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Baseball

A game of ball, so called from the bases or bounds ( four in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to make after striking the ball.

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Ball 76% connected

Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Steal 76% connected

A handle; a stale, or stele.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ball 74% connected

Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Ball 74% connected

Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Ball 92% connected

Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Backgammon noun · 78% connection

A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fif…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: game, ball, called, bases, bounds.
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Balk noun · 78% connection

the area on a billiard table behind the balkline; "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: game, ball, called, bases, bounds.
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Base noun · 78% connection

Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield.

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Baulk noun · 78% connection

the area on a billiard table behind the balkline; "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk"

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Billiards noun · 78% connection

A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball w…

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Brand verb · 78% connection

A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an anim…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: game, ball, called, bases, bounds.
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Bull verb · 78% connection

To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull Lake Shore; to endeavor to raise prices…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: game, ball, called, bases, bounds.
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Carom noun · 78% connection

A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with…

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Cat noun · 78% connection

An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according to th…

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Chase verb · 78% connection

A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: game, ball, called, bases, bounds.
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Check bit noun · 78% connection

(computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: game, ball, called, bases, bounds.
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Cue noun · 78% connection

The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to speak; any word or words which ser…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: game, ball, called, bases, bounds.
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Dicer noun · 78% connection

A player at dice; a dice player; a gamester.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: game, ball, called, bases, bounds.
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Double noun · 78% connection

A player or singer who prepares to take the part of another player in his absence; a substitute.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: game, ball, called, bases, bounds.
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Electricity noun · 78% connection

A power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, th…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: game, ball, called, bases, bounds.
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Error noun · 78% connection

A fault of a player of the side in the field which results in failure to put out a player on the other side, or gives him an unearned…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: game, ball, called, bases, bounds.
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Four-in-hand adjective · 78% connection

Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-…

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Game verb · 78% connection

That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short w…

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