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Area

Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

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Acreage 76% connected

Acres collectively; as, the acreage of a farm or a country.

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Aisle 76% connected

A lateral division of a building, separated from the middle part, called the nave, by a row of columns or piers, which support the roof or an upper w…

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Anchorage 76% connected

The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.

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Arena 76% connected

The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered w…

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Areola 76% connected

An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers composing organs or vesse…

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Auditorium 76% connected

The part of a church, theater, or other public building, assigned to the audience.

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Balk 76% connected

A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.

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Baulk 76% connected

See Balk.

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Bema 76% connected

A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.

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Block 76% connected

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

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Box 76% connected

A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B.…

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Center 76% connected

A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…

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Centre 76% connected

To be placed in a center; to be central.

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Chancel 76% connected

That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed.

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Choir 76% connected

A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service.

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Clear 76% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Cleavage 76% connected

The act of cleaving or splitting.

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Corner 76% connected

The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

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Court 76% connected

An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street a…

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Courtyard 76% connected

A court or inclosure attached to a house.

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Danger 76% connected

Authority; jurisdiction; control.

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Distaff 76% connected

The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand.

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Enclosure 76% connected

Inclosure. See Inclosure.

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Epigastrium 76% connected

The upper part of the abdomen.

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Erasure 76% connected

The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration.

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Eye 76% connected

A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.

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Fireside 76% connected

A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement.

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Footprint 76% connected

The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark; as, "Footprints of the Creator."

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Fovea 76% connected

A slight depression or pit; a fossa.

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Front 76% connected

The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

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Groin 76% connected

The snout of a swine.

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Half-moon 76% connected

The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.

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Haunt 76% connected

To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.

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Heart 76% connected

A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.

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Hearth 76% connected

The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stov…

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Hypochondrium 76% connected

Either of the hypochondriac regions.

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Inguen 76% connected

The groin.

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Kingdom 76% connected

The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy.

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Land 76% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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Lap 76% connected

The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.

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Lunula 76% connected

Same as Lunule.

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Lunule 76% connected

Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula, a lune.

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Macula 76% connected

A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb.

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Middle 76% connected

Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station…

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Midriff 76% connected

See Diaphragm, n., 2.

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Nave 76% connected

The block in the center of a wheel, from which the spokes radiate, and through which the axle passes; -- called also hub or hob.

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Neighborhood 76% connected

The quality or condition of being a neighbor; the state of being or dwelling near; proximity.

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Nook 76% connected

A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.

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Open 76% connected

Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

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Palm 76% connected

The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist.

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Panopticon 76% connected

A prison so contructed that the inspector can see each of the prisoners at all times, without being seen.

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Patio 76% connected

A paved yard or floor where ores are cleaned and sorted, or where ore, salt, mercury, etc., are trampled by horses, to effect intermixture and amalga…

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Perineum 76% connected

The region which is included within the outlet of the pelvis, and is traversed by the urinogenital canal and the rectum.

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Pit 76% connected

A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Playground 76% connected

A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.

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Preserve 76% connected

To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.

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Province 76% connected

A country or region, more or less remote from the city of Rome, brought under the Roman government; a conquered country beyond the limits of Italy.

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Pubes 76% connected

The hair which appears upon the lower part of the hypogastric region at the age of puberty.

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Quad 76% connected

Alt. of Quade

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Quadrangle 76% connected

A plane figure having four angles, and consequently four sides; any figure having four angles.

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Quadrant 76% connected

The fourth part; the quarter.

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Quick 76% connected

Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate.

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Realm 76% connected

A royal jurisdiction or domain; a region which is under the dominion of a king; a kingdom.

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Refuge 76% connected

Shelter or protection from danger or distress.

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Repair 76% connected

To return.

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Resort 76% connected

Active power or movement; spring.

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Responsibility 76% connected

The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation.

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Retreat 76% connected

The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.

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Room 76% connected

Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a ho…

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Safety 76% connected

The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.

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Sanctuary 76% connected

A sacred place; a consecrated spot; a holy and inviolable site.

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Scene 76% connected

The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the st…

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Section 76% connected

The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.

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Shrubbery 76% connected

A collection of shrubs.

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Side 76% connected

The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distin…

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Sole 76% connected

Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus Solea and allied genera of the family Soleidae, especially the common European species (Solea v…

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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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Terrace 76% connected

A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or…

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Territory 76% connected

A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.

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Thenar 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the thenar; corresponding to thenar; palmar.

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Waist 76% connected

That part of the human body which is immediately below the ribs or thorax; the small part of the body between the thorax and hips.

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Wheelhouse 76% connected

A small house on or above a vessel's deck, containing the steering wheel.

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Construction 76% connected

The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

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Environment 76% connected

Act of environing; state of being environed.

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Extent 76% connected

Extended.

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Issue 76% connected

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…

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Matter 76% connected

That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of concep…

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Region 76% connected

One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general…

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Subject 76% connected

Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

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Topic 76% connected

One of the various general forms of argument employed in probable as distinguished from demonstrative reasoning, -- denominated by Aristotle to`poi (…

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Areal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to an area; as, areal interstices (the areas or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves).

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Areal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to an area; as, areal interstices (the areas or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves).

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Arena 92% connected

The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered w…

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Country 92% connected

A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region o…

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Domain 92% connected

Dominion; empire; authority.

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Expanse 92% connected

That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky.

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Field 92% connected

Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.

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Orbit 92% connected

The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.

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Region 92% connected

One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general…

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Sphere 92% connected

A body or space contained under a single surface, which in every part is equally distant from a point within called its center.

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