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Country

A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship.

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Narrower term 46

Ally 76% connected

To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; -- often fo…

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Anchorage 76% connected

The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.

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Arena 76% connected

The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered w…

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Backwoods 76% connected

The forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers.

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Block 76% connected

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

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British 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; -- sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants.

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Center 76% connected

A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…

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Centre 76% connected

To be placed in a center; to be central.

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Clear 76% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Corner 76% connected

The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

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Countryside 76% connected

A particular rural district; a country neighborhood.

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Danger 76% connected

Authority; jurisdiction; control.

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Dominion 76% connected

Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy.

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Dutch 76% connected

Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.

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English 76% connected

Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race.

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Eye 76% connected

A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.

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Fatherland 76% connected

One's native land; the native land of one's fathers or ancestors.

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Fireside 76% connected

A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement.

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French 76% connected

Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants.

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Haunt 76% connected

To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.

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Heart 76% connected

A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.

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Hearth 76% connected

The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stov…

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Irish 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in Ireland.

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Kingdom 76% connected

The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy.

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Middle 76% connected

Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station…

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Motherland 76% connected

The country of one's ancestors; -- same as fatherland.

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Neighborhood 76% connected

The quality or condition of being a neighbor; the state of being or dwelling near; proximity.

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Open 76% connected

Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

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Playground 76% connected

A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.

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Power 76% connected

Same as Poor, the fish.

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Quadrant 76% connected

The fourth part; the quarter.

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Refuge 76% connected

Shelter or protection from danger or distress.

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Repair 76% connected

To return.

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Resort 76% connected

Active power or movement; spring.

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Retreat 76% connected

The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.

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Safety 76% connected

The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.

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Scene 76% connected

The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the st…

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Section 76% connected

The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.

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Shrubbery 76% connected

A collection of shrubs.

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Space 76% connected

Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible.

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Spanish 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.

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Sultanate 76% connected

The rule or dominion of a sultan; sultanship.

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Suzerain 76% connected

A superior lord, to whom fealty is due; a feudal lord; a lord paramount.

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Swiss 76% connected

A native or inhabitant of Switzerland; a Switzer; the people of Switzerland.

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Weald 76% connected

A wood or forest; a wooded land or region; also, an open country; -- often used in place names.

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Wold 76% connected

A wood; a forest.

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People 76% connected

The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.

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Region 76% connected

One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general…

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Demesne 70% connected

A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining,…

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Domain 70% connected

Dominion; empire; authority.

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Estate 70% connected

Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation.

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Land 70% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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Lea 70% connected

A measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay.

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Ley 70% connected

To lay; to wager.

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Midland 70% connected

Being in the interior country; distant from the coast or seashore; as, midland towns or inhabitants.

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Pasture 70% connected

Food; nourishment.

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Department 70% connected

Act of departing; departure.

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National 70% connected

Of or pertaining to a nation; common to a whole people or race; public; general; as, a national government, language, dress, custom, calamity, etc.

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Province 70% connected

A country or region, more or less remote from the city of Rome, brought under the Roman government; a conquered country beyond the limits of Italy.

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State 70% connected

The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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Subject 70% connected

Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

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Area 92% connected

Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

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Commonwealth 92% connected

A state; a body politic consisting of a certain number of men, united, by compact or tacit agreement, under one form of government and system of laws.

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Land 92% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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Nation 92% connected

A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock.

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State 92% connected

The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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