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Concoction

A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion.

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Batter 76% connected

To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart.

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Dough 76% connected

Paste of bread; a soft mass of moistened flour or meal, kneaded or unkneaded, but not yet baked; as, to knead dough.

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Dressing 76% connected

of Dress

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Filling 76% connected

of Fill

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Mix 76% connected

To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of the parts of, as of two or more substances with each other, or of one substance with others; to unite or b…

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Roux 76% connected

A thickening, made of flour, for soups and gravies.

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Stuffing 76% connected

of Stuff

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Conception 76% connected

The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life.

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Design 76% connected

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

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Excogitation 76% connected

The act of excogitating; a devising in the thoughts; invention; contrivance.

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Innovation 76% connected

The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.

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Invention 76% connected

The act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or construction of that which has not before existed; as, the invention of logarithms; the invention…

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Mix 76% connected

To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of the parts of, as of two or more substances with each other, or of one substance with others; to unite or b…

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Mixture 76% connected

The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a mixture of ingredients.

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Comfit 74% connected

A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection.

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Comfit 74% connected

A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection.

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Concoct 74% connected

To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition.

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Concoct 74% connected

To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition.

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Confection 74% connected

A composition of different materials.

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Confection 74% connected

A composition of different materials.

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Synonym 3

Confection 92% connected

A composition of different materials.

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Intermixture 92% connected

A mass formed by mixture; a mass of ingredients mixed.

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Mixture 92% connected

The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a mixture of ingredients.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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