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Acontia
n. pl. · 78% connection
Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidae), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniae…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: defensive, work, moderate, height, hastily.
Adansonia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: defensive, work, moderate, height, hastily.
Barricade
noun · 78% connection
a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy; "they stormed the barricade"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: defensive, work, moderate, height, hastily.
Boomerang
noun · 78% connection
A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: defensive, work, moderate, height, hastily.
Boss
noun · 78% connection
A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: defensive, work, moderate, height, hastily.
Botch
noun · 78% connection
Work done in a bungling manner; a clumsy performance; a piece of work, or a place in work, marred in the doing, or not properly finish…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: defensive, work, moderate, height, hastily.
Cathetometer
noun · 78% connection
An instrument for the accurate measurement of small differences of height; esp. of the differences in the height of the upper surfaces…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: defensive, work, moderate, height, hastily.
Cool
verb · 78% connection
To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: defensive, work, moderate, height, hastily.
Coolness
noun · 78% connection
The state of being cool; a moderate degree of cold; a moderate degree, or a want, of passion; want of ardor, zeal, or affection; calmn…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: defensive, work, moderate, height, hastily.
Dynamite
noun · 78% connection
An explosive substance consisting of nitroglycerin absorbed by some inert, porous solid, as infusorial earth, sawdust, etc. It is safe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: defensive, work, moderate, height, hastily.
Epaulement
noun · 78% connection
A side work, made of gabions, fascines, or bags, filled with earth, or of earth heaped up, to afford cover from the flanking fire of a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: defensive, work, moderate, height, hastily.
Eucalyptus
noun · 78% connection
A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the height even o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: defensive, work, moderate, height, hastily.
Foot pound
unknown · 78% connection
A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity the height of on…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: defensive, work, moderate, height, hastily.
Geodesy
noun · 78% connection
That branch of applied mathematics which determines, by means of observations and measurements, the figures and areas of large portion…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: defensive, work, moderate, height, hastily.
Head
noun · 78% connection
The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: defensive, work, moderate, height, hastily.
Height
noun · 78% connection
Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: defensive, work, moderate, height, hastily.
Horse power
unknown · 78% connection
A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: defensive, work, moderate, height, hastily.
Inhumation
noun · 78% connection
The act of burying vessels in warm earth in order to expose their contents to a steady moderate heat; the state of being thus exposed.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: defensive, work, moderate, height, hastily.
