14
demands(noun, verb, obligations, obliges)
12
requirements(noun, provisions, obligations)
11
desires(noun, verb, yen, wants, desires)
8
necessities(noun, orders, conditions, forces, contracts)
7
requires(verb, lacks, obliges)
7
necessarily(adverb, necessity)
6
need
6
necessitates(verb, obliges)
5
wants(noun, verb, will, orders, yen)
5
lacks(verb, lacks)
4
wishes(noun, verb, will, desires)
4
craves(verb, desires, hungers)
4
hungers(noun, verb, desires, hungers)
4
inevitably
3
compulsions(noun, obligations)
3
itches(noun, verb, desires)
3
thirsts(noun, verb, desires, hungers)
3
claims
3
cravings(noun, desires)
3
perforce(adverb, necessity)
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