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Congeniality :: Congeniality (n.) The state or quality of being congenial; natural affinity; adaptation; suitableness.

Affinitative :: Affinitative (a.) Of the nature of affinity.

Saturated :: Saturated (a.) Having its affinity satisfied; combined with all it can hold; -- said of certain atoms, radicals, or compounds; thus, methane is a saturated compound. Contrasted with unsaturated..

Appetency :: Appetency (n.) Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of inanimate objects.

Relation :: Relation (n.) A person connected by cosanguinity or affinity; a relative; a kinsman or kinswoman.

Link :: Link (n.) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; -- applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction..

Ranal :: Ranal (a.) Having a general affinity to ranunculaceous plants.

Affinity :: Affinity (n.) That attraction which takes place, at an insensible distance, between the heterogeneous particles of bodies, and unites them to form chemical compounds; chemism; chemical or elective affinity or attraction..

Passive :: Passive (a.) Inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive..

Affinity :: Affinity (n.) Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages..

Kin :: Kin (n.) Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent..

Bond :: Bond (n.) A unit of chemical attraction; as, oxygen has two bonds of affinity. It is often represented in graphic formulae by a short line or dash. See Diagram of Benzene nucleus, and Valence..

Homological :: Homological (a.) Pertaining to homology; having a structural affinity proceeding from, or base upon, that kind of relation termed homology..

Consanguinity :: Consanguinity (n.) The relation of persons by blood, in distinction from affinity or relation by marriage; blood relationship; as, lineal consanguinity; collateral consanguinity..

Combine :: Combine (v. i.) To unite by affinity or natural attraction; as, two substances, which will not combine of themselves, may be made to combine by the intervention of a third..

Alliance :: Alliance (n.) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.

Combination :: Combination (n.) The act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by which substances unite with each other in definite proportions by weight to form distinct compounds..

Affinity :: Affinity (n.) Companionship; acquaintance.

Ortho- :: Ortho- () Connection with, or affinity to, one variety of isomerism, characteristic of the benzene compounds; -- contrasted with meta- or para-; as, the ortho position; hence, designating any substance showing such isomerism; as, an ortho compound..

Kindred :: Kindred (n.) Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.

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