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Chiefly

In the first place; principally; preeminently; above; especially.

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Chief 66% connected

The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority who directs the…

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Mainly 92% connected

Very strongly; mightily; to a great degree.

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Primarily 92% connected

In a primary manner; in the first place; in the first place; in the first intention; originally.

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Principally 92% connected

In a principal manner; primarily; above all; chiefly; mainly.

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-blast unknown · 78% connection

A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying growth, formation; as, bioblast, epiblast, mesobl…

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Adonis noun · 78% connection

A preeminently beautiful young man; a dandy.

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Aggression noun · 78% connection

The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; ass…

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Arrant adjective · 78% connection

Notoriously or preeminently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated; as, an arrant rogue or coward.

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Asarabacca noun · 78% connection

An acrid herbaceous plant (Asarum Europaeum), the leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally used in cephal…

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Balsa noun · 78% connection

A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.

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Begin verb · 78% connection

To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or cours…

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Breastsummer noun · 78% connection

A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a long lintel;…

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Bushman noun · 78% connection

One of a race of South African nomads, living principally in the deserts, and not classified as allied in race or language to any othe…

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Chinese n. sing. & pl. · 78% connection

A native or natives of China, or one of that yellow race with oblique eyelids who live principally in China.

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Chromosphere noun · 78% connection

An atmosphere of rare matter, composed principally of incandescent hydrogen gas, surrounding the sun and enveloping the photosphere. P…

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Conchoidal adjective · 78% connection

Having elevations or depressions in form like one half of a bivalve shell; -- applied principally to a surface produced by fracture.

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Coquimbite noun · 78% connection

A mineral consisting principally of sulphate of iron; white copperas; -- so called because found in the province of Coquimbo, Chili.

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Corrasion noun · 78% connection

The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by…

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Cronstedtite noun · 78% connection

A mineral consisting principally of silicate of iron, and crystallizing in hexagonal prisms with perfect basal cleavage; -- so named f…

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Czechs n. pl. · 78% connection

The most westerly branch of the great Slavic family of nations, numbering now more than 6,000,000, and found principally in Bohemia an…

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Emphatically adverb · 78% connection

With emphasis; forcibly; in a striking manner or degree; preeminently.

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Expectation noun · 78% connection

The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.

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