Word Finder - variety

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The quality of being varied; diversity.

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Variety is the spice of life.

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A specific variation of something.

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A number of different things.

synonyms

• array
• assortment

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A state of constant change.

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A rank in a taxonomic classification, below species and subspecies.

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The total number of distinct states of a system.

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Logarithm of the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.

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A term used for a specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is a dialect, accent, register, etc. and to its prestige level.

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(universal algebra) An equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities.

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An algebraic variety.

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The kind of theatrical entertainment given in variety shows.

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The production of, or performance in, variety shows.

They chatted amiably about a variety of things.

We have a few kinds of prepackaged sandwich meats, but there's a better variety at the counter.

The woman owned the variety store and was never without a smile and a good word.

The principal thing that is lacking is sentence accent and variety in the inflection of phrases.

The word is Miss Larkin's one hot lady—used to be married, but likes variety too much to do it again.

This all began to change in the twentieth century for a variety of reasons.

However, they needed more supplies—additional batteries, a second flashlight, and marking chalk—all to be purchased at the variety store, which didn't open until eight o'clock.

The area is home to a variety of shopping malls and restaurants.

He took in the different manners of dress, the different features and colors, and the variety of accents and languages he heard as he walked.

They do this for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is that it often works.

The restaurant serves a variety of beef, shrimp and chicken entrees.

They give me a new sense of the variety and capacity of that nature which is our common dwelling.

A. based mainly on the wide variety of seafood dishes.

The mushroom usually grown in gardens or hot-beds, in cellars, sheds, &c., is a distinct variety known as Agaricus hortensis.

One variety deserves special mention.

A. offers a wide variety of sushi restaurants to choose from.

Even if you didn't need the meat, you might want the variety.

There is a great variety of fine timber trees.

This is a good thing because it means that high degrees of utility (the economists' word for "happiness") can be achieved with a wide variety of goods.

High class chefs may take this as an insult, but the staff of most restaurants understand that people have a variety of needs and restrictions when it comes to their diets.

Ben's offers a huge variety of wines from its wine list.

Other minerals exist in great variety.

From this species the tobaccos of Cuba, the United States, the Philippine Islands and the Latakia of Turkey are derived, and it is also largely cultivated in India; the variety macrophylla is the source of the Maryland tobaccos.

Snooze serves all-day breakfast, as well as a variety of lunch selections.

The food is basic--a meat, soup, bread and dessert--but with enough variety that most kids will find something to like.

You can create your own special variety of dessert fondue featuring white, milk or dark chocolate flavored with you choice of liqueur.

The menu includes something for everyone, with a variety of cuisines and foods including salads, pastas, sandwiches and other specialties.

The winery's variety of wines is large and expertly picked.

Pizza is available as well as a variety of salads and appetizers.

Seafood and steaks are on the menu for dinnertime, along with a variety of appetizers.

Those who dine in can choose from a variety of martini drinks, beers, and wines to accompany their sushi dinners.

While wheat and wine constitute the staples of French agriculture, its distinguishing characteristic is the variety of its products.

A great variety of monographs dealing with separate rivers and basins are available; e.g.

Like Ewald, Lagarde was an active worker in a variety of subjects and languages; but his chief aim, the elucidation of the Bible, was almost always kept in view.

In North Carolina's flora are many species common to sub-tropical regions and many common to temperate regions, and the variety is consequently very great.

The forests throughout most of the state have a luxuriant undergrowth consisting of a great variety of shrubs, flowering plants, grasses, ferns and mosses, and the display of magnolias, azaleas, kalmias, golden rod, asters, jessamines, smilax, ferns and mosses is often one of unusual beauty.

Practically all the remaining area in these islands is occupied by metamorphic schists and gneisses which occur in great variety and with which are associated numerous dikes and masses of intrusive igneous rock.

The range of temperature is not sufficient to give the variety of annual wild flowers of more northern climates; nevertheless flowers cover the bottom lands and uplands in great profusion.

Flowering annuals are mainly aquatic. Water lilies, water hyacinths, which are an obstruction in many streams, and irises in rich variety give colour to the coast wastes and sombre bayous.

The selection of the topics of mathematical inquiry among the infinite variety open to it has been guided by the useful applications, and indeed the abstract theory has only recently been disentangled from the empirical elements connected with these applications.

A variety of other reforms, including the reorganization of Moslem education, were introduced by Omer Pasha, who governed the country until 1860.

Licenses for sale of Tumbeki, a variety of Persian tobacco used for the narghile, T2046.

Leonardo cannot be regarded as the inventor of that very great variety of truths for which he mentions no earlier source.

In early times, though there is considerable variety in the cases treated and the methods of cure, there are certain characteristics common to the majority of the cases.

Sandstone from Osterwald near Hildesheim was used for the outside, and for the inner work a softer variety from Postelwitz near Dresden.

The variety of their shapes is endless.

The outcome has been that in the Church of England, and in many of her daughter Churches, there exists a bewildering variety of "uses," varying from that of Sarum and that of Rome down to the closest possible approximation to the Geneva model.

It is now agreed that the a variety is a mixture of the a and -y.

The enormous increase in the commercial demand for rubber and the probability of the continuance of this increase in view of the great variety of purposes to which the material can be applied, has led to great activity in rubber planting in other parts of the world, especially in Ceylon and the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, where the Para rubber trees (Hevea brasiliensis) has been successfully introduced, and numerous plantations; many of which have not been in existence for more than ten or fifteen years, are now contributing to the world's supply.

The earliest rate levied in England was that for poor relief, and of the great variety of rates now existing, the majority are based on the poor rate and levied with it, under the term of precept rates.