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The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek Alpha, of the same form; and this was made from the first letter (/) of the Phoenician alphabet, the equivalent of the Hebrew Aleph, and itself from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a consonant letter, wit

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Base 76% connected

Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

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Letter 76% connected

One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.

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Retinol 76% connected

A hydrocarbon oil obtained by the distillation of resin, -- used in printer's ink.

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DNA 70% connected

The molecule that carries genetic information in living organisms

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RNA 70% connected

A molecule similar to DNA that plays a central role in protein synthesis

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Ma 70% connected

A child's word for mother.

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Milliampere 70% connected

The thousandth part of one ampere.

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Ampere 92% connected

Alt. of Ampere

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Damp 92% connected

Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.

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Anglicize verb · 78% connection

To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.

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Azymous adjective · 78% connection

Unleavened; unfermented. B () is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to Pronunciation, // 196, 220.) It is etymologi…

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Bad lands unknown · 78% connection

Barren regions, especially in the western United States, where horizontal strata (Tertiary deposits) have been often eroded into fanta…

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Bell noun · 78% connection

That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical…

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Black letter unknown · 78% connection

The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It wa…

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Borrowed capital noun · 78% connection

capital which the business borrows from institutions or people; includes various debentures.; "Capital contributed by the owner or ent…

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Byzantine noun · 78% connection

A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. C (…

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Caesura noun · 78% connection

A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle…

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Capital adjective · 78% connection

See Capital letter, under Capital, a.

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Capital gains tax noun · 78% connection

a tax on capital gains; "he avoided the capital gains tax by short selling"

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Czechs n. pl. · 78% connection

The most westerly branch of the great Slavic family of nations, numbering now more than 6,000,000, and found principally in Bohemia an…

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Edh noun · 78% connection

The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It is sounded as "English th in a similar word: //er, other, d//, doth."

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Eysell noun · 78% connection

Same as Eisel. F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. Th…

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Gothic adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces, and, gen…

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Handsel noun · 78% connection

A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and r…

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Hythe noun · 78% connection

A small haven. See Hithe. I () I, the ninth letter of the English alphabet, takes its form from the Phoenician, through the Latin and…

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Izzard noun · 78% connection

The letter z; -- formerly so called. J () J is the tenth letter of the English alphabet. It is a later variant form of the Roman lette…

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Junold adjective · 78% connection

See Gimmal. K () the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, is nonvocal consonant. The form and sound of the letter K are from the L…

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