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Backstitch

A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end.

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Sew 76% connected

Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stitch 76% connected

A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

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Acicular adjective · 78% connection

Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless.

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Acupuncture noun · 78% connection

Pricking with a needle; a needle prick.

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Amplitude noun · 78% connection

The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the risi…

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Antero- unknown · 78% connection

A combining form meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side.

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Back noun · 78% connection

The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a chimney.

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Behind adjective · 78% connection

On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a…

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Blunt noun · 78% connection

A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.

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Bodkin noun · 78% connection

A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle.

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Central vowel noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) any vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel.; "In practice, unround…

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Chain stitch unknown · 78% connection

A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the under side of the work; the loop stitch, as distinguished…

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Chasuble noun · 78% connection

The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a na…

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Coach noun · 78% connection

A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, a…

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Complin noun · 78% connection

The last division of the Roman Catholic breviary; the seventh and last of the canonical hours of the Western church; the last prayer o…

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Countermarch noun · 78% connection

An evolution by which a body of troops change front or reverse the direction of march while retaining the same men in the front rank;…

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Cross-stitch noun · 78% connection

A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in pairs, the thread of one stitch crossing that of the other.

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Deep superl. · 78% connection

Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth…

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Display verb · 78% connection

To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line.

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Exposure noun · 78% connection

The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to repr…

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