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Ambulance 76% connected

A field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often used adjectively;…

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Bus 76% connected

An omnibus.

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Cab 76% connected

A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle.

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Compact 76% connected

Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.

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Convertible 76% connected

Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable.

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Coupe 76% connected

The front compartment of a French diligence; also, the front compartment (usually for three persons) of a car or carriage on British railways.

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Cruiser 76% connected

One who, or a vessel that, cruises; -- usually an armed vessel.

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Electric 76% connected

Alt. of Electrical

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Hack 76% connected

A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.

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Heap 76% connected

A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.

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Hybrid 76% connected

The offspring of the union of two distinct species; an animal or plant produced from the mixture of two species. See Mongrel.

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Phaeton 76% connected

A four-wheeled carriage (with or without a top), open, or having no side pieces, in front of the seat. It is drawn by one or two horses.

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Racer 76% connected

One who, or that which, races, or contends in a race; esp., a race horse.

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Roadster 76% connected

A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides.

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Saloon 76% connected

A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amus…

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Sedan 76% connected

A portable chair or covered vehicle for carrying a single person, -- usually borne on poles by two men. Called also sedan chair.

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Wagon 76% connected

A wheeled carriage; a vehicle on four wheels, and usually drawn by horses; especially, one used for carrying freight or merchandise.

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Accelerator 70% connected

One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.; as, accelerator nerves.

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Bonnet 70% connected

A headdress for men and boys; a cap.

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Boot 70% connected

Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.

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Buffer 70% connected

An elastic apparatus or fender, for deadening the jar caused by the collision of bodies; as, a buffer at the end of a railroad car.

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Bumper 70% connected

A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast.

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Cowl 70% connected

A monk's hood; -- usually attached to the gown. The name was also applied to the hood and garment together.

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Fender 70% connected

One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm

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Fin 70% connected

To carve or cut up, as a chub.

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First 70% connected

Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.

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Gas 70% connected

An aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as…

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Grille 70% connected

A lattice or grating.

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Gun 70% connected

of Gin

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High 70% connected

To hie.

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Hood 70% connected

State; condition.

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Horn 70% connected

A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The…

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Low 70% connected

strong imp. of Laugh.

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Reverse 70% connected

Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

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Roof 70% connected

The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon t…

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Third 70% connected

Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.

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Throttle 70% connected

The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.

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Trunk 70% connected

The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.

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Window 70% connected

An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some transparent material,…

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Wing 70% connected

One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the cas…

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Car 92% connected

A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.

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Machine 92% connected

In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmi…

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