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Bob

Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's tail.

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Arrange 76% connected

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

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Coif 76% connected

A cap.

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Coiffure 76% connected

A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair.

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Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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Dress 76% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Float 76% connected

Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, somet…

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Greet 76% connected

Great.

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Inclining 76% connected

of Incline

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Recognize 76% connected

To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Sled 76% connected

A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice; -- in England called sledge.

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Sledge 76% connected

A strong vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned up at one end, used for transporting…

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Sleigh 76% connected

Sly.

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Tail 76% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

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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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Manner of action 1

Dabble 76% connected

To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet.

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Plumb 76% connected

A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bo…

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Plummet 76% connected

A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.

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Derivationally related 10

Bobber 74% connected

One who, or that which, bobs.

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Bobber 74% connected

One who, or that which, bobs.

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Bobsled 74% connected

Alt. of Bobsleigh

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Bobsled 74% connected

Alt. of Bobsleigh

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Bobsleigh 74% connected

A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; also, the compound sled so formed.

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Bobsleigh 74% connected

A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; also, the compound sled so formed.

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Curtsy 74% connected

Same as Courtesy, an act of respect.

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Curtsy 74% connected

Same as Courtesy, an act of respect.

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Tail 74% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

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Tail 74% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

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Entails 1

Bow 72% connected

To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.

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Component part 1

Cent 70% connected

A hundred; as, ten per cent, the proportion of ten parts in a hundred.

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Containing whole 1

Pendulum 70% connected

A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It is used to regulate the move…

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Containing group 2

Rig 70% connected

A ridge.

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Tackle 70% connected

Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the bl…

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Synonym 9

Bobber 92% connected

One who, or that which, bobs.

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Bobsled 92% connected

Alt. of Bobsleigh

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Bobsleigh 92% connected

A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; also, the compound sled so formed.

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Bobtail 92% connected

An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail.

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Cork 92% connected

The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose.

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Curtsy 92% connected

Same as Courtesy, an act of respect.

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Dock 92% connected

A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.

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Shilling 92% connected

A silver coin, and money of account, of Great Britain and its dependencies, equal to twelve pence, or the twentieth part of a pound, equivalent to ab…

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Tail 92% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

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