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  • 11fertility — noun 1. the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year • Syn: ↑birthrate, ↑birth rate, ↑fertility rate, ↑natality • Hypernyms: ↑rate 2. the state of being fertile; capable of producing… …

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  • 12prolificacy — noun the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth he praised the richness of the soil weeds lovely in their rankness • Syn: ↑richness, ↑rankness, ↑fertility • Derivationally related forms: ↑fertile …

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  • 13richness — noun 1. the property of being extremely abundant (Freq. 3) the profusion of detail the idiomatic richness of English • Syn: ↑profusion, ↑profuseness, ↑cornucopia • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 14fetidness — noun the attribute of having a strong offensive smell • Syn: ↑malodorousness, ↑stinkiness, ↑foulness, ↑rankness • Derivationally related forms: ↑fetid, ↑rank (for: ↑ …

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  • 15foulness — noun 1. disgusting wickedness and immorality he understood the foulness of sin his display of foulness deserved severe punishment mouths which speak such foulness must be cleansed • Derivationally related forms: ↑foul • Hypernyms: ↑iniquity, ↑ …

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  • 16malodorousness — noun the attribute of having a strong offensive smell • Syn: ↑stinkiness, ↑foulness, ↑rankness, ↑fetidness • Derivationally related forms: ↑fetid (for: ↑fetidness), ↑ …

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  • 17stinkiness — noun the attribute of having a strong offensive smell • Syn: ↑malodorousness, ↑foulness, ↑rankness, ↑fetidness • Derivationally related forms: ↑fetid (for: ↑fetidness), ↑ …

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  • 18Exuberance — Ex*u ber*ance, n. [L. exuberantia: cf. F. exub[ e]rance.] The state of being exuberant; an overflowing quantity; a copious or excessive production or supply; superabundance; richness; as, an exuberance of joy, of fancy, or of foliage. Syn:… …

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  • 19malodorousness — mal*o dor*ous*ness n. The attribute of having a strong offensive smell. Syn: stinkiness, foulness, rankness. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 20Rancor — Ran cor (r[a^][ng] k[ e]r), n. [Written also {rancour}.] [OE. rancour, OF. rancor, rancur, F. rancune, fr. L. rancor rancidity, rankness; tropically, an old grudge, rancor, fr. rancere to be rank or rancid.] The deepest malignity or spite; deep… …

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