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essence

noun

• kernel
• substance
• core
• center
• gist
• heart
• heart and soul
• inwardness
• marrow
• meat
• nub
• pith
• sum
• nitty-gritty
• effect
• burden
• perfume
• cognitive content
• content
• import
• matter
• meaning
• mental object
• significance
• signification
• toilet article
• toiletry

sounds kind of like

• e. e. cummings
• easiness
• easing
• easy going
• easygoing
• ecchymosis
• echeneis
• echinacea
• echinococcosis
• echinococcus
• echinus
• echoing
• economic
• economics
• economise
• economize
• ecumenic
• eggnog
• egomaniac
• equanimous
• equinox
• equus asinus
• equus hemionus
• equus kiang
• eugene ionesco
• eugene sue
• eugenic
• eugenics
• euxine sea
• exchange
• exigency
• exogamic
• exogamous
• exogenic
• exogenous
• eysenck
• ezo-yama-hagi

rhymes with

• abhorrence
• absence
• abstinence
• abundance
• acceptance
• accordance
• acquaintance
• acquiescence
• adherence
• admittance
• adolescence
• allegiance
• ambivalence
• ambulance
• appearance
• arrogance
• ascendance
• assistance
• assurance
• attendance
• avoidance
• balance
• beneficence
• benevolence
• brilliance
• cadence
• capacitance
• circumference
• clarence
• clearance
• coexistence
• cognizance
• coherence
• coincidence
• comeuppance
• condolence
• confidence
• conformance
• connivance
• conscience
• consequence
• consistence
• constance
• contrivance
• convalescence
• convenience
• convergence
• correspondence
• countenance
• counterbalance
• counterintelligence
• credence
• decadence
• dependence
• diligence
• disappearance
• dissonance
• distance
• disturbance
• divergence
• dominance
• ebullience
• elegance
• eloquence
• emergence
• eminence
• entrance
• equivalence
• evanescence
• evidence
• excellence
• existence
• extravagance
• florence
• forbearance
• fragrance
• governance
• grievance
• guidance
• hindrance
• imbalance
• immanence
• imminence
• impatience
• impedance
• importance
• impotence
• imprudence
• inadvertence
• incidence
• incoherence
• incompetence
• incontinence
• inconvenience
• independence
• inductance
• indulgence
• inheritance
• innocence
• insignificance
• insistence
• insolence
• instance
• insurance
• intelligence
• interdependence
• interference
• intransigence
• irrelevance
• jurisprudence
• lawrence
• licence
• license
• luminance
• luminescence
• maintenance
• malfeasance
• negligence
• noninterference
• nonviolence
• nuisance
• observance
• obsolescence
• omnipotence
• omnipresence
• opulence
• ordinance
• ordnance
• overabundance
• overconfidence
• parlance
• patience
• penance
• performance
• permanence
• perseverance
• persistence
• pestilence
• petulance
• phosphorescence
• pittance
• precedence
• predominance
• preeminence
• preponderance
• presence
• prevalence
• prominence
• provenance
• provence
• providence
• province
• prudence
• quintessence
• reappearance
• reassurance
• recalcitrance
• recognizance
• reconnaissance
• reinsurance
• relevance
• reluctance
• remembrance
• reminiscence
• remittance
• repentance
• resemblance
• residence
• resistance
• resonance
• resurgence
• reticence
• riddance
• self-confidence
• semblance
• senescence
• sentence
• sequence
• significance
• silence
• submergence
• subsidence
• subsistence
• substance
• surveillance
• sustenance
• teleconference
• terence
• transcendence
• turbulence
• unbalance
• valence
• vehemence
• vengeance
• vigilance
• violence
• virulence