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Centripetal

Tending, or causing, to approach the center.

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Afferent 84% connected

Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the ext…

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Afferent 84% connected

Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the ext…

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Centralizing 84% connected

of Centralize

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Centralizing 84% connected

of Centralize

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Receptive 92% connected

Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind.

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Sensory 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the sensorium or sensation; as, sensory impulses; -- especially applied to those nerves and nerve fibers which convey to a nerve…

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Unifying 92% connected

of Unify

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Centrifugal 94% connected

Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.

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Centrifugal 94% connected

Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.

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-tre noun · 78% connection

The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped t…

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Agglutinant adjective · 78% connection

Uniting, as glue; causing, or tending to cause, adhesion.

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Approach verb · 78% connection

To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to; as, to approach the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age…

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Ascensive adjective · 78% connection

Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.

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Avenue noun · 78% connection

The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees;…

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Axis noun · 78% connection

A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e.…

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Bothersome adjective · 78% connection

Vexatious; causing bother; causing trouble or perplexity; troublesome.

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Central adjective · 78% connection

Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center…

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Centralize verb · 78% connection

To draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about a center; to bring into one system, or under one control.

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Centrolineal adjective · 78% connection

Converging to a center; -- applied to lines drawn so as to meet in a point or center.

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Christocentric adjective · 78% connection

Making Christ the center, about whom all things are grouped, as in religion or history; tending toward Christ, as the central object o…

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Concentrate verb · 78% connection

To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.

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Concentre verb · 78% connection

To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center.

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Convergent adjective · 78% connection

tending to one point of focus; tending to approach each other; converging.

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Cyclone noun · 78% connection

A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. This cent…

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Destructive adjective · 78% connection

Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pern…

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Diameter noun · 78% connection

a straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter (or the center of a sphere with two points on its s…

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Dilative adjective · 78% connection

Causing dilation; tending to dilate, on enlarge; expansive.

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