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Accusative

Producing accusations; accusatory.

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Inculpatory 84% connected

Imputing blame; criminatory; compromising; implicating.

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Inculpatory 84% connected

Imputing blame; criminatory; compromising; implicating.

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Oblique 76% connected

Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.

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Accuse 74% connected

Accusation.

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Accuse 74% connected

Accusation.

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Charge 74% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Charge 74% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Accusatory 92% connected

Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel.

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Accusing 92% connected

of Accuse

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Objective 92% connected

Of or pertaining to an object.

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a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree

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a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree

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a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "h…

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Evaluation noun · 85% connection

act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of

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Outcome noun · 85% connection

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Rating noun · 85% connection

act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of

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Result noun · 85% connection

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "h…

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Upshot noun · 85% connection

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "h…

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Impact noun · 85% connection

a forceful consequence; a strong effect; "the book had an important impact on my thinking"; "the book packs a wallop"

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Wallop noun · 85% connection

a forceful consequence; a strong effect; "the book had an important impact on my thinking"; "the book packs a wallop"

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Aftermath noun · 84% connection

the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how m…

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Backwash noun · 84% connection

the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how m…

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Branch noun · 84% connection

a natural consequence of development

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By-product noun · 84% connection

a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence

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the result of alteration or modification; "there were marked changes in the lining of the lungs"; "there had been no change in the mou…

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-ferous unknown · 78% connection

A suffix signifying bearing, producing, yielding; as, auriferous, yielding gold; chyliferous, producing chyle.

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Accusatorial adjective · 78% connection

Accusatory.

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Acetic adjective · 78% connection

Of a pertaining to vinegar; producing vinegar; producing vinegar; as, acetic fermentation.

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Assault noun · 78% connection

To attack with moral means, or with a view of producing moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly measures; to assai…

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Barren adjective · 78% connection

Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.

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Blower noun · 78% connection

A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. (b) A…

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Chondriosome noun · 78% connection

an organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy

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Cistron noun · 78% connection

(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the codi…

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Coefficient of self induction noun · 78% connection

the ratio of the electromotive force produced in a circuit by self-induction to the rate of change of current producing it, expressed…

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Cognitive factor noun · 78% connection

something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result

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Crohn's disease noun · 78% connection

a serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fe…

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