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Commissariat

The organized system by which armies and military posts are supplied with food and daily necessaries.

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Food 76% connected

What is fed upon; that which goes to support life by being received within, and assimilated by, the organism of an animal or a plant; nutriment; alim…

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Nutrient 76% connected

Nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth.

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Larder 76% connected

A room or place where meat and other articles of food are kept before they are cooked.

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Provender 92% connected

Dry food for domestic animals, as hay, straw, corn, oats, or a mixture of ground grain; feed.

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Victuals 92% connected

Food for human beings, esp. when it is cooked or prepared for the table; that which supports human life; provisions; sustenance; meat; viands.

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Aliment noun · 86% connection

a source of materials to nourish the body

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Alimentation noun · 86% connection

a source of materials to nourish the body

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Beverage noun · 86% connection

any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

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Biodiversity noun · 86% connection

the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); "a high level of biodiversity is desirabl…

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Chyme noun · 86% connection

a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum

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Comestible noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be used as food

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Drink noun · 86% connection

any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

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Drinkable noun · 86% connection

any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

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Eatable noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be used as food

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Ecological niche noun · 86% connection

(ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)

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ecosystem noun · 86% connection

a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment

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Edible noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be used as food

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Fare noun · 86% connection

the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed

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Feed noun · 86% connection

food for domestic livestock

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Food cycle noun · 86% connection

(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

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Food web noun · 86% connection

(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

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Habitat noun · 86% connection

the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds"

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Habitation noun · 86% connection

the native habitat or home of an animal or plant

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Armed forces noun · 78% connection

the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991…

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Armed services noun · 78% connection

the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991…

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Bote noun · 78% connection

A privilege or allowance of necessaries.

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Coistril noun · 78% connection

An inferior groom or lad employed by an esquire to carry the knight's arms and other necessaries.

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Competency noun · 78% connection

Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess.

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Cordon noun · 78% connection

A line or series of sentinels, or of military posts, inclosing or guarding any place or thing.

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Corps n. sing. & pl. · 78% connection

A body of men; esp., an organized division of the military establishment; as, the marine corps; the corps of topographical engineers;…

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Daily adjective · 78% connection

Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as, daily labor; a daily bulletin.

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Destitute adjective · 78% connection

Not possessing the necessaries of life; in a condition of want; needy; without possessions or resources; very poor.

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Diary noun · 78% connection

A register of daily events or transactions; a daily record; a journal; a blank book dated for the record of daily memoranda; as, a dia…

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Dietary noun · 78% connection

a regulated daily food allowance

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Equipage noun · 78% connection

Furniture or outfit, whether useful or ornamental; especially, the furniture and supplies of a vessel, fitting her for a voyage or for…

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