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Bolster

A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows.

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Fill 76% connected

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pillow 76% connected

Anything used to support the head of a person when reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers, down, hair, or other soft material.

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Prop 76% connected

A shell, used as a die. See Props.

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Reenforce 76% connected

To strengthen with new force, assistance, material, or support; as, to reenforce an argument; to reenforce a garment; especially, to strengthen with…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reinforce 76% connected

See Reenforce, v. t.

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Shore 76% connected

of Shear

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Pad 74% connected

A footpath; a road.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Pad 74% connected

A footpath; a road.

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Pad 92% connected

A footpath; a road.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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El Nino noun · 78% connection

(oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas ti…

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Oceanography noun · 78% connection

the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans

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Oceanology noun · 78% connection

the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans

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Bay noun · 78% connection

small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by…

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Bay laurel noun · 78% connection

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Bay tree noun · 78% connection

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Beach verb · 78% connection

land on a beach; "the ship beached near the port"

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Coast noun · 78% connection

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Coral noun · 78% connection

marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs

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Coral reef noun · 78% connection

a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone

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Current noun · 78% connection

a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the…

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Disconnect noun · 78% connection

an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"; "there is a v…

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Disconnection noun · 78% connection

an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"; "there is a v…

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Estuary noun · 78% connection

the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix

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Glide noun · 78% connection

the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "…

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Gulf noun · 78% connection

an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"; "there is a v…

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Laurus nobilis noun · 78% connection

small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by…

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Lunar time period noun · 78% connection

there are usually two high and two low tides each day

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Ambuscade verb · 78% connection

A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situatio…

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Bobbin noun · 78% connection

A small pin, or cylinder, formerly of bone, now most commonly of wood, used in the making of pillow lace. Each thread is wound on a se…

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Cant noun · 78% connection

A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.

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Cod noun · 78% connection

A pillow or cushion.

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Cushion noun · 78% connection

A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad.

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Deep-laid adjective · 78% connection

Laid deeply; formed with cunning and sagacity; as, deep-laid plans.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, pillow, cushion, support, head.
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Down noun · 78% connection

That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down

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Flat superl. · 78% connection

Lying at full length, or spread out, upon the ground; level with the ground or earth; prostrate; as, to lie flat on the ground; hence,…

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Float verb · 78% connection

Anything used to buoy up whatever is liable to sink; an inflated bag or pillow used by persons learning to swim; a life preserver.

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Head noun · 78% connection

The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers th…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, pillow, cushion, support, head.
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Honiton lace unknown · 78% connection

A kind of pillow lace, remarkable for the beauty of its figures; -- so called because chiefly made in Honiton, England.

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Ing noun · 78% connection

A pasture or meadow; generally one lying low, near a river.

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