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Angle

The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.

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Axil 76% connected

The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.

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Azimuth 76% connected

The quadrant of an azimuth circle.

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Crotch 76% connected

The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the crotch of a tree.

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Dip 76% connected

To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.

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Fork 76% connected

An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curve…

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Lead 76% connected

One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

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Variation 76% connected

The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation…

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Bend 76% connected

To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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Bias 76% connected

A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.

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European 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants.

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Fish 76% connected

A counter, used in various games.

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Flex 76% connected

To bend; as, to flex the arm.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Predetermine 76% connected

To determine (something) beforehand.

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Search 76% connected

To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.

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Seek 76% connected

Sick.

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Space 76% connected

Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible.

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Stand 76% connected

To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position

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Standpoint 76% connected

A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are c…

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Fly-fish 76% connected

To angle, using flies for bait.

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Flyfish 76% connected

A California scorpaenoid fish (Sebastichthys rhodochloris), having brilliant colors.

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Heel 76% connected

To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.

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Incline 76% connected

To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to…

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List 76% connected

A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a…

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Pitch 76% connected

A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas,…

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Recline 76% connected

To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.

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Slope 76% connected

An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface t…

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Troll 76% connected

A supernatural being, often represented as of diminutive size, but sometimes as a giant, and fabled to inhabit caves, hills, and like places; a witch.

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Weather 76% connected

The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, or any other meteorologi…

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Derivationally related 10

Angler 74% connected

One who angles.

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Angler 74% connected

One who angles.

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Angular 74% connected

Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure.

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Angular 74% connected

Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure.

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Angulate 74% connected

Alt. of Angulated

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Angulate 74% connected

Alt. of Angulated

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Fish 74% connected

A counter, used in various games.

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Fish 74% connected

A counter, used in various games.

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Lean 74% connected

To conceal.

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Lean 74% connected

To conceal.

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Upset 66% connected

To set up; to put upright.

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Upset 66% connected

To set up; to put upright.

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Synonym 6

Fish 92% connected

A counter, used in various games.

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Lean 92% connected

To conceal.

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Slant 92% connected

To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.

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Tilt 92% connected

A covering overhead; especially, a tent.

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Tip 92% connected

The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

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Weight 92% connected

The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially wh…

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