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

Chemism :: Chemism (n.) The force exerted between the atoms of elementary substance whereby they unite to form chemical compounds; chemical attaction; affinity; -- sometimes used as a general expression for chemical activity or relationship.

Valency :: Valency (n.) A unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity.

Zinco-polar :: Zinco-polar (a.) Electrically polarized like the surface of the zinc presented to the acid in a battery, which has zincous affinity..

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..

Propinquity :: Propinquity (n.) Nearness of blood; kindred; affinity.

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

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

Affinity :: Affinity (n.) Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -- in contradistinction to consanguinity, or relationship by blood; -- followed by with, to, or between..

Bear :: Bear (n.) An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear..

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

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

Relatedness :: Relatedness (n.) The state or condition of being related; relationship; affinity.

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

B :: B () is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to Pronunciation, // 196, 220.) It is etymologically related to p, v, f, w and m , letters representing sounds having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng. bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. ferre; Eng. silver and Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. seven, Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem, Gr.epta`, Sanskrit saptan. The form of letter B is Roman, from Greek B (Beta), of Semitic origin. The sma

Relation :: Relation (n.) Connection by consanguinity or affinity; kinship; relationship; as, the relation of parents and children..

Relationship :: Relationship (n.) The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance..

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

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

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

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