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Birdie

A pretty or dear little bird; -- a pet name.

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Score 76% connected

A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

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Shoot 76% connected

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

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Bird 92% connected

Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Shuttle 92% connected

An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp.

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Shuttlecock 92% connected

A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself.

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'Snails interj. · 78% connection

God's nails, or His nails, that is, the nails with which the Savior was fastened to the cross; -- an ancient form of oath, correspondi…

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Appellative noun · 78% connection

A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…

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Belamy noun · 78% connection

Good friend; dear friend.

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Beloved p. p. & a. · 78% connection

Greatly loved; dear to the heart.

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Bird's-eye adjective · 78% connection

Marked with spots resembling bird's eyes; as, bird's-eye diaper; bird's-eye maple.

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Bloodroot noun · 78% connection

A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also pucc…

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Bonny adjective · 78% connection

Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful.

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Cassican noun · 78% connection

An American bird of the genus Cassicus, allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended n…

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Chatterer noun · 78% connection

A bird of the family Ampelidae -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic re…

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Cherish verb · 78% connection

To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle.

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Costly adjective · 78% connection

Of great cost; expensive; dear.

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Cunning adjective · 78% connection

Pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy.

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Dear superl. · 78% connection

Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year.

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Dear-bought adjective · 78% connection

Bought at a high price; as, dear-bought experience.

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Dearly adverb · 78% connection

In a dear manner; with affection; heartily; earnestly; as, to love one dearly.

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Dearness noun · 78% connection

The quality or state of being dear; costliness; excess of price.

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Dearth noun · 78% connection

Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine.

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Deary noun · 78% connection

A dear; a darling.

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