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Course

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Action 76% connected

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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Aliment 76% connected

That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: suste…

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Alimentation 76% connected

The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.

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Assemblage 76% connected

The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

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Bed 76% connected

An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction fro…

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Cross 76% connected

A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below th…

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Didactics 76% connected

The art or science of teaching.

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Direction 76% connected

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

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Education 76% connected

The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act o…

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Facility 76% connected

The quality of being easily performed; freedom from difficulty; ease; as, the facility of an operation.

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Gathering 76% connected

of Gather

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Hunt 76% connected

To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for s…

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Installation 76% connected

The act of installing or giving possession of an office, rank, or order, with the usual rites or ceremonies; as, the installation of an ordained mini…

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Instruction 76% connected

The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.

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Layer 76% connected

One who, or that which, lays.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Nourishment 76% connected

The act of nourishing, or the state of being nourished; nutrition.

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Nutriment 76% connected

That which nourishes; anything which promotes growth and repairs the natural waste of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment.

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Nutrition 76% connected

In the broadest sense, a process or series of processes by which the living organism as a whole (or its component parts or organs) is maintained in i…

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Pedagogy 76% connected

Pedagogics; pedagogism.

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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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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Sustenance 76% connected

The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.

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Teaching 76% connected

of Teach

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Track 76% connected

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

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Traverse 76% connected

Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches.

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Victuals 76% 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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Way 76% connected

Away.

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Appetizer 76% connected

Something which creates or whets an appetite.

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Belt 76% connected

That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.

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Current 76% connected

Running or moving rapidly.

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Dessert 76% connected

A service of pastry, fruits, or sweetmeats, at the close of a feast or entertainment; pastry, fruits, etc., forming the last course at dinner.

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Elective 76% connected

Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act.

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Entree 76% connected

A coming in, or entrance; hence, freedom of access; permission or right to enter; as, to have the entree of a house.

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Flow 76% connected

imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

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Orientation 76% connected

The act or process of orientating; determination of the points of the compass, or the east point, in taking bearings.

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Path 76% connected

A trodden way; a footway.

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Propaedeutic 76% connected

Alt. of Propaedeutical

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Propaedeutics 76% connected

The preliminary learning connected with any art or science; preparatory instruction.

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Refresher 76% connected

One who, or that which, refreshes.

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Round 76% connected

To whisper.

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Section 76% connected

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

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Shop 76% connected

imp. of Shape. Shaped.

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Starter 76% connected

One who, or that which, starts; as, a starter on a journey; the starter of a race.

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Stream 76% connected

A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel,…

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Swath 76% connected

A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling.

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Sweet 76% connected

Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet orang…

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Track 76% connected

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

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Trail 76% connected

To hunt by the track; to track.

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Way 76% connected

Away.

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Workshop 76% connected

A shop where any manufacture or handiwork is carried on.

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Manner of action 22

Circulate 76% connected

To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.

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Drain 76% connected

To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.

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Dribble 76% connected

To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.

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Eddy 76% connected

A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current.

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Filter 76% connected

Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matte…

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Flush 76% connected

To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.

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Gush 76% connected

To issue with violence and rapidity, as a fluid; to rush forth as a fluid from confinement; to flow copiously.

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Gutter 76% connected

A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.

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Jet 76% connected

Same as 2d Get.

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Ooze 76% connected

Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or easily yield to pressure.

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Pour 76% connected

Poor.

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Purl 76% connected

To decorate with fringe or embroidery.

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Seep 76% connected

Alt. of Sipe

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Spill 76% connected

A bit of wood split off; a splinter.

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Stream 76% connected

A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel,…

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Surge 76% connected

A spring; a fountain.

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Swirl 76% connected

To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy.

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Tide 76% connected

Time; period; season.

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Trickle 76% connected

To flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops.

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Waste 76% connected

Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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Whirl 76% connected

To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.

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Whirlpool 76% connected

An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center,…

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Path 74% connected

A trodden way; a footway.

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Path 74% connected

A trodden way; a footway.

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Run 74% connected

of Run

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Run 74% connected

of Run

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Track 74% connected

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

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Track 74% connected

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

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Component part 4

Lecture 70% connected

The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture.

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Lecturing 70% connected

of Lecture

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Lesson 70% connected

Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or learner; something, as a portion of a book, assigned to a pupil to be studied or learned at one t…

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Recitation 70% connected

The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences.

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Containing whole 3

Meal 70% connected

A part; a fragment; a portion.

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Repast 70% connected

The act of taking food.

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Wall 70% connected

A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.

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Class 92% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Feed 92% connected

of Fee

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Flow 92% connected

imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

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form 92% connected

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

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Grade 92% connected

A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of fl…

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Line 92% connected

Flax; linen.

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Naturally 92% connected

In a natural manner or way; according to the usual course of things; spontaneously.

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Path 92% connected

A trodden way; a footway.

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Row 92% connected

Rough; stern; angry.

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Run 92% connected

of Run

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Track 92% connected

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

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Trend 92% connected

To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.

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