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Beldame

Grandmother; -- corresponding to belsire.

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Beldam 92% connected

Alt. of Beldame

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Crone 92% connected

An old ewe.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hag 92% connected

A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Witch 92% connected

A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper.

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Abib noun · 78% connection

The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was ca…

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Ablaut noun · 78% connection

The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as,…

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Accordant adjective · 78% connection

Agreeing; consonant; harmonious; corresponding; conformable; -- followed by with or to.

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Administration noun · 78% connection

The management of an estate of a deceased person by an executor, the strictly corresponding term execution not being in use.

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Analogous adjective · 78% connection

Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to.

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Analogue noun · 78% connection

A word in one language corresponding with one in another; an analogous term; as, the Latin "pater" is the analogue of the English "fat…

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Anomaly noun · 78% connection

The angular distance of a planet from its perihelion, as seen from the sun. This is the true anomaly. The eccentric anomaly is a corre…

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Antilogarithm noun · 78% connection

The number corresponding to a logarithm. The word has been sometimes, though rarely, used to denote the complement of a given logarith…

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Aphrodite noun · 78% connection

The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans.

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Apsis noun · 78% connection

One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite, which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body, co…

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Archegonium noun · 78% connection

The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.

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Archimandrite noun · 78% connection

A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Roman Catholic church.

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Archivolt noun · 78% connection

The architectural member surrounding the curved opening of an arch, corresponding to the architrave in the case of a square opening.

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Arm noun · 78% connection

The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

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Artiodactyla n. pl. · 78% connection

One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foo…

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Ayuntamiento noun · 78% connection

In Spain and Spanish America, a corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.

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Barony noun · 78% connection

In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of…

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Belly noun · 78% connection

The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly.

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