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Browser

An animal that browses.

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Application 76% connected

The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Looker 76% connected

One who looks.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spectator 76% connected

One who on; one who sees or beholds; a beholder; one who is personally present at, and sees, any exhibition; as, the spectators at a show.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Viewer 76% connected

One who views or examines.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Watcher 76% connected

One who watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligent observer; specifically, one who attends upon the sick during the night.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Witness 76% connected

Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony.

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Browse 74% connected

The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Browse 74% connected

The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Shop 74% connected

imp. of Shape. Shaped.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Shop 74% connected

imp. of Shape. Shaped.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Compiler noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program

Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Media and communication.
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Compiling program noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program

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Computer program noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines o…

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Computer programme noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines o…

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Computer simulation noun · 85% connection

(computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal proce…

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Data encryption noun · 85% connection

(computer science) the encryption of data for security purposes

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Interface noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact…

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Interpreter noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time

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Interpretive program noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time

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Packet noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a message or message fragment

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Program noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines o…

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Programme noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines o…

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Service program noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer; "a computer system provides utility programs…

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Simulation noun · 85% connection

(computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal proce…

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Streaming adjective · 85% connection

(computer science) using or relating to a form of continuous tape transport; used mainly to provide backup storage of unedited data; d…

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User interface noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact…

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Utility noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer; "a computer system provides utility programs…

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Utility program noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer; "a computer system provides utility programs…

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-pod unknown · 78% connection

A combining form or suffix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, decapod, an animal having ten feet; phyllopod, an animal having leaflike…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: animal, browses.
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Actinia noun · 78% connection

An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family Actinidae. From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called animal f…

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Animalization noun · 78% connection

The act of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: animal, browses.
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Animalize verb · 78% connection

To endow with the properties of an animal; to represent in animal form.

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Anime adjective · 78% connection

Of a different tincture from the animal itself; -- said of the eyes of a rapacious animal.

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Apoptosis noun · 78% connection

a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…

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Azoic adjective · 78% connection

Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was…

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Brute noun · 78% connection

An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast.

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Carnivorous adjective · 78% connection

Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to p…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: animal, browses.
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Carnivorousness noun · 78% connection

The quality of being an animal that eats meat as the main part of its diet.; "The too obvious fact that a large portion of animals are…

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Casein noun · 78% connection

A proteid substance present in both the animal and the vegetable kingdom. In the animal kingdom it is chiefly found in milk, and const…

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Cephalization noun · 78% connection

Domination of the head in animal life as expressed in the physical structure; localization of important organs or parts in or near the…

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