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Bias

A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.

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Oblique 84% connected

Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Oblique 84% connected

Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Angle 76% connected

The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Handicap 76% connected

An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additiona…

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Slant 76% connected

To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.

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Weight 76% connected

The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially wh…

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Partiality 76% connected

The quality or state of being partial; inclination to favor one party, or one side of a question, more than the other; undue bias of mind.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Partisanship 76% connected

The state of being a partisan, or adherent to a party; feelings or conduct appropriate to a partisan.

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Prejudice 76% connected

Foresight.

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Prepossess 76% connected

To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of.

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Taboo 76% connected

A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under pain of death, -- an interdict of religious origin and…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tabu 76% connected

See Taboo.

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Diagonal 74% connected

Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle with one of the…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Diagonal 74% connected

Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle with one of the…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Diagonal 92% connected

Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle with one of the…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Preconception 92% connected

The act of preconceiving; conception or opinion previously formed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Predetermine 92% connected

To determine (something) beforehand.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prejudice 92% connected

Foresight.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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