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Chit

The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes.

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Account 76% connected

A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

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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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Girl 76% connected

A young person of either sex; a child.

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Invoice 76% connected

A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc., with the value or prices and charges ann…

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Miss 76% connected

A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.

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Missy 76% connected

See Misy.

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Check 92% 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 68% interchangeable

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Tab 92% connected

The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Advantage noun · 78% connection

benefit resulting from some event or action; "it turned out to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of generosity"

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Alien adjective · 78% connection

not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the myst…

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Balance noun · 78% connection

harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is…

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Balance of international payments noun · 78% connection

a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year; "a favorable bala…

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Balance of payments noun · 78% connection

a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year; "a favorable bala…

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Comparative noun · 78% connection

the comparative form of an adjective or adverb; "‘faster’ is the comparative of the adjective ‘fast’"; "‘less famous’ is the comparati…

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Comparative degree noun · 78% connection

the comparative form of an adjective or adverb; "‘faster’ is the comparative of the adjective ‘fast’"; "‘less famous’ is the comparati…

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Current noun · 78% connection

a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the…

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Current account noun · 78% connection

that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments

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Direct verb · 78% connection

plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

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Duty noun · 78% connection

a government tax on imports or exports; "they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries"

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Economic science noun · 78% connection

the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management

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Economics noun · 78% connection

the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management

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Engineer verb · 78% connection

plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

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Exchange verb · 78% connection

hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent; "exchange prisoners"; "exchange employees between branches of the company"

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exchange rate noun · 78% connection

the charge for exchanging currency of one country for currency of another

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Export verb · 78% connection

sell or transfer abroad; "we export less than we import and have a negative trade balance"

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External adjective · 78% connection

from or between other countries; "external commerce"; "international trade"; "developing nations need outside help"

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Albumen noun · 78% connection

Nourishing matter stored up within the integuments of the seed in many plants, but not incorporated in the embryo. It is the floury pa…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: embryo, growing, plant, shoot, sprout.
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Average noun · 78% connection

In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: embryo, growing, plant, shoot, sprout.
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Bourgeon verb · 78% connection

To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: embryo, growing, plant, shoot, sprout.
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Branch noun · 78% connection

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: embryo, growing, plant, shoot, sprout.
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Chitty adjective · 78% connection

Full of chits or sprouts.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: embryo, growing, plant, shoot, sprout.
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Corn verb · 78% connection

To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: embryo, growing, plant, shoot, sprout.
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Corn silk noun · 78% connection

each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: embryo, growing, plant, shoot, sprout.
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Cornfield noun · 78% connection

A field where corn is or has been growing; -- in England, a field of wheat, rye, barley, or oats; in America, a field of Indian corn.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: embryo, growing, plant, shoot, sprout.
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Corny adjective · 78% connection

Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: embryo, growing, plant, shoot, sprout.
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Embryo adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: embryo, growing, plant, shoot, sprout.
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Endorhizous adjective · 78% connection

Having the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonou…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: embryo, growing, plant, shoot, sprout.
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Eye noun · 78% connection

The bud or sprout of a plant or tuber; as the eye of a potato.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: embryo, growing, plant, shoot, sprout.
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