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Blower

One who, or that which, blows.

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Bellows 76% connected

An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and e…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Whale 76% connected

Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunte…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Device 76% connected

That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fan 76% connected

An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Blow 74% connected

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Blow 74% connected

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Blowhole 70% connected

A cavern in a cliff, at the water level, opening to the air at its farther extremity, so that the waters rush in with each surge and rise in a lofty…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fluke 70% connected

The European flounder. See Flounder.

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Hub 70% connected

The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box.

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Pod 70% connected

A bag; a pouch.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Cetacean 92% connected

One of the Cetacea.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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