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Affronte
adjective · 78% connection
Face to face, or front to front; facing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: front, transverse, beam, locomotive.
Antero-
unknown · 78% connection
A combining form meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: front, transverse, beam, locomotive.
Balk
verb · 78% connection
A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called "the balks."
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: front, transverse, beam, locomotive.
Bang
noun · 78% connection
The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp. when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: front, transverse, beam, locomotive.
Beam
noun · 78% connection
A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rol…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: front, transverse, beam, locomotive.
Before
adverb · 78% connection
On the fore part; in front, or in the direction of the front; -- opposed to in the rear.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: front, transverse, beam, locomotive.
Buffer
noun · 78% connection
an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: front, transverse, beam, locomotive.
Carling
noun · 78% connection
A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that strengthen…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: front, transverse, beam, locomotive.
Chasuble
noun · 78% connection
The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a na…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: front, transverse, beam, locomotive.
Coach
noun · 78% connection
A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: front, transverse, beam, locomotive.
Countermarch
noun · 78% connection
An evolution by which a body of troops change front or reverse the direction of march while retaining the same men in the front rank;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: front, transverse, beam, locomotive.
Coupe
noun · 78% connection
The front compartment of a French diligence; also, the front compartment (usually for three persons) of a car or carriage on British r…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: front, transverse, beam, locomotive.
Cowcatxjer
noun · 78% connection
A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off obstructions on a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: front, transverse, beam, locomotive.
Deep
superl. · 78% connection
Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: front, transverse, beam, locomotive.
Facade
noun · 78% connection
The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have its facade un…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: front, transverse, beam, locomotive.
Face
noun · 78% connection
Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face of, in the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or against th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: front, transverse, beam, locomotive.
Fender
noun · 78% connection
an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: front, transverse, beam, locomotive.
Fish
verb · 78% connection
To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: front, transverse, beam, locomotive.
