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Bilge

The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle.

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Bottom 76% connected

The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page.

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Damage 76% connected

Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.

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Leak 76% connected

A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe.

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Underside 76% connected

The lower or lowest side of anything.

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Water 76% connected

The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.

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Bilgy 74% connected

Having the smell of bilge water.

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Bilgy 74% connected

Having the smell of bilge water.

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Vessel 70% connected

A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bo…

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Acceptor noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated

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Breakdown noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

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Buffer noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH

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Chemical compound noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight

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Chemical decomposition reaction noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

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Chemical group noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

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Chemical reaction noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the gro…

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Compound noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight

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Decomposition noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

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Decomposition reaction noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

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Displacement noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

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Displacement reaction noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

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Electrolysis noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions

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Foryml noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) the negative univalent acyl radical CHO that occurs in aldehydes

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Group noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

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Monad noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) an atom having a valence of one

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Periodic table noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a tabular arrangement of the chemical elements according to atomic number as based on the periodic law

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(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

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Abdominous adjective · 78% connection

Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied.

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Average adjective · 78% connection

relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even numbe…

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Ball noun · 78% connection

A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot.

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Barrel noun · 78% connection

A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat en…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protuberant, part, cask, middle.
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Belly verb · 78% connection

To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protuberant, part, cask, middle.
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Bifid adjective · 78% connection

Cleft to the middle or slightly beyond the middle; opening with a cleft; divided by a linear sinus, with straight margins.

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Blubbery adjective · 78% connection

Swollen; protuberant.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protuberant, part, cask, middle.
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Boss noun · 78% connection

Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protuberant, part, cask, middle.
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Bottled adjective · 78% connection

Having the shape of a bottle; protuberant.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protuberant, part, cask, middle.
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Brawn noun · 78% connection

Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body; sometimes, the arm.

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Breast noun · 78% connection

Either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in…

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