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Areola

An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers composing organs or vessels that interlace; or as between the nervures of an insect's wing.

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Area 76% connected

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.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Interstice 76% connected

That which intervenes between one thing and another; especially, a space between things closely set, or between the parts which compose a body; a nar…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Areolar 74% connected

Pertaining to, or like, an areola; filled with interstices or areolae.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Areolar 74% connected

Pertaining to, or like, an areola; filled with interstices or areolae.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Bosom 70% connected

The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.

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Breast 70% connected

The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Knocker 70% connected

One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance.

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Tit 70% connected

A small horse.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Titty 70% connected

A little teat; a nipple.

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