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Albata
noun · 78% connection
A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, under Germa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dutch, german, measure, liquids, varying.
Almude
noun · 78% connection
A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal the Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallons U. S.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dutch, german, measure, liquids, varying.
Anker
noun · 78% connection
A liquid measure in various countries of Europe. The Dutch anker, formerly also used in England, contained about 10 of the old wine ga…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dutch, german, measure, liquids, varying.
Arpen
noun · 78% connection
Formerly, a measure of land in France, varying in different parts of the country. The arpent of Paris was 4,088 sq. yards, or nearly f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dutch, german, measure, liquids, varying.
Arroba
noun · 78% connection
A Spanish liquid measure for wine = 3.54 imp. gallons, and for oil = 2.78 imp. gallons.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dutch, german, measure, liquids, varying.
Barrel
noun · 78% connection
The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, be…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dutch, german, measure, liquids, varying.
Bath
noun · 78% connection
A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or five gallons and three pints, as a measure for liquids; and two pecks and five qu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dutch, german, measure, liquids, varying.
Boor
noun · 78% connection
A Dutch, German, or Russian peasant; esp. a Dutch colonist in South Africa, Guiana, etc.: a boer.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dutch, german, measure, liquids, varying.
Chopin
noun · 78% connection
A liquid measure formerly used in France and Great Britain, varying from half a pint to a wine quart.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dutch, german, measure, liquids, varying.
Clinker
noun · 78% connection
A kind of brick. See Dutch clinker, under Dutch.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dutch, german, measure, liquids, varying.
Decalitre
noun · 78% connection
A measure of capacity in the metric system; a cubic volume of ten liters, equal to about 610.24 cubic inches, that is, 2.642 wine gall…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dutch, german, measure, liquids, varying.
Drosky
noun · 78% connection
A low, four-wheeled, open carriage, used in Russia, consisting of a kind of long, narrow bench, on which the passengers ride as on a s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dutch, german, measure, liquids, varying.
Electrum
noun · 78% connection
German-silver plate. See German silver, under German.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dutch, german, measure, liquids, varying.
Ell
noun · 78% connection
A measure for cloth; -- now rarely used. It is of different lengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, the Dutch…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dutch, german, measure, liquids, varying.
Elzevir
adjective · 78% connection
Applied to books or editions (esp. of the Greek New Testament and the classics) printed and published by the Elzevir family at Amsterd…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dutch, german, measure, liquids, varying.
Ethylene
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the action of concen…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dutch, german, measure, liquids, varying.
Fanega
noun · 78% connection
A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1/ to 2/ bushels; also, a measure of land.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dutch, german, measure, liquids, varying.
Finish
noun · 78% connection
(wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed); "the wine has a nutty flavor and a pleasant finish"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dutch, german, measure, liquids, varying.
