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Colossus

A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes.

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Anomaly 76% connected

Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous.

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Personage 76% connected

Form, appearance, or belongings of a person; the external appearance, stature, figure, air, and the like, of a person.

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Leviathan 76% connected

An aquatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli., and mentioned in other passages of Scripture.

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Monstrous 74% connected

Marvelous; strange.

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Monstrous 74% connected

Marvelous; strange.

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Behemoth 92% connected

An animal, probably the hippopotamus, described in Job xl. 15-24.

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Giant 92% connected

A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.

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Monster 92% connected

Something of unnatural size, shape, or quality; a prodigy; an enormity; a marvel.

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Titan 92% connected

Titanic.

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Adjutant noun · 78% connection

A species of very large stork (Ciconia argala), a native of India; -- called also the gigantic crane, and by the native name argala. I…

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Antiquary noun · 78% connection

One devoted to the study of ancient times through their relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations, statues, c…

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Antique adjective · 78% connection

Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome.

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Antiquity noun · 78% connection

The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity.

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Apollinarian adjective · 78% connection

In honor of Apollo; as, the Apollinarian games.

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Apollonic adjective · 78% connection

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Apollo.

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Appellative noun · 78% connection

A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…

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Apteryx noun · 78% connection

A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the ki…

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Bond noun · 78% connection

A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a f…

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Cephaloptera noun · 78% connection

One of the generic names of the gigantic ray (Manta birostris), known as devilfish and sea devil. It is common on the coasts of South…

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Colossal adjective · 78% connection

Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue.

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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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Dinornis noun · 78% connection

A genus of extinct, ostrichlike birds of gigantic size, which formerly inhabited New Zealand. See Moa.

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Doryphoros noun · 78% connection

A spear bearer; a statue of a man holding a spear or in the attitude of a spear bearer. Several important sculptures of this subject e…

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Famous adjective · 78% connection

Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in story; -- used in either a good or a bad sense, chiefl…

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Fern noun · 78% connection

An order of cryptogamous plants, the Filices, which have their fructification on the back of the fronds or leaves. They are usually fo…

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Gigantic adjective · 78% connection

Such as a giant might use, make, or cause; immense; tremendous; extraordinarly; as, gigantic deeds; gigantic wickedness.

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