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Relative :: Relative (n.) A person connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman..

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

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

Affined :: Affined (a.) Joined in affinity or by any tie.

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

Affect :: Affect (v. t.) To tend to by affinity or disposition.

Congeneracy :: Congeneracy (n.) Similarity of origin; affinity.

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

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..

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Gossipry :: Gossipry (n.) Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy.

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..

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