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920 words match “TENE”

ABSOLUTENESS n.
The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.
ACCOMMODATENESS n.
Fitness. [R.]
ACCURATENESS n.
The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.
ACUTENESS n. 4 definitions
The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.
ADEQUATENESS n.
The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy.
AFFECTIONATENESS n.
The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection.
ALTERNATENESS n.
The quality of being alternate, or of following by turns.
ANTIQUATENESS n.
Antiquatedness. [Obs.]
APPORTIONATENESS n.
The quality of being apportioned or in proportion. [Obs. & R.]
APPROPRIATENESS n.
The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness. Froude.
ARGUTENESS n.
Acuteness. Dryden.
ARTICULATENESS n.
Quality of being articulate.
BRUTENESS n. 2 definitions
Insensibility. "The bruteness of nature." Emerson.
CAJUPUTENE n.
A colorlees or greenish oil extracted from cajuput.
CEROTENE n.
A white waxy solid obtained from Chinese wax, and by the distillation of cerotin.
CETENE n.
An oily hydrocarbon, C16H32, of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti.
CHASTENED a.
rected; disciplined; refined; purified; toned down. Sir. W. Scott. Of such a finished chastened purity. Tennyson.
CHASTENER n.
One who chastens.
CHASTENESS n. 2 definitions
Freedom from all that is meretricious, gaundy, or affected; as, chasteness of design.
COGNATENESS n.
The state of being cognate.
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