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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,949 words match “QUALITY”

APPROACHABILITY n.
The quality of being approachable; approachableness.
APPROACHABLENESS n.
The quality or state of being approachable; accessibility.
APPROBATIVENESS n.
The quality of being approbative.
APPROPRIATENESS n.
The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness. Froude.
APPROXIMATE v.
To carry or advance near; to cause to approach. To approximate the inequality of riches to the level of nature. Burke.
APPROXIMATION n.
An approach to a correct estimate, calculation, or conception, or to a given quantity, quality, etc.
APRIORITY n.
The quality of being innate in the mind, or prior to experience; a priori reasoning.
APRONFUL n.
The quality an apron can hold.
ARBITRARINESS n.
The quality of being arbitrary; despoticalness; tyranny. Bp. Hall.
ARCHNESS n.
The quality of being arch; cleverness; sly humor free from malice; waggishness. Goldsmith.
ARCUBUS n.
s English hard. It usually has the sense of one who has to a high or excessive degree the quality expressed by the root; as, braggart, sluggard.
ARDENT a.
Having the appearance or quality of fire; fierce; glowing; shining; as, ardent eyes. Dryden.
ARDUOUSNESS n.
The quality of being arduous; difficulty of execution.
ARIDITY n.
The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness.
AROMA n. 2 definitions
The quality or principle of plants or other substances which constitutes their fragrance; agreeable odor; as, the aroma of coffee.
ARTFULNESS n.
The quality of being artful; art; cunning; craft.
ARTICULATENESS n.
Quality of being articulate.
ARTIFICIALITY n.
The quality or appearance of being artificial; that which is artificial.
ARTIFICIALNESS n.
The quality of being artificial.
ARTISTRY n.
Artistic effect or quality. Southey.
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