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Bridge

A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other.

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Auction 76% connected

A public sale of property to the highest bidder, esp. by a person licensed and authorized for the purpose; a vendue.

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Conning tower 76% connected

The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel.

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Contract 76% connected

To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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Drawbridge 76% connected

A bridge of which either the whole or a part is made to be raised up, let down, or drawn or turned aside, to admit or hinder communication at pleasur…

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Footbridge 76% connected

A narrow bridge for foot passengers only.

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Overpass 76% connected

To go over or beyond; to cross; as, to overpass a river; to overpass limits.

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Viaduct 76% connected

A structure of considerable magnitude, usually with arches or supported on trestles, for carrying a road, as a railroad, high above the ground or wat…

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Circuit 76% connected

The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.

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Connect 76% connected

To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation betwee…

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Connection 76% connected

The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.

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Connexion 76% connected

Connection. See Connection.

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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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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Cross 76% connected

A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below th…

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Denture 76% connected

An artificial tooth, block, or set of teeth.

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Join 76% connected

To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.

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Link 76% connected

A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.

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Plate 76% connected

A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel…

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Structure 76% connected

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

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Support 76% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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Tie 76% connected

A knot; a fastening.

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Track 76% connected

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

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Traverse 76% connected

Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches.

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Arch 70% connected

Any part of a curved line.

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Bid 70% connected

of Bid

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Bidding 70% connected

of Bid

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Contract 70% connected

To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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Declaration 70% connected

The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; expositio…

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Nasal 70% connected

Of or pertaining to the nose.

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Pier 70% connected

Any detached mass of masonry, whether insulated or supporting one side of an arch or lintel, as of a bridge; the piece of wall between two openings.

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Ruff 70% connected

A game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it.

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Slam 70% connected

To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door.

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Sweep 70% connected

To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sw…

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Trestle 70% connected

A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or hors…

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Trumping 70% connected

of Trump

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Wheelhouse 70% connected

A small house on or above a vessel's deck, containing the steering wheel.

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Containing whole 3

Nose 70% connected

The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, an…

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Transit 70% connected

The act of passing; passage through or over.

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Transportation 70% connected

The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance.

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Synonym 1

Span 92% connected

imp. & p. p. of Spin.

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