Explore further
Words connected by meaning
Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.
Abb
noun · 78% connection
Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool for the abb.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: material, wool, silk, working, figures.
Alpaca
noun · 78% connection
a thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or made of a rayon or cotton imitation of that wool
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: material, wool, silk, working, figures.
Anorthoscope
noun · 78% connection
An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures are painte…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: material, wool, silk, working, figures.
Atlantes
n. pl. · 78% connection
Figures or half figures of men, used as columns to support an entablature; -- called also telamones. See Caryatides.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: material, wool, silk, working, figures.
Baudekin
noun · 78% connection
The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery : -- made origin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: material, wool, silk, working, figures.
Calvary
noun · 78% connection
A representation of the crucifixion, consisting of three crosses with the figures of Christ and the thieves, often as large as life, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: material, wool, silk, working, figures.
Cashmere
noun · 78% connection
A dress fabric made of fine wool, or of fine wool and cotton, in imitation of the original cashmere.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: material, wool, silk, working, figures.
Cassinette
noun · 78% connection
A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: material, wool, silk, working, figures.
Chenille
noun · 78% connection
Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimming of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of Chenille rugs.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: material, wool, silk, working, figures.
Comber
noun · 78% connection
One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: material, wool, silk, working, figures.
Crepon
noun · 78% connection
A thin stuff made of the finest wool or silk, or of wool and silk.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: material, wool, silk, working, figures.
Crewelwork
noun · 78% connection
Embroidery in crewels, commonly done upon some plain material, such as linen.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: material, wool, silk, working, figures.
Cutwork
noun · 78% connection
An ancient term for embroidery, esp. applied to the earliest form of lace, or to that early embroidery on linen and the like, from whi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: material, wool, silk, working, figures.
Enorthotrope
noun · 78% connection
An optical toy; a card on which confused or imperfect figures are drawn, but which form to the eye regular figures when the card is ra…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: material, wool, silk, working, figures.
Felt
noun · 78% connection
A cloth or stuff made of matted fibers of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: material, wool, silk, working, figures.
Figurant
n. masc. · 78% connection
One who dances at the opera, not singly, but in groups or figures; an accessory character on the stage, who figures in its scenes, but…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: material, wool, silk, working, figures.
Figured
adjective · 78% connection
Adorned with figures; marked with figures; as, figured muslin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: material, wool, silk, working, figures.
Firework
noun · 78% connection
A device for producing a striking display of light, or a figure or figures in plain or colored fire, by the combustion of materials th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: material, wool, silk, working, figures.
