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Bowl

A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.

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Actuation 76% connected

A bringing into action; movement.

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Ball 76% connected

Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.

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Cast 76% connected

of Cast

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Concavity 76% connected

A concave surface, or the space bounded by it; the state of being concave.

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Construction 76% connected

The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

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Container 76% connected

One who, or that which, contains.

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Dish 76% connected

A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.

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Hurl 76% connected

To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance.

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Hurtle 76% connected

To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.

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Incurvation 76% connected

The act of bending, or curving.

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Play 76% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Propulsion 76% connected

The act driving forward or away; the act or process of propelling; as, steam propulsion.

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Roll 76% connected

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Vessel 76% 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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Wheel 76% connected

A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or na…

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Narrower term 10

Amphitheater 76% connected

Alt. of Amphitheatre

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Amphitheatre 76% connected

An oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats about an open space called the arena.

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Circus 76% connected

A level oblong space surrounded on three sides by seats of wood, earth, or stone, rising in tiers one above another, and divided lengthwise through t…

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Coliseum 76% connected

The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in the world.

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Dome 76% connected

A building; a house; an edifice; -- used chiefly in poetry.

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Hippodrome 76% connected

A place set apart for equestrian and chariot races.

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Jorum 76% connected

A large drinking vessel; also, its contents.

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Mazer 76% connected

A large drinking bowl; -- originally made of maple.

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Park 76% connected

A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of the chase, which a man may have by prescription, or the king's grant.

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Porringer 76% connected

A porridge dish; esp., a bowl or cup from which children eat or are fed; as, a silver porringer.

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Manner of action 1

Skittle 76% connected

Pertaining to the game of skittles.

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Derivationally related 2

Bowler 74% connected

One who plays at bowls, or who rolls the ball in cricket or any other game.

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Bowler 74% connected

One who plays at bowls, or who rolls the ball in cricket or any other game.

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Containing whole 3

Bowling 70% connected

of Bowl

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Bowls 70% connected

See Bowl, a ball, a game.

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Pipe 70% connected

A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pi…

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Component part 2

Field 70% connected

Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.

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Stand 70% connected

To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position

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Synonym 4

Arena 92% connected

The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered w…

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Roll 92% connected

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

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Stadium 92% connected

A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements. I…

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Trough 92% connected

A long, hollow vessel, generally for holding water or other liquid, especially one formed by excavating a log longitudinally on one side; a long tray…

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