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essence
essence is a 7-letter English word with 11 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 11 senses
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- 1noun
The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence.
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
Constituent substance.
- 4noun
A being; esp., a purely spiritual being.
- 5noun
The predominant qualities or virtues of a plant or drug, extracted and refined from grosser matter; or, more strictly, the solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or essential oil; as, the essence of mint, and the like.
- 6noun
Perfume; odor; scent; or the volatile matter constituting perfume.
- 7transitive verb
To perfume; to scent.
- 8noun
a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor
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- 9noun
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
"the gist of the prosecutor's argument"
"the heart and soul of the Republican Party"
- 10noun
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- 11noun
any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted
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