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Essence :: Essence (n.) The constituent quality or qualities which belong to any object, or class of objects, or on which they depend for being what they are (distinguished as real essence); the real being, divested of all logical accidents; that quality which constitutes or marks the true nature of anything; distinctive character; hence, virtue or quality of a thing, separated from its grosser parts..

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control..

Contingently :: Contingently (adv.) In a contingent manner; without design or foresight; accidentally.

Fluke :: Fluke (n.) An accidental and favorable stroke at billiards (called a scratch in the United States); hence, any accidental or unexpected advantage; as, he won by a fluke..

Fortuity :: Fortuity (n.) Accident; chance; casualty.

Chance-medley :: Chance-medley (n.) Luck; chance; accident.

Casually :: Casually (adv.) Without design; accidentally; fortuitously; by chance; occasionally.

Misfortune :: Misfortune (n.) Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance.

Accident :: Accident (n.) A property or quality of a thing which is not essential to it, as whiteness in paper; an attribute..

Liability :: Liability (n.) The state of being liable; as, the liability of an insurer; liability to accidents; liability to the law..

Accidental :: Accidental (a.) Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are accidental to a play..

Incident :: Incident (n.) That which happens aside from the main design; an accidental or subordinate action or event.

Occasional :: Occasional (a.) Produced by accident; as, the occasional origin of a thing..

Escheat :: Escheat (n.) The falling back or reversion of lands, by some casualty or accident, to the lord of the fee, in consequence of the extinction of the blood of the tenant, which may happen by his dying without heirs, and formerly might happen by corruption of blood, that is, by reason of a felony or attainder..

Adventitious :: Adventitious (a.) Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign.

Circumstantiate :: Circumstantiate (v. t.) To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts.

Accident :: Accident (n.) A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.

Count :: Count (v. i.) To number or be counted; to possess value or carry weight; hence, to increase or add to the strength or influence of some party or interest; as, every vote counts; accidents count for nothing..

By-blow :: By-blow (n.) A side or incidental blow; an accidental blow.

Accidence :: Accidence (n.) The accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar..

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