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Attachment

The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an/ passion of affection that binds a person; as, an attachment to a friend, or to a party.

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Addition 76% connected

The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution.

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Affection 76% connected

The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.

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Affectionateness 76% connected

The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection.

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Combination 76% connected

The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things.

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Combining 76% connected

of Combine

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Compounding 76% connected

of Compound

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Connection 76% connected

The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.

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Connective 76% connected

Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection.

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Connector 76% connected

One who, or that which, connects

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Connexion 76% connected

Connection. See Connection.

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Fondness 76% connected

The quality or state of being fond; foolishness.

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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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Improver 76% connected

One who, or that which, improves.

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Joining 76% connected

of Join

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Support 76% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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Tenderness 76% connected

The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective).

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Warmness 76% connected

Warmth.

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Writ 76% connected

3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth.

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Narrower term 17

Bonding 76% connected

of Bond

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Cabalism 76% connected

The secret science of the cabalists.

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Doweling 76% connected

of Dowel

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Earthing 76% connected

of Earth

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Ecclesiasticism 76% connected

Strong attachment to ecclesiastical usages, forms, etc.

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Fixation 76% connected

The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed.

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Graft 76% connected

A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but th…

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Grafting 76% connected

of Graft

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Grounding 76% connected

of Ground

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Hood 76% connected

State; condition.

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Ligament 76% connected

Anything that ties or unites one thing or part to another; a bandage; a bond.

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Ligature 76% connected

The act of binding.

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Linkage 76% connected

The act of linking; the state of being linked; also, a system of links.

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Royalism 76% connected

the principles or conduct of royalists.

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Soldering 76% connected

of Solder

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Tying 76% connected

of Tie

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Welding 76% connected

of Weld

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Attach 74% connected

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

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Attach 74% connected

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

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Bind 74% connected

To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

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Bind 74% connected

To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

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Fasten 74% connected

To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.

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Fasten 74% connected

To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.

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Impound 74% connected

To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for…

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Impound 74% connected

To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for…

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Adherence 92% connected

The quality or state of adhering.

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Adhesion 92% connected

The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as, the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like.

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Bond 92% connected

That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a m…

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Fastening 92% connected

of Fasten

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