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Clique

A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose; -- generally used in a bad sense.

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Band 76% connected

A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or con…

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Circle 76% 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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lot 76% connected

That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Narrower term 8

Bohemia 76% connected

A country of central Europe.

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Cabal 76% connected

Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala

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Camarilla 76% connected

The private audience chamber of a king.

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Faction 76% connected

One of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguished by their colors) in the games of the circus.

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Junta 76% connected

A council; a convention; a tribunal; an assembly; esp., the grand council of state in Spain.

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Junto 76% connected

A secret council to deliberate on affairs of government or politics; a number of men combined for party intrigue; a faction; a cabal; as, a junto of…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Loop 76% connected

A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.

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Sect 76% connected

A cutting; a scion.

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Camp 92% connected

The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Coterie 92% connected

A set or circle of persons who meet familiarly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pack 92% connected

A pact.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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