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Atomic

Alt. of Atomical

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Little 84% connected

Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Little 84% connected

Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Small 84% connected

Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not gr…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Small 84% connected

Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not gr…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Atom 74% connected

An ultimate indivisible particle of matter.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Atom 74% connected

An ultimate indivisible particle of matter.

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Atom 66% connected

An ultimate indivisible particle of matter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Nuclear 92% connected

Of or pertaining to a nucleus; as, the nuclear spindle (see Illust. of Karyokinesis) or the nuclear fibrils of a cell; the nuclear part of a comet, e…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Atomical adjective · 72% connection

Of or pertaining to atoms.

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