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Card

A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game played with cards.

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Ascertain 76% connected

To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assure 76% connected

To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.

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Bill 76% connected

A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal.

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Book 76% connected

A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing c…

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Cardboard 76% connected

A stiff compact pasteboard of various qualities, for making cards, etc., often having a polished surface.

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Check 76% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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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Correspondence 76% connected

Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters.

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Ensure 76% connected

To make sure. See Insure.

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Greeting 76% connected

of Greet

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Humorist 76% connected

One who attributes diseases of the state of the humors.

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Insure 76% connected

To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.

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Paper 76% connected

A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wo…

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Record 76% connected

To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.

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Roll 76% connected

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

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Roster 76% connected

A register or roll showing the order in which officers, enlisted men, companies, or regiments are called on to serve.

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Salutation 76% connected

The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting, or expressing good will or courtesy; als…

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See 76% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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Separate 76% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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Sign 76% connected

That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.

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Table d'hote 76% connected

A common table for guests at a hotel; an ordinary.

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Tarot 76% connected

A game of cards; -- called also taroc.

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Post 74% connected

Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Post 74% connected

Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.

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Witty 74% connected

Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning.

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Witty 74% connected

Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning.

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Synonym 11

Bill 92% connected

A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Board 92% connected

A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Carte 92% connected

Bill of fare.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Menu 92% connected

The details of a banquet; a bill of fare.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Notice 92% connected

The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Placard 92% connected

A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Poster 92% connected

A large bill or placard intended to be posted in public places.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Posting 92% connected

of Post

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tease 92% connected

To comb or card, as wool or flax.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wag 92% connected

To move one way and the other with quick turns; to shake to and fro; to move vibratingly; to cause to vibrate, as a part of the body; as, to wag the…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wit 92% connected

of Wit

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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