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Bead

A prayer.

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Broader term 15

Adorn 76% connected

To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive.

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Beautify 76% connected

To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.

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Decorate 76% connected

To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice…

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Draw 76% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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Embellish 76% connected

To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrativ…

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Grace 76% connected

The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.

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Jewellery 76% connected

See Jewelry.

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Jewelry 76% connected

The art or trade of a jeweler.

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Molding 76% connected

of Mould

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Moulding 76% connected

of Mould

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Ornament 76% connected

That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

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Sphere 76% connected

A body or space contained under a single surface, which in every part is equally distant from a point within called its center.

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String 76% connected

A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larg…

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Thread 76% connected

A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or mo…

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Narrower term 2

Bugle 76% connected

A sort of wild ox; a buffalo.

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Dewdrop 76% connected

A drop of dew.

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Derivationally related 6

Beady 74% connected

Resembling beads; small, round, and glistening.

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Beady 74% connected

Resembling beads; small, round, and glistening.

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Drop 74% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

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Drop 74% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Droplet 74% connected

A little drop; a tear.

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Droplet 74% connected

A little drop; a tear.

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Synonym 5

Astragal 92% connected

A convex molding of rounded surface, generally from half to three quarters of a circle.

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Beading 92% connected

of Bead

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Beadwork 92% connected

Ornamental work in beads.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Drop 92% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pearl 92% connected

A fringe or border.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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