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Acoustic projection
noun · 78% connection
the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality; "our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, nail, small, slight, projection.
Antonomasia
noun · 78% connection
The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majest…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, nail, small, slight, projection.
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, nail, small, slight, projection.
Cable
noun · 78% connection
A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, nail, small, slight, projection.
Chimney-breast
noun · 78% connection
The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built; -- commonly applied to its projection in the inside of a bu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, nail, small, slight, projection.
Clinographic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to that mode of projection in drawing in which the rays of light are supposed to fall obliquely on the plane of projection.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, nail, small, slight, projection.
Cloth
noun · 78% connection
A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adap…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, nail, small, slight, projection.
Elevation
noun · 78% connection
The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, et…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, nail, small, slight, projection.
Filigree
noun · 78% connection
Ornamental work, formerly with grains or breads, but now composed of fine wire and used chiefly in decorating gold and silver to which…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, nail, small, slight, projection.
Film
noun · 78% connection
A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, nail, small, slight, projection.
Flat
superl. · 78% connection
Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions; level without inclination; plane.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, nail, small, slight, projection.
Flat-headed
adjective · 78% connection
Having a head with a flattened top; as, a flat-headed nail.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, nail, small, slight, projection.
Gauze
noun · 78% connection
A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, nail, small, slight, projection.
Goby
noun · 78% connection
One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus Gobius and allied genera.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, nail, small, slight, projection.
Gudgeon
noun · 78% connection
A small European freshwater fish (Gobio fluviatilis), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait. In…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, nail, small, slight, projection.
Head
noun · 78% connection
The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, nail, small, slight, projection.
Hob
noun · 78% connection
The hub of a wheel. See Hub.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, nail, small, slight, projection.
Horn
noun · 78% connection
A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, nail, small, slight, projection.
