Essential
//ɪˈsɛn.ʃəl//
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The word "essential" can be used as adjective, adjective and noun.
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bioessential coessential essential amino acid essential fatty acid essential infimum essential mesh essential nutrient essential oil essential prime implicant essential property essential salt essential supremum essential thrombocythemia essential tremor essential worker essentialism essentialist essentiality essentialization essentialize essentially essentialness non-essential amino acid non-essential prime implicant quasiessential quintessential semiessential subessential superessential
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biogenic biogenic constituent constitutional constitutive constitutive crucial important indispensable intrinsic intrinsical life sustaining life-sustaining must must necessary no frills no-frills of import organic primary staple staple substantial substantial substantive unexpendable virtual virtual vital
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