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Brass

An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals.

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Audaciousness 76% connected

The quality of being audacious; impudence; audacity.

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Audacity 76% connected

Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness.

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Baritone 76% connected

See Barytone.

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Bass horn 76% connected

A modification of the bassoon, much deeper in tone.

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Bench 76% connected

A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length.

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Bugle 76% connected

A sort of wild ox; a buffalo.

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Clarion 76% connected

A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill.

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Cornet 76% connected

An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family.

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Curia 76% connected

One of the thirty parts into which the Roman people were divided by Romulus.

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Executive 76% connected

Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of t…

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Horn 76% connected

A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The…

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Judiciary 76% connected

Of or pertaining to courts of judicature, or legal tribunals; judicial; as, a judiciary proceeding.

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Latten 76% connected

A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; -- called also latten brass.

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Management 76% connected

The act or art of managing; the manner of treating, directing, carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct; administration; guidance; control; as,…

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Muntz metal 76% connected

See under Metal.

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Ormolu 76% connected

A variety of brass made to resemble gold by the use of less zinc and more copper in its composition than ordinary brass contains. Its golden color is…

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Saxhorn 76% connected

A name given to a numerous family of brass wind instruments with valves, invented by Antoine Joseph Adolphe Sax (known as Adolphe Sax), of Belgium an…

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Trombone 76% connected

A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought by some to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a tube in three parts, bent twice upon itse…

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Trump 76% connected

A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet; -- used chiefly in Scripture and poetry.

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Trumpet 76% connected

A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tu…

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Tuba 76% connected

An ancient trumpet.

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Body 76% connected

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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Decoration 76% connected

The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.

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Memorial 76% connected

Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a memorial building.

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Monument 76% connected

Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial.

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Ornament 76% connected

That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

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Ornamentation 76% connected

The act or art of ornamenting, or the state of being ornamented.

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Section 76% connected

The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.

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Wind 76% connected

To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…

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Derivationally related 4

Cheek 74% connected

The side of the face below the eye.

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Cheek 74% connected

The side of the face below the eye.

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Cheeky 74% connected

a Brazen-faced; impudent; bold.

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Cheeky 74% connected

a Brazen-faced; impudent; bold.

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Containing whole 3

Government 70% connected

The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.

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Regime 70% connected

Mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system.

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Substance part 1

Copper 70% connected

A common metal of a reddish color, both ductile and malleable, and very tenacious. It is one of the best conductors of heat and electricity. Symbol C…

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Component part 2

Hierarchy 70% connected

Dominion or authority in sacred things.

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Valve 70% connected

A door; especially, one of a pair of folding doors, or one of the leaves of such a door.

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Synonym 9

Administration 92% connected

The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office…

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Boldness 92% connected

The state or quality of being bold.

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Cheek 92% connected

The side of the face below the eye.

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Establishment 92% connected

The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

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Face 92% connected

The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which…

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Governance 92% connected

Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement.

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Nerve 92% connected

One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various pa…

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Organization 92% connected

The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.

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Plaque 92% connected

Any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab, plate, dish, or the like, hung…

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