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-ate
unknown · 78% connection
As a noun suffix, it marks the agent; as, curate, delegate. It also sometimes marks the office or dignity; as, tribunate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fresh-water, sponge, spongilla, common, north.
Arnica
noun · 78% connection
an ointment used in treating bruises
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fresh-water, sponge, spongilla, common, north.
Astacus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of crustaceans, containing the crawfish of fresh-water lobster of Europe, and allied species of western North America. See Cra…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fresh-water, sponge, spongilla, common, north.
Badger
noun · 78% connection
A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fresh-water, sponge, spongilla, common, north.
Bruise
noun · 78% connection
An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit, etc., with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some other body;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fresh-water, sponge, spongilla, common, north.
Bruiser
noun · 78% connection
One who, or that which, bruises.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fresh-water, sponge, spongilla, common, north.
Bruisewort
noun · 78% connection
A plant supposed to heal bruises, as the true daisy, the soapwort, and the comfrey.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fresh-water, sponge, spongilla, common, north.
Bulrush
noun · 78% connection
tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fresh-water, sponge, spongilla, common, north.
Capellet
noun · 78% connection
A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fresh-water, sponge, spongilla, common, north.
Cat's-tail
noun · 78% connection
tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fresh-water, sponge, spongilla, common, north.
Crayfish
noun · 78% connection
Any crustacean of the family Astacidae, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fresh-water, sponge, spongilla, common, north.
Ecchymosis
noun · 78% connection
A livid or black and blue spot, produced by the extravasation or effusion of blood into the areolar tissue from a contusion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fresh-water, sponge, spongilla, common, north.
Fresh
superl · 78% connection
Lately produced, gathered, or prepared for market; not stale; not dried or preserved; not wilted, faded, or tainted; in good condition…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fresh-water, sponge, spongilla, common, north.
Fresh-water
adjective · 78% connection
Of, pertaining to, or living in, water not salt; as, fresh-water geological deposits; a fresh-water fish; fresh-water mussels.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fresh-water, sponge, spongilla, common, north.
Glass-sponge
noun · 78% connection
A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fresh-water, sponge, spongilla, common, north.
Hemorrhoids
n. pl. · 78% connection
Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fresh-water, sponge, spongilla, common, north.
Hyssop
noun · 78% connection
a European mint with aromatic and pungent leaves used in perfumery and as a seasoning in cookery; often cultivated as a remedy for bru…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fresh-water, sponge, spongilla, common, north.
Imbibe
verb · 78% connection
To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fresh-water, sponge, spongilla, common, north.
