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2,949 words match “QUALITY”

CAREFULNESS n.
Quality or state of being careful.
CARELESSNESS n.
The quality or state of being careless; heedlessness; negligenece; inattention.
CARNOSITY n.
Fleshy substance or quality; fleshy covering. [Consciences] overgrown with so hard a carnosity. Spelman. The olives, indeed be very small there, and bigger than capers; yet commended they are for their carnosity. Holland.
CASHMERE n.
eath the hair of the goats of Cashmere, Thibet, and the Himalayas. Some cashmere, of fine quality, is richly embroidered for sale to Europeans.
CASTOR n.
A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.
CASUALNESS n.
The quality of being casual.
CASUARINA n.
atives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called beefwood from its color.
CATADICROTISM n.
Quality or state of being catacrotic. -- Cat`a*di*crot"ic (#), a.
CATAGMATIC a.
Having the quality of consolidating broken bones.
CATARRH n.
s membrane, in which there are congestion, swelling, and an altertion in the quantity and quality of mucus secreted; as catarrh of the stomach; catarrh of the bladder.
CATEGORICALNESS n.
The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute. A. Marvell.
CATHOLICISM n.
The state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity. Jer. Taylor.
CATHOLICITY n.
The state or quality of being catholic; universality.
CATHOLICNESS n.
The quality of being catholic; universality; catholicity.
CAUSTICILY n.
The quality of being caustic; corrosiveness; as, the causticity of potash.
CAUSTICNESS n.
The quality of being caustic; causticity.
CAUTIOUSNESS n.
The quality of being cautious.
CEMENTATORY a.
Having the quality of cementating or uniting firmly.
CENTRICITY n.
The state or quality of being centric; centricalness.
CENTRIFUGENCE n.
The property or quality of being centrifugal. R. W. Emerson.
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