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Alignment
noun · 78% connection
The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sort, cotton, short, fine, spun.
Caburn
noun · 78% connection
A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sort, cotton, short, fine, spun.
Cambric
noun · 78% connection
A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine, hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; -- also called cotton ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sort, cotton, short, fine, spun.
Cashmere
noun · 78% connection
A dress fabric made of fine wool, or of fine wool and cotton, in imitation of the original cashmere.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sort, cotton, short, fine, spun.
Coolie
noun · 78% connection
An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sort, cotton, short, fine, spun.
Cotton
noun · 78% connection
A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sort, cotton, short, fine, spun.
Cottony
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to cotton; resembling cotton in appearance or character; soft, like cotton.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sort, cotton, short, fine, spun.
Dragon
noun · 78% connection
A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ri…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sort, cotton, short, fine, spun.
East
adjective · 78% connection
Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east border; the east s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sort, cotton, short, fine, spun.
Excelsior
noun · 78% connection
A kind of stuffing for upholstered furniture, mattresses, etc., in which curled shreds of wood are substituted for curled hair.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sort, cotton, short, fine, spun.
Fibre
noun · 78% connection
Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a fiber of spun glass; especially, one of the slender rootlets of a plant.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sort, cotton, short, fine, spun.
Finespun
adjective · 78% connection
Spun so as to be fine; drawn to a fine thread; attenuated; hence, unsubstantial; visionary; as, finespun theories.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sort, cotton, short, fine, spun.
Gossypium
noun · 78% connection
A genus of plants which yield the cotton of the arts. The species are much confused. G. herbaceum is the name given to the common cott…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sort, cotton, short, fine, spun.
Hyphen
noun · 78% connection
A mark or short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sort, cotton, short, fine, spun.
Indian
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sort, cotton, short, fine, spun.
Indies
n. pl. · 78% connection
A name designating the East Indies, also the West Indies.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sort, cotton, short, fine, spun.
Jack
noun · 78% connection
A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in havin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sort, cotton, short, fine, spun.
Jasmine
noun · 78% connection
A shrubby plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odor. The J. officinale, common in the south of Europe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sort, cotton, short, fine, spun.