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3 letters

NUB
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

SUM
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

4 letters

BULK
The property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part; "the majority of his customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work is finished"

CRUX
A small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus

MEAT
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

PITH
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

CORE
(computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories; "each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit"

BODY
The external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"

SEED
The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

IDEA
An approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"

SOUL
A human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

5 letters

SHORT
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory"

BASIS
The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"

SCORE
A seduction culminating in sexual intercourse; "calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang"

STUFF
Miscellaneous unspecified objects; "the trunk was full of stuff"

THEME
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

TENOR
A settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life; "nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways"

FORCE
An act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"

ISSUE
The act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity); "a new issue of stamps"; "the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago"

TOPIC
Some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"

PARTS
The local environment; "he hasn't been seen around these parts in years"

HEART
An inclination or tendency of a certain kind; "he had a change of heart"

POINT
A contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs

DRIFT
A general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"

SENSE
Sound practical judgment; "Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away"

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THRUST
The act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"

MARROW
The fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones

RESULT
A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places"

IMPORT
Commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country

UPSHOT
A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"

KERNEL
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

BURDEN
Weight to be borne or conveyed

EFFECT
An impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived); "he just did it for effect"

CENTER
A position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game

CENTRE
A building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were raising money to build a new center for research"

SPIRIT
An inclination or tendency of a certain kind; "he had a change of heart"

MATTER
That which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"

ROUDEA

MIDDLE
Being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series; "adolescence is an awkward in-between age"; "in a mediate position"; "the middle point on a line"

7 letters

SUMMARY
A brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions"

BEARING
A rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily

PURPORT
The intended meaning of a communication

ESSENCE
A toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor

SUBJECT
Something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject"

MEANING
The idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?"

KEYNOTE
A fundamental or central idea

CONTENT
Something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject"

8 letters

MAINIDEA

CONTENTS
A list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start

STRENGTH
The amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation); "he adjusted the intensity of the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength"

9 letters

PUNCHLINE
The point of a joke or humorous story

SUBSTANCE
The real physical matter of which a person or thing consists; "DNA is the substance of our genes"

ADVANTAGE
Benefit resulting from some event or action; "it turned out to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of generosity"

10 letters

BOTTOMLINE
The decisive point

LIONSSHARE

INWARDNESS
The quality or state of being inward or internal; "the inwardness of the body's organs"

BASICFACTS

ATMOSPHERE
A particular environment or surrounding influence; "there was an atmosphere of excitement"

IMPORTANCE
The quality of being important and worthy of note; "the importance of a well-balanced diet"

11 letters

NITTYGRITTY

12 letters

QUINTESSENCE
The most typical example or representative of a type

HEARTANDSOUL
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

SIGNIFICANCE
A meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"

13 letters

SIGNIFICATION
The message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"

14 letters

LARGESTPORTION

15 letters

MEATANDPOTATOES
The fundamental part; "successful negotiation is the meat and potatoes of arbitration"

ROOTOFTHEMATTER

SUMANDSUBSTANCE

16 letters

FUNDAMENTALPARTS