural incapacity in children to comprehend difficult propositions in ... |
29470
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inelasticity |
[.] INELASTIC'ITY, n. The absence of elasticity; the want of elastic power. |
29610
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infelicity |
[.] INFELIC'ITY, n. [L. infelicitas. See Felicity.] [.] Unhappiness; misfortune. [.] 1. Unfortunate state; unfaborableness; as the infelicity of the times, or of the occasion. |
33337
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loquacity |
[.] LOQUAC'ITY, n. [L. loquacitas.] Talkativeness; the habit or practice of talking continually or excessively. [.] Too great loquacity and too great taciturnity by fits. |
34775
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mendacity |
[.] MENDAC'ITY, n. [L.mendax, false, lying.] Falsehood. [.] [The proper signification of this word would be a disposition to lie, or habitual lying.] |
34781
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mendicity |
[.] MENDIC'ITY,n. [L.mendicitas.] [.] The state of begging; the life of a beggar. |
35171
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minacity |
[.] MINAC'ITY, n. [L. minax.] Disposition to threaten. [Little used.] |
36077
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mordacity |
[.] MORDAC'ITY, n. [L. mordacitas, from mordeo, to bite.] [.] The quality of biting. |
36376
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multiplicity |
[.] MULTIPLIC'ITY, n. [L. multiplex.] [.] 1. A state of being many; as a multiplicity of thoughts or objects. [.] 2. Many of the same kind. The pagans of antiquity had a multiplicity of deities. |
37464
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nugacity |
[.] NUGAC'ITY, n. [L. trifles.] Futility; trifling talk or behavior. |
38107
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opacity |
[.] OPAC'ITY, n. [L. opacitas.] [.] 1. Opakeness; the quality of a body which renders it impervious to the rays of light; want of transparency. Opacity may exist in bodies of any color. [.] 2. Darkness; obscurity. |
39840
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paucity |
[.] PAU'CITY, n. [L. paucitas, from paucus, few.] [.] 1. Fewness; smallness of number; as the paucity of schools. [.] 2. Smallness of quantity; as paucity of blood. |
40428
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pernicity |
[.] PERNIC'ITY, n. [L. pernicitas, from pernix.] [.] Swiftness of motion; celerity. [Little used.] |
40502
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perspicacity |
[.] PERSPICAC'ITY, n. [L. perspicacitas.] [.] 1. Acuteness of sight; quickness of sight. [.] 2. Acuteness of discernment or understanding. |
40539
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pertinacity |
[.] PERTINAC'ITY, n. [L. pertinacia.] Firm or unyielding adherence to opinion or purpose; obstinacy. He pursues his scheme with pertinacity. [.] 1. Resolution; constancy. |
40587
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pervicacity |
[.] PERVICAC'ITY , n. Stubbornness; willful obstinacy. [Little used.] |
41291
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plasticity |
[.] PLASTIC'ITY, n. The quality of giving form or shape to matter. |
42336
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precocity |
[.] PRECOC'ITY, n. Rapid growth and ripeness before the usual time; prematureness. [.] [.] I cannot learn that he gave, in his youth, any evidence of that precocity which sometimes distinguishes uncommon genius. |
42951
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procacity |
[.] PROCAC'ITY, n. [L. procacitas.] [.] Impudence; petulance. [Little used.] |
43586
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publicity |
[.] PUBLIC'ITY, n. The state of being public or open to the knowledge of a community; notoriety. |
43620
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pudicity |
[.] PUDIC'ITY, n. [L. pudicitia.] Modesty; chastity. |
43644
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pugnacity |
[.] PUGNAC'ITY, n. Inclination to fight; quarrelsomeness. [Little used.] |
44569
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rapacity |
[.] RAPAC'ITY, n. [L. rapacitas, from rapax, rapio.] [.] 1. Addictedness to plunder; the exercise of plunder; the act or practice of seizing by force; as the rapacity of a conquering army; the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of a Turkish pashaw; the rapacity of extortioners. [.] 2. ... |
44662
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raucity |
[.] RAU'CITY, n. [L. raucus, hoarse. Raucus is the Eng. rough, which see.] [.] 1. Hoarseness; a loud rough sound; as the raucity of a trumpet. [.] 2. Among physicians, hoarseness of the human voice. |
45034
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reciprocity |
[.] RECIPROC'ITY, n. Reciprocal obligation or right; equal mutual rights or benefits to be yielded or enjoyed. The commissioners offered to negotiate a treaty on principles of reciprocity. |
47562
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rusticity |
[.] RUSTIC'ITY, n. [L. rusticitas.] [.] The qualities of a countryman; rustic manners; rudeness; coarseness; simplicity; artlessness. |
47693
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sagacity |
...itas.] [.] 1. Quickness or acuteness of scent; applied to animals. [.] 2. Quickness or acuteness of discernment or penetration; readiness of apprehension; the faculty of readily discerning and distinguishing ideas, and of separating truth from falsehood. [.] Sagacity ... |
47748
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salacity |
[.] SALAC'ITY, n. Lust; lecherousness; strong propensity to venery. |
48216
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scarcity |
[.] SCARCITY, n. [.] 1. Smallness of quantity, or smallness in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency defeat of plenty; penury; as a scarcity of grain; a great scarcity of beauties; a scarcity of lovely women. [.] Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its ... |
49306
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septicity |
[.] SEPTIC'ITY, n. Tendency to putrefaction. |
49320
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sequacity |
[.] SEQUAC'ITY, n. [supra.] [.] 1.A following, or disposition to follow. [.] 2. Ductility; pliableness. [Little used.] |
49983
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siccity |
[.] SIC'CITY, n. [L. siccitas.] Dryness; aridity; destitution of moisture; as the siccity of flesh or af the air. |
50160
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simplicity |
[.] SIMPLIC'ITY, n. [L. simplicitas.] [.] 1. Singleness; the state of being unmixed or uncompounded; as the simplicity of metals or of earths. [.] 2. The state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts; as the simplicity of a machine. [.] 3. Artlessness ... |
51426
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spericity |
[.] SPER'ICALNESS, SPERIC'ITY, n. The state or quality of being orbicular or spherical; roundness; as the sphericity of a drop of water. |
52853
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stypticity |
[.] STYPTICITY, n. The quality of stanching blood, or stopping hemorrhage. |
54710
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tenacity |
[.] TENAC'ITY, n. [L. tenacitas, from teneo, to hold.] [.] 1. Adhesiveness; that quality of bodies which makes them stick or adhere to others; glutinousness; stickiness; as the tenacity of oils, of glue, of tar, of starch and the like. [.] 2. That quality of bodies ... |
54954
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tetricity |
[.] TETRIC'ITY, n. Crabbedness; perverseness. [Not in use.] |
56235
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treasure-city |
[.] TREASURE-CITY, n. trezh'ur-city. A city for stores and magazines. Ex.1. |
56461
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triplicity |
[.] TRIPLIC'ITY, n. [L. triplex.] Trebleness; the state of being threefold. |
60476
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velocity |
[.] VELOC'ITY, n. [L. velositas, from velox, swift, allied to volo, to fly.] [.] 1. Swiftness; celerity; rapidity; as the velocity of wind; the velocity of a planet or comet in its orbit or course; the velocity of a cannon ball; the velocity of light. In these phrases, ... |
60580
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veracity |
[.] VERAC'ITY, n. [L. verax, from verus, true.] [.] 1. Habitual observance of truth, or habitual truth; as a man of veracity. His veracity is not called in question. The question of the court is, whether you know the witness to be a man of veracity. We rely on history, ... |
60689
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verticity |
[.] VERTIC'ITY, n. [from vertex, supra.] [.] 1. The power of turning; revolution; rotation. [.] 2. That property of the lodestone by which it turns to some particular point. [.] The attraction of the magnet was known long before its verticity. |
61046
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vivacity |
[.] VIVAC'ITY, n. [L. vivacitas.] [.] 1. Liveliness; sprightliness of temper or behavior; as a lady of great vivacity. [.] 2. Air of life and activity; as vivacity of countenance. [.] 3. Life; animation; spirits; as the vivacity of a discourse. [.] 4. Power ... |
61159
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voracity |
[.] VORAC'ITY, n. Greediness of appetite; voraciousness. [.] Creatures by their voracity pernicious, have commonly fewer young. |
