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Adjacent
adjective · 78% connection
Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressed, close, lying, whole, length.
Alee
adverb · 78% connection
On or toward the lee, or the side away from the wind; the opposite of aweather. The helm of a ship is alee when pressed close to the l…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressed, close, lying, whole, length.
All
adjective · 78% connection
The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressed, close, lying, whole, length.
Along
adverb · 78% connection
By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressed, close, lying, whole, length.
Ambuscade
verb · 78% connection
A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situatio…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressed, close, lying, whole, length.
Barleycorn
noun · 78% connection
Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressed, close, lying, whole, length.
Branch
noun · 78% connection
a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressed, close, lying, whole, length.
Compacted
adjective · 78% connection
Compact; pressed close; concentrated; firmly united.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressed, close, lying, whole, length.
Compression
noun · 78% connection
A force that squeezes or shortens a material.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressed, close, lying, whole, length.
Corridor
noun · 78% connection
The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressed, close, lying, whole, length.
Depressed
adjective · 78% connection
Lying flat; -- said of a stem or leaf which lies close to the ground.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressed, close, lying, whole, length.
Determination
noun · 78% connection
The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.; as, the determination of the o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressed, close, lying, whole, length.
Dimension
noun · 78% connection
Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressed, close, lying, whole, length.
Double
adjective · 78% connection
To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; to double a sum of money; to double a nu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressed, close, lying, whole, length.
Flat
superl. · 78% connection
Lying at full length, or spread out, upon the ground; level with the ground or earth; prostrate; as, to lie flat on the ground; hence,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressed, close, lying, whole, length.
Fly
verb · 78% connection
The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes, the length from the "union" to the extreme end.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressed, close, lying, whole, length.
Furl
verb · 78% connection
To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or arou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressed, close, lying, whole, length.
Hydra
noun · 78% connection
A southern constellation of great length lying southerly from Cancer, Leo, and Virgo.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressed, close, lying, whole, length.
