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Cembalo

An old name for the harpsichord.

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Clavier 76% connected

The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium.

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Spinet 76% connected

A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather o…

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Virginal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.

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Harpsichord 92% connected

A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys provi…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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A unknown · 78% connection

The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the sca…

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Adamant noun · 78% connection

A stone imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness; but in…

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Agnomen noun · 78% connection

An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; as, Aristides the Just.

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Alias noun · 78% connection

Another name; an assumed name.

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Allspice noun · 78% connection

The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jama…

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Antonomasia noun · 78% connection

The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majest…

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Appellative noun · 78% connection

A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…

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Assumed name noun · 78% connection

(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of inc…

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Baptize verb · 78% connection

To christen ( because a name is given to infants at their baptism); to give a name to; to name.

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Basil noun · 78% connection

The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil (Ocymum basilicum), and the bush…

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Call verb · 78% connection

To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name.

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Catfish noun · 78% connection

A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the bind cat (Gronias n…

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Cathay noun · 78% connection

China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for…

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Christendom noun · 78% connection

The name received at baptism; or, more generally, any name or appelation.

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Claret noun · 78% connection

The name first given in England to the red wines of Medoc, in France, and afterwards extended to all the red Bordeaux wines. The name…

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Clavecin noun · 78% connection

The harpsichord.

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Corosso noun · 78% connection

The name in Central America for the seed of a true palm; also, a commercial name for the true ivory nut. See Ivory nut.

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Cryptonym noun · 78% connection

A secret name; a name by which a person is known only to the initiated.

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