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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,000+ words match “QUALITY”

HORRIDNESS n.
The quality of being horrid.
HORSINESS n. 2 definitions
The condition or quality of being a horse; that which pertains to a horse. Tennyson.
HOSPITABLENESS n.
The quality of being hospitable; hospitality. Barrow.
HOTNESS n. 2 definitions
The quality or state of being hot.
HOUSEHOLD a. 3 definitions
old bread, bread made in the house for common use; hence, bread that is not of the finest quality. [Obs.] -- Household gods (Rom. Antiq.), the gods presiding over the house and family; the Lares and Penates; hence, all objects endeared by association with home. -- Household troops, troops appointed to attend and guard…
HOW adv. 7 definitions
To what degree or extent, number or amount; in what proportion; by what measure or quality. O, how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. Ps. cxix. 97. By how much they would diminish the present extent of the sea, so much they would impair the fertility, and fountains, and rivers of the earth. Bentley.…
HUMANISM n. 2 definitions
lmost like a being who had rejected with indifference the attitude of sex for the loftier quality of abstract humanism. T. Hardy.
HUMANITY n. 5 definitions
The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.
HUMANNESS n.
The quality or state of being human.
HUMBLENESS n.
The quality of being humble; humility; meekness.
HUMILITY n. 2 definitions
The state or quality of being humble; freedom from pride and arrogance; lowliness of mind; a modest estimate of one's own worth; a sense of one's own unworthiness through imperfection and sinfulness; self-abasement; humbleness. Serving the Lord with all humility of mind. Acts xx. 19.
HUMOR n. 7 definitions
That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness. For thy sake I admit That a Scot may have humor, I'd almost said wit. Goldsmith. A great deal of excellent humor was expend…
HUMORALISM n. 2 definitions
The state or quality of being humoral.
HUMORSOMENESS n.
Quality of being humorsome.
HYBRIDISM n.
The state or quality of being hybrid.
HYPNOTIC a. 4 definitions
Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific.
ICINESS n.
The state or quality of being icy or very cold; frigidity.
IDEALISM n. 3 definitions
The quality or state of being ideal.
IDEALITY n. 3 definitions
The quality or state of being ideal.
IDENTICALNESS n.
The quality or state of being identical; sameness.
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