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Cap

A covering for the head

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Narrower term 18

Balmoral 76% connected

A long woolen petticoat, worn immediately under the dress.

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Berretta 76% connected

A square cap worn by ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is black, except that a…

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Biggin 76% connected

A child's cap; a hood, or something worn on the head.

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Biretta 76% connected

Same as Berretta.

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Bluebonnet 76% connected

low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock poisoning in the so…

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Cockscomb 76% connected

See Coxcomb.

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Collet 76% connected

An inferior church servant. [Obs.] See Acolyte.

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Coxcomb 76% connected

A strip of red cloth notched like the comb of a cock, which licensed jesters formerly wore in their caps.

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Ferrule 76% connected

A ring or cap of metal put round a cane, tool, handle, or other similar object, to strengthen it, or prevent splitting and wearing.

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Fez 76% connected

A felt or cloth cap, usually red and having a tassel, -- a variety of the tarboosh. See Tarboosh.

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Mobcap 76% connected

A plain cap or headdress for women or girls; especially, one tying under the chin by a very broad band, generally of the same material as the cap its…

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Nightcap 76% connected

A cap worn in bed to protect the head, or in undress.

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Nipple 76% connected

The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the breast or mamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap.

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Pinner 76% connected

One who, or that which, pins or fastens, as with pins.

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Skullcap 76% connected

A cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed inside of a cap for protection.

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Tammy 76% connected

A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, -- used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.

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Tarboosh 76% connected

A red cap worn by Turks and other Eastern nations, sometimes alone and sometimes swathed with linen or other stuff to make a turban. See Fez.

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Thimble 76% connected

A kind of cap or cover, or sometimes a broad ring, for the end of the finger, used in sewing to protect the finger when pushing the needle through th…

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Circumscribe 76% connected

to write or engrave around.

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Control 76% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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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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Covering 76% connected

of Cover

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Headdress 76% connected

A covering or ornament for the head; a headtire.

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Headgear 76% connected

Headdress.

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Lie 76% connected

See Lye.

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Limit 76% connected

That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a…

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Protection 76% connected

The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection.

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Top 76% connected

A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…

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Derivationally related 4

Detonate 74% connected

To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur.

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Detonate 74% connected

To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur.

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Containing whole 5

Column 70% connected

A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and…

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Flora 70% connected

The goddess of flowers and spring.

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Fungus 70% connected

Any one of the Fungi, a large and very complex group of thallophytes of low organization, -- the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools,…

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Pillar 70% connected

The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not suppor…

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Plant 70% connected

A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though c…

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Component part 1

Earlap 70% connected

The lobe of the ear.

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Synonym 11

Capital 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the head.

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Ceiling 92% connected

of Ceil

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Chapiter 92% connected

A capital [Obs.] See Chapital.

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Crest 92% connected

A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthe…

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Crown 92% connected

of Crow

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Crownwork 92% connected

A work consisting of two or more bastioned fronts, with their outworks, covering an enceinte, a bridgehead, etc., and connected by wings with the mai…

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Detonator 92% connected

One who, or that which, detonates.

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Hood 92% connected

State; condition.

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Jacket 92% connected

A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts.

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Pileus 92% connected

A kind of skull cap of felt.

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Roof 92% connected

The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon t…

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