Word Finder - essences

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The inherent nature of a thing or idea.

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The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.

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Constituent substance.

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A being; especially, a purely spiritual being.

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A significant feature of something.

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The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.

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essence of Jojoba

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An extract or concentrate obtained from a plant or other matter used for flavouring.

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vanilla essence

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Fragrance, a perfume.

The neighbourhood abounds in market gardens and plantations of aromatic herbs for the manufacture of scents and essences.

But this lapse only shows how powerful a dominion Plato exercised over Aristotle's soul to the last; for it arises out of the pupil still accepting from hiAmaster the unity of the universal though now applying it, not to classes, but to essences.

The mind, especially in mathematics, abstracts numbers, motions, relations, causes, essences, ends, kinds; and it over-abstracts things mentally separate into things really separate.

But reality consists only of individual substances, numerous, moving, related, active as efficient causes, passive as material causes, essences as formal causes, ends as final causes, and in classes which are real universals only as real predicates of individual substances.

But it is by a different process of sense, memory, experience, induction, intelligence, syllogism, that science becomes knowledge of real causes, of real effects, and especially of real essences from which follow real consequences, not beyond, but belonging to real substances.

Similarly, the universal essence of a species is not one and the same as each individual essence, but is the whole number of similar individual essences of the similar individuals of the species, e.g.

Hence again, the natural world of species and essences is not eternal, but only endures as long as there are individual substances.

This involved a change of detail in the theory of essences and of universals generally.

Many possess a fragrant odour and are prepared in large quantities for use as artificial fruit essences.

In Greek philosophy phenomena are the changing objects of the senses as opposed to essences (ra avra) which are one and permanent, and are therefore regarded as being more real, the objects of reason rather than of senses which are "bad witnesses."

We define essences of course in a sense, but the essences of which men talk are abstractions, " creatures of the understanding."

Man determines the sorts or nominal essences, nature the similitudes.

This first philosophy had also to investigate what are called the adventitious or transcendental conditions of essences, such as Much, Little, Like, Unlike, Possible, Impossible, Being, Nothing, the logical discussion of which certainly belonged rather to the laws of reasoning than to the existence of things, but the physical or real treatment of which might be expected to yield answers to such questions as, why certain substances are numerous, others scarce; or why, if like attracts like, iron does not attract iron.

Various experimenters, especially Fenn, have asserted that by engrafting an eye of one variety into the tuber of another, not only will adhesion take place but the new tubers will present great variety of character; this seems to be the case, but it can hardly be considered as established that the variations in question were the result of any commingling of the essences of the two varieties.

Inquiry still takes this shape, and when any part of Disraeli's career is studied, the laces and essences, the rings over gloves, the jewelled satin shirt-fronts, the guitareries and chibouqueries of his early days are never remote from memory.

Other industries include the manufacture of artificial flowers, wax-cloth, chemicals, ethereal oils and essences, beer, mineral waters, tobacco and cigars, lace, indiarubber wares, rush-work and paper, the preparation of furs and numerous other branches.

The essences or forms - the intelligibilia which constitute the world of real knowledge - may be looked at in themselves (metaphysically), or as embodied in the things of sense (physically), or as expressing the processes of thought (logically).

These vibrational essences are natural, energetic remedies that are made during a ceremonial process in the Virginia wilderness.

How to use the Alaskan essences Flower Essence Practitioner Kit There are 72 essences in the Alaskan Flower Essence Practitioner Kit.

These essences are evocative of some of the most subtle levels of healing that have even been explored with flower essences.

The Rescue Remedy contains essences of star of Bethlehem, rock rose, clematis and cherry plum.

As immanent realists, both view concepts as essences that are within the concretes of the external world.

The six included the shop steward and three employees from the food essences section and one other shop steward.

Descartes establishes a philosophic monotheism, - by which the medieval polytheism of substantial forms, essences and eternal truths fades away before God, who is the ruler of the intellectual world no less than of the kingdom of nature and of grace.

Hence Schelling objected to the Hegelian dialectic on the ground that, although reason by itself can apprehend notions or essences, and even that of God, it cannot deduce a priori the existence either of God or of Nature, for the apprehension of which experience is required.

Our resident cat expert, Wendy Nan Rees, offers advice on natural remedies and flower essences for your cat.

When I first met Polly Fox, the founder and owner of Pet Essences and Energetic Essences (for people), I was going to have her on my radio show.

For my poor baby, she asked me to try a few of her essences, on myself and all three of my boys.

To my great surprise, I and my boys after six months are still taking our flower essences.

I asked Polly, who has become a friend, if she could put in her own words how she describes her pet essences because I did not want anyone reading this tip to miss the wonderful story, love and passion that go into every bottle she makes.

Pet Essences are like dewdrops in a bottle; kept there so that you can use them when you need them, even if you are not out walking in the garden.

They are very receptive and responsive to flower essences.

We have four resident cats here at the home of Pet Essences; Tyko, Zoe, Cleo and Flakka.

So, we use lots of our flower essences to help them through emotional shifts and occasional physical upsets.

In addition to feeding them good food, and reading Wendy's book on nutrition to guide you on how to improve their diet, flower essences have changed many a cat's life.

By far the best known and most studied of the Bach Flower Remedies, Rescue Remedy provides supportive essences during times of crisis, emotional strain or stress.

Rescue Remedy incorporates five different flower essences in a combination dose and is also known as 'five-flower remedy.'

Flower essences work by flooding the imbalanced soul quality with its positive, healthful attributes, thus displacing negative energies and correcting imbalances.

Unlike aromatherapy, in which fragrant herbs are used to stimulate the emotions through the sense of smell, Bach Flower Essences infuse the essential qualities of plants and some minerals into a tincture.

One or more essences may be used, depending upon each person's needs and circumstances.

Dr. Edward Bach, discoverer of the Bach Flower Essences, created Rescue Remedy in the early 1930's as a ready-made supplement for his patients coping with intense fear, anxiety, or panic.

Bach searched for a convenient way to distribute the appropriate dose of flower essences and mixed the five-flower formula as an immediate, easy-to-use treatment.

Bach Flower Essences should never substitute for emergency first aid or medical treatment.

Do not rely upon Flower Essences alone for serious trauma or emergencies.

For burns, cuts or bruises, a salve or cream made with flower essences often speeds relief and healing.

An alcohol-free version intended for pets includes all five-flower essences.

The Bach Flower website provides information on using Rescue Remedy with pets, as well as a list of major flower essences and the conditions they treat in animals.

Researchers studying this remedy provide tantalizing evidence that Bach essences work beyond the placebo effect, as many detractors claim.

A study conducted by the Miami School of Nursing, in conjunction with the Sirkin Creative Living Center, concluded that five-flower essences eased fears and anxieties as compared to conventional pharmaceutical treatment.

The U.K.'s popular Daily Telegraph reported the history of flower essences and included many anecdotal comments from physicians as well as dentists who use Bach Flower Essences.