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Utilitarianism :: Utilitarianism (n.) The doctrine that virtue is founded in utility, or that virtue is defined and enforced by its tendency to promote the highest happiness of the universe..

Southness :: Southness (n.) A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point toward the south pole.

Passivity :: Passivity (n.) The tendency of a body to remain in a given state, either of motion or rest, till disturbed by another body; inertia..

Deceitfulness :: Deceitfulness (n.) Tendency to mislead or deceive.

Leaning :: Leaning (n.) The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism..

Incline :: Incline (v. t.) To impart a tendency or propensity to, as to the will or affections; to turn; to dispose; to influence..

Malignancy :: Malignancy (n.) Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever..

Tendence :: Tendence (n.) Tendency.

Rhotacism :: Rhotacism (n.) An oversounding, or a misuse, of the letter r; specifically (Phylol.), the tendency, exhibited in the Indo-European languages, to change s to r, as wese to were..

Incentive :: Incentive (n.) That which moves or influences the mind, or operates on the passions; that which incites, or has a tendency to incite, to determination or action; that which prompts to good or ill; motive; spur; as, the love of money, and the desire of promotion, are two powerful incentives to action..

Confluxibility :: Confluxibility (n.) The tendency of fluids to run together.

Bent :: Bent (v.) Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.

Gravity :: Gravity (a.) The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction; esp., the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth; terrestrial gravitation..

Spasticity :: Spasticity (n.) The tendency to, or capability of suffering, spasm..

Convergency :: Convergency (n.) The condition or quality of converging; tendency to one point.

Reaction :: Reaction (n.) Backward tendency or movement after revolution, reform, or great progress in any direction..

Direction :: Direction (n.) The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of tendency; direct line or course; as, the ship sailed in a southeasterly direction..

Expansive :: Expansive (a.) Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air..

Spontaneous :: Spontaneity (n.) The tendency to activity of muscular tissue, including the voluntary muscles, when in a state of healthful vigor and refreshment..

Osmose :: Osmose (n.) The tendency in fluids to mix, or become equably diffused, when in contact. It was first observed between fluids of differing densities, and as taking place through a membrane or an intervening porous structure. The more rapid flow from the thinner to the thicker fluid was then called endosmose, and the opposite, slower current, exosmose. Both are, however, results of the same force. Osmose may be regarded as a form of molecular attraction, allied to that of adhesion..

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