† umbilicalityn.
Obsolete.
1. A close or intimate connection.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > affinity or closeness
cousinagea1398
alliancea1475
affinityc1485
propinquitya1500
societya1513
kindred1528
cognationa1555
affinitive1579
sympathya1586
vicinity1594
affiance1597
contingence1612
contingency1612
congeniality1620
umbilicality1646
consanguinity1651
congeneracy1664
gossipred1674
congenerousness1677
closeness1692
intimacy1720
proximity1762
liaison1809
cousinship1848
affiliation1870
kinship1876
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. v. 240 In his immortall and diviner part hee seemed to hold a nearer coherence, and an umbilicality even with God himselfe. View more context for this quotation
2. An umbilical cord.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > membranes, etc., of embryo or fetus > [noun] > umbilical cord
navel-string1587
navel vein1634
umbilicality1658
funiculus1667
funis1727
umbilical cord1753
umbilical1774
1658 J. Robinson Endoxa vii. 44 I know, after two or three days incubation, that there is a Sanguine-like string;..but that that should be the Umbilicality of the Chicken, is not by sight demonstrable.
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