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Connection

The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.

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Acquaintance 76% connected

A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of…

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Conveyance 76% connected

The act of conveying, carrying, or transporting; carriage.

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Friend 76% connected

One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate ass…

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Instrumentality 76% connected

The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency.

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Instrumentation 76% connected

The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency.

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Memory 76% connected

The faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events.

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Provider 76% connected

One who provides, furnishes, or supplies; one who procures what is wanted.

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Relation 76% connected

The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.

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Remembering 76% connected

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Shape 76% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Supplier 76% connected

One who supplies.

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Transfer 76% connected

To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one count…

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Transport 76% connected

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

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Transportation 76% connected

The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance.

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Unification 76% connected

The act of unifying, or the state of being unified.

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Union 76% connected

The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.

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Adjunction 76% connected

The act of joining; the thing joined or added.

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Alliance 76% connected

The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially betw…

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Approximation 76% connected

The act of approximating; a drawing, advancing or being near; approach; also, the result of approximating.

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Articulation 76% connected

A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.

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Attachment 76% connected

The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an/ passion of affection that binds a person; as, an a…

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Backbone 76% connected

The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.

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Bond 76% connected

That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a m…

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Bridge 76% connected

A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passagewa…

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Coherence 76% connected

Alt. of Coherency

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Coherency 76% connected

A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion.

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Cohesion 76% connected

The act or state of sticking together; close union.

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Colligation 76% connected

A binding together.

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Communication 76% connected

The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.

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Concatenation 76% connected

A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.

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Conjunction 76% connected

The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league.

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Contact 76% connected

A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

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Convergence 76% connected

Alt. of Convergency

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Convergency 76% connected

The condition or quality of converging; tendency to one point.

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Converging 76% connected

of Converge

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Coupling 76% connected

of Couple

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Earth 76% connected

The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place of mortals, in d…

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Encounter 76% connected

To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile in…

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Fastening 76% connected

of Fasten

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Ground 76% connected

of Grind

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Hit 76% connected

It.

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Hitch 76% connected

To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

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Interconnection 76% connected

Connection between; mutual connection.

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Intersection 76% connected

The act, state, or place of intersecting.

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Involvement 76% connected

The act of involving, or the state of being involved.

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Join 76% connected

To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.

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Joint 76% connected

The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or ju…

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Jumper 76% connected

One who, or that which, jumps.

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Junction 76% connected

The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition; as, the junction of two armies or detachments; the junction of paths.

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Juncture 76% connected

A joining; a union; an alliance.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Linkage 76% connected

The act of linking; the state of being linked; also, a system of links.

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Node 76% connected

A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.

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Patch 76% connected

A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a…

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Relatedness 76% connected

The state or condition of being related; relationship; affinity.

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Relevance 76% connected

Alt. of Relevancy

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Relevancy 76% connected

The quality or state of being relevant; pertinency; applicability.

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Series 76% connected

A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as,…

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Yoke 76% connected

A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.

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Connect 74% connected

To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation betwee…

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Connect 74% connected

To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation betwee…

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Relate 74% connected

To bring back; to restore.

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Relate 74% connected

To bring back; to restore.

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Association 92% connected

The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.

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Connective 92% connected

Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection.

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Connector 92% connected

One who, or that which, connects

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Connexion 92% connected

Connection. See Connection.

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Joining 92% connected

of Join

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Link 92% connected

A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.

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