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Application

The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

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Broader term 19

Action 76% connected

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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Curative 76% connected

Relating to, or employed in, the cure of diseases; tending to cure.

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Cure 76% connected

Care, heed, or attention.

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Effort 76% connected

An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle…

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Employment 76% connected

The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.

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Exercise 76% connected

The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…

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Exertion 76% connected

The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or perceptible effort…

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Petition 76% connected

A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the Supreme Being, or to a perso…

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Postulation 76% connected

The act of postulating, or that which is postulated; assumption; solicitation; suit; cause.

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Program 76% connected

Same as Programme.

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Programme 76% connected

That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order…

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Remedy 76% connected

That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with for; as, a remedy for t…

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Request 76% connected

The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.

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Sweat 76% connected

of Sweat

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Therapeutic 76% connected

Alt. of Therapeutical

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Travail 76% connected

Labor with pain; severe toil or exertion.

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Usage 76% connected

The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage.

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Use 76% connected

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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Utilization 76% connected

The act of utilizing, or the state of being utilized.

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Narrower term 31

Anointing 76% connected

of Anoint

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Anointment 76% connected

The act of anointing, or state of being anointed; also, an ointment.

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Blackwash 76% connected

A lotion made by mixing calomel and lime water.

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Browser 76% connected

An animal that browses.

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Collyrium 76% connected

An application to the eye, usually an eyewater.

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Daubing 76% connected

of Daub

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Editor 76% connected

One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.

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Embrocation 76% connected

The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc.

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Eyewash 76% connected

See Eyewater.

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Facing 76% connected

of Face

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Foliation 76% connected

The process of forming into a leaf or leaves.

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Frame 76% connected

To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts o…

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Fumigation 76% connected

The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.

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Galvanization 76% connected

The act of process of galvanizing.

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Job 76% connected

A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

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Liniment 76% connected

A liquid or semiliquid preparation of a consistence thinner than an ointment, applied to the skin by friction, esp. one used as a sedative or a stimu…

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Lining 76% connected

of Line

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Lubrication 76% connected

The act of lubricating; the act of making slippery.

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Menthol 76% connected

A white, crystalline, aromatic substance resembling camphor, extracted from oil of peppermint (Mentha); -- called also mint camphor or peppermint cam…

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Painting 76% connected

of Paint

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Papering 76% connected

of Paper

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Pavage 76% connected

See Pavage.

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Paving 76% connected

of Pave

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Plastering 76% connected

of Plaster

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Plating 76% connected

of Plate

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Scumble 76% connected

To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the stump, or to make any si…

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Technology 76% connected

Industrial science; the science of systematic knowledge of the industrial arts, especially of the more important manufactures, as spinning, weaving,…

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Tiling 76% connected

of Tile

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Tinning 76% connected

of Tin

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Waxing 76% connected

of Wax

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Derivationally related 6

Apply 74% connected

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

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Apply 74% connected

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

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Practice 74% connected

Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

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Practice 74% connected

Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

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Use 74% connected

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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Use 74% connected

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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Synonym 4

Coating 92% connected

of Coat

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Covering 92% connected

of Cover

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Diligence 92% connected

The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; -- the opposite of negligence.

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Lotion 92% connected

A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of rendering it fair.

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