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Corposant

St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint.

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Arc 76% connected

A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.

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Discharge 76% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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Spark 76% connected

A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion.

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Corona 92% connected

A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.

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Conduction noun · 86% connection

the transmission of heat or electricity or sound

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Conductivity noun · 86% connection

the transmission of heat or electricity or sound

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Electrical conduction noun · 86% connection

the passage of electricity through a conductor

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Thermal conductivity noun · 86% connection

In physics, the property of a material to conduct heat.; "When a material undergoes a phase change from solid to liquid or from liquid…

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Light noun · 85% connection

(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window"

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Stress noun · 85% connection

(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of a…

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Visible light noun · 85% connection

(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window"

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Visible radiation noun · 85% connection

(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window"

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Cardiac output noun · 85% connection

the amount of blood pumped out by the ventricles in a given period of time; "a resting adult has a cardiac output of about three quart…

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Osmosis noun · 85% connection

(biology, chemistry) diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower…

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Meteor noun · 85% connection

a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid…

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Overstrain noun · 85% connection

too much strain

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Shooting star noun · 85% connection

a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid…

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Sun noun · 85% connection

the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind"

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Sunlight noun · 85% connection

the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind"

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Sunshine noun · 85% connection

the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind"

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Twilight noun · 85% connection

the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth

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Reverse osmosis noun · 84% connection

(chemistry) a method of producing pure water; a solvent passes through a semipermeable membrane in a direction opposite to that for na…

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Anthony's Fire unknown · 78% connection

See Saint Anthony's Fire, under Saint.

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Avowry noun · 78% connection

An advocate; a patron; a patron saint.

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Balefire noun · 78% connection

A signal fire; an alarm fire.

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Ball noun · 78% connection

A flaming, roundish body shot into the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire, or to produc…

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Besaint verb · 78% connection

To make a saint of.

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Blockhouse noun · 78% connection

a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire

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Burn verb · 78% connection

To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change some pr…

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Burning noun · 78% connection

The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated.

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Burnt p. p. & a. · 78% connection

Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun.

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Canonize verb · 78% connection

To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized.

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Castor and Pollux unknown · 78% connection

See Saint Elmo's fire, under Saint.

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Combustible adjective · 78% connection

Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable.

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