4
speculation(noun, verb, uncertainty, risk, exploit)
4
uncertainty(noun, anxiety, doubt, chance, possibility)
4
undertaking(noun, verb, risk, exploit, venture)
3
accidental
3
affair(noun, action, cause, development, thing)
3
contingent
3
dependence(noun, connection, link, uncertainty, tie)
3
double contingency(expression, idiom, uncertainty)
3
extra
3
fact(noun, action, event, cause, thing)
3
hap(noun, chance)
3
liableness(noun, uncertainty, liability, hazard, danger)
3
prospect(noun, action, break, case, uncertainty)
3
proviso(noun, form, action, fix, cause)
3
scene(noun, verb, action, cause, development)
3
stipulation(noun, form, action, fix, cause)
3
toss-up(noun, break, hit, case, lot)
3
venture(noun, uncertainty, risk, exploit, hazard)
2
adjunct(noun, action, cause, thing, condition)
2
ambiguity(noun, trouble, concern, anxiety, confusion)
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