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Caning

of Cane

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Wicker 92% connected

A small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork and the like; a withe.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wickerwork 92% connected

A texture of osiers, twigs, or rods; articles made of such a texture.

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Aggregate noun · 78% connection

material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster

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aggregate demand noun · 78% connection

In macroeconomics, the total demand for final goods and services in the economy at a given time and price level.; "The decline in Japa…

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Business noun · 78% connection

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"

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Business cycle noun · 78% connection

recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline

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Crying adjective · 78% connection

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a gl…

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Cycle noun · 78% connection

a periodically repeated sequence of events; "a cycle of reprisal and retaliation"

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Demand noun · 78% connection

the act of demanding; "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money"

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Depression noun · 78% connection

a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

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Domestic adjective · 78% connection

of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction"

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Economic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; "economic growth"; "aspects of social, polit…

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Economic crisis noun · 78% connection

a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

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Economic growth noun · 78% connection

steady growth in the productive capacity of the economy (and so a growth of national income)

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Fiscal policy noun · 78% connection

a government policy for dealing with the budget (especially with taxation and borrowing)

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GDP noun · 78% connection

the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and…

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Global demand noun · 78% connection

In macroeconomics, the total demand for final goods and services in the economy at a given time and price level.; "The decline in Japa…

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Gross domestic product noun · 78% connection

the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and…

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Growth noun · 78% connection

a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"

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a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"

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Arabin noun · 78% connection

A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum arabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance.

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Articulation noun · 78% connection

One of the nodes or joints, as in cane and maize.

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Arundinaceous adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to a reed; resembling the reed or cane.

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Aspartic acid noun · 78% connection

a crystalline amino acid found in proteins and occurring naturally in sugar beets and sugar cane

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Assault noun · 78% connection

An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, ac…

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Bagasse noun · 78% connection

Sugar cane, as it comes crushed from the mill. It is then dried and used as fuel. Also extended to the refuse of beetroot sugar.

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Balance noun · 78% connection

To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight…

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Basket noun · 78% connection

A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven.

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Blowgun noun · 78% connection

A tube, as of cane or reed, sometimes twelve feet long, through which an arrow or other projectile may be impelled by the force of the…

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Calamus noun · 78% connection

The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.

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Cane verb · 78% connection

To make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs.

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Cane sugar noun · 78% connection

sucrose obtained from sugar cane

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