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Accent
noun · 78% connection
A mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten inches.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wider, distance, rails, standard, gauge.
Blacksnake
noun · 78% connection
A snake of a black color, of which two species are common in the United States, the Bascanium constrictor, or racer, sometimes six fee…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wider, distance, rails, standard, gauge.
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: wider, distance, rails, standard, gauge.
Clearance
noun · 78% connection
The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a stea…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wider, distance, rails, standard, gauge.
Cord
noun · 78% connection
A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four fee…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wider, distance, rails, standard, gauge.
Durion
noun · 78% connection
The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-col…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wider, distance, rails, standard, gauge.
Elongation
noun · 78% connection
Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wider, distance, rails, standard, gauge.
Finger
noun · 78% connection
The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domesti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wider, distance, rails, standard, gauge.
Foolscap
noun · 78% connection
A writing paper made in sheets, ordinarily 16 x 13 inches, and folded so as to make a page 13 x 8 inches. See Paper.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wider, distance, rails, standard, gauge.
Four-in-hand
adjective · 78% connection
Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wider, distance, rails, standard, gauge.
Fuchsia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of flowering plants having elegant drooping flowers, with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single pistil. They a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wider, distance, rails, standard, gauge.
Gage
noun · 78% connection
A measure or standard. See Gauge, n.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wider, distance, rails, standard, gauge.
Gauging rod
unknown · 78% connection
See Gauge rod, under Gauge, n.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wider, distance, rails, standard, gauge.
Half
adverb · 78% connection
In an equal part or degree; in some pa/ appro/mating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wider, distance, rails, standard, gauge.
Hemihedral
adjective · 78% connection
Having half of the similar parts of a crystals, instead of all; consisting of half the planes which full symmetry would require, as wh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wider, distance, rails, standard, gauge.
Indicator
noun · 78% connection
A pressure gauge; a water gauge, as for a steam boiler; an apparatus or instrument for showing the working of a machine or moving part
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wider, distance, rails, standard, gauge.
Key
noun · 78% connection
A family of tones whose regular members are called diatonic tones, and named key tone (or tonic) or one (or eight), mediant or three,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wider, distance, rails, standard, gauge.
Knot
noun · 78% connection
A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship goes eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be eight knots.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wider, distance, rails, standard, gauge.
