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Circular

In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round.

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Bulbous 84% connected

Having or containing bulbs, or a bulb; growing from bulbs; bulblike in shape or structure.

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Bulbous 84% connected

Having or containing bulbs, or a bulb; growing from bulbs; bulblike in shape or structure.

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Capitate 84% connected

Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers.

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Capitate 84% connected

Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers.

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Cyclic 84% connected

Alt. of Cyclical

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Cyclic 84% connected

Alt. of Cyclical

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Cyclical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time.

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Cyclical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time.

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Discoid 84% connected

Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus.

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Discoid 84% connected

Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus.

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Discoidal 84% connected

Disk-shaped; discoid.

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Discoidal 84% connected

Disk-shaped; discoid.

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Globose 84% connected

Having a rounded form resembling that of a globe; globular, or nearly so; spherical.

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Globose 84% connected

Having a rounded form resembling that of a globe; globular, or nearly so; spherical.

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Globular 84% connected

Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical, or nearly so; as, globular atoms.

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Globular 84% connected

Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical, or nearly so; as, globular atoms.

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Orbicular 84% connected

Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular; orbiculate.

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Orbicular 84% connected

Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular; orbiculate.

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Pear-shaped 84% connected

Of the form of a pear.

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Pear-shaped 84% connected

Of the form of a pear.

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Roundish 84% connected

Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure.

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Roundish 84% connected

Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure.

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Spheric 84% connected

Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body.

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Spheric 84% connected

Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body.

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Spherical 84% connected

Alt. of Spheric

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Spherical 84% connected

Alt. of Spheric

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Ad 76% connected

a public promotion of some product or service

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Advert 76% connected

To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.

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Advertisement 76% connected

The act of informing or notifying; notification.

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Advertising 76% connected

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Stuffer 76% connected

One who, or that which, stuffs.

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Derivationally related 6

Circle 74% connected

A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the ce…

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Circle 74% connected

A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the ce…

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Lap 74% connected

The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.

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Lap 74% connected

The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.

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Roundness 74% connected

The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc.

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Roundness 74% connected

The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc.

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Synonym 8

Bill 92% connected

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

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Broadside 92% connected

The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.

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Flier 92% connected

One who flies or flees; a runaway; a fugitive.

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Flyer 92% connected

One that uses wings.

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Handbill 92% connected

A loose, printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.

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Orbital 92% connected

Of or pertaining to an orbit.

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Rotary 92% connected

Turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis; rotatory; as, rotary motion.

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Round 92% connected

To whisper.

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Square 94% connected

The corner, or angle, of a figure.

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Square 94% connected

The corner, or angle, of a figure.

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