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Calisthenics

The science, art, or practice of healthful exercise of the body and limbs, to promote strength and gracefulness; light gymnastics.

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Exercise 76% connected

The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…

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Exercising 76% connected

of Exercise

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Pattern 76% connected

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

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Practice 76% connected

Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

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Callisthenics 92% connected

See Calisthenic, Calisthenics.

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A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

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Alt. of Analyser

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To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.

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Context of use noun · 78% connection

discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation

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Act or process of deducing or inferring.

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reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

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open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups; "This school is completely desegregated"

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Dimension noun · 78% connection

Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural,…

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Empirical adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments.

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Evaluate verb · 78% connection

To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

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Evaluation noun · 78% connection

Valuation; appraisement.

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Exam noun · 78% connection

a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questi…

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Examine verb · 78% connection

To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry…

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Explicit adjective · 78% connection

A word formerly used (as finis is now) at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end.

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Human relationship noun · 78% connection

a relation between people; (‘relationship’ is often used where ‘relation’ would serve, as in ‘the relationship between inflation and u…

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Agility noun · 78% connection

The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; nimbleness; activity; quickness of motion; as, strength…

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Bloom noun · 78% connection

A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively.

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Breathe verb · 78% connection

To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.

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Dioptrics noun · 78% connection

The science of the refraction of light; that part of geometrical optics which treats of the laws of the refraction of light in passing…

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Disuse verb · 78% connection

To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.

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Drillmaster noun · 78% connection

One who teaches drill, especially in the way of gymnastics.

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Elegance noun · 78% connection

Alt. of Elegancy

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Ethics noun · 78% connection

The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting d…

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Exert verb · 78% connection

To thrust forth; to emit; to push out.

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Exertion noun · 78% connection

The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or per…

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Foster verb · 78% connection

To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up.

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Gymnasium noun · 78% connection

A place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics.

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