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Covering

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Anointing 76% connected

of Anoint

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Anointment 76% connected

The act of anointing, or state of being anointed; also, an ointment.

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Bark 76% connected

To strip the bark from; to peel.

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Blanket 76% connected

A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing; also, a similar fabric used as a robe; or any fabric used as…

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Bubble 76% connected

A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.

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Canopy 76% connected

A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of honor.

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Cap 76% connected

A covering for the head

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Case 76% connected

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cove…

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Casing 76% connected

of Case

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Chlamys 76% connected

A loose and flowing outer garment, worn by the ancient Greeks; a kind of cloak.

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Cloak 76% connected

A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by wome…

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Clothing 76% connected

of Clothe

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Coat 76% connected

An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.

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Coating 76% connected

of Coat

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Concealment 76% connected

The act of concealing; the state of being concealed.

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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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Covert 76% connected

Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.

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Crust 76% connected

The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow.

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Daubing 76% connected

of Daub

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Drape 76% connected

To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc.

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Dressing 76% connected

of Dress

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Eggshell 76% connected

The shell or exterior covering of an egg. Also used figuratively for anything resembling an eggshell.

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Envelope 76% connected

Alt. of Envelop

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Facing 76% connected

of Face

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Finger 76% connected

One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb.

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Flap 76% connected

Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.

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Folder 76% connected

One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelike instrument used for folding paper.

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Foliation 76% connected

The process of forming into a leaf or leaves.

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Fumigation 76% connected

The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.

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Galvanization 76% connected

The act of process of galvanizing.

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Grooming 76% connected

of Groom

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Habiliment 76% connected

A garment; an article of clothing.

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Hood 76% connected

State; condition.

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Imbrication 76% connected

An overlapping of the edges, like that of tiles or shingles; hence, intricacy of structure; also, a pattern or decoration representing such a structu…

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Incrustation 76% connected

The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.

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Indument 76% connected

Plumage; feathers.

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Indusium 76% connected

A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower.

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Instep 76% connected

The arched middle portion of the human foot next in front of the ankle joint.

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Integument 76% connected

That which naturally invests or covers another thing, as the testa or the tegmen of a seed; specifically (Anat.), a covering which invests the body,…

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Lapping 76% connected

of Lap

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Lining 76% connected

of Line

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Lubrication 76% connected

The act of lubricating; the act of making slippery.

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Mantle 76% connected

A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope.

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Mask 76% connected

A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.

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Matting 76% connected

of Mat

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Painting 76% connected

of Paint

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Papering 76% connected

of Paper

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Pavage 76% connected

See Pavage.

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Paving 76% connected

of Pave

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Perianth 76% connected

The leaves of a flower generally, especially when the calyx and corolla are not readily distinguished.

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Pericarp 76% connected

The ripened ovary; the walls of the fruit. See Illusts. of Capsule, Drupe, and Legume.

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Peridium 76% connected

The envelope or coat of certain fungi, such as the puffballs and earthstars.

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Perigone 76% connected

Any organ inclosing the essential organs of a flower; a perianth.

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Perigonium 76% connected

Same as Perigone.

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Planking 76% connected

of Plank

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Plastering 76% connected

of Plaster

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Plating 76% connected

of Plate

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Protection 76% connected

The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection.

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Roof 76% connected

The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon t…

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Sac 76% connected

See Sacs.

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Scale 76% connected

The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when ap…

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Screen 76% connected

Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire s…

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Scumble 76% connected

To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the stump, or to make any si…

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Sheath 76% connected

A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.

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Shell 76% connected

A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.

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Skim 76% connected

To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; t…

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Slough 76% connected

Slow.

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Snowcap 76% connected

A very small humming bird (Microchaera albocoronata) native of New Grenada.

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Swathing 76% connected

of Swathe

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Test 76% connected

A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.

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Theca 76% connected

A sheath; a case; as, the theca, or cell, of an anther; the theca, or spore case, of a fungus; the theca of the spinal cord.

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Thumb 76% connected

The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See Pollex.

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Tiling 76% connected

of Tile

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Tinning 76% connected

of Tin

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Toe 76% connected

One of the terminal members, or digits, of the foot of a man or an animal.

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Top 76% connected

A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…

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Upholstery 76% connected

The articles or goods supplied by upholsterers; the business or work of an upholsterer.

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Vesture 76% connected

A garment or garments; a robe; clothing; dress; apparel; vestment; covering; envelope.

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Waxing 76% connected

of Wax

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Wear 76% connected

Same as Weir.

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Wearable 76% connected

Capable of being worn; suitable to be worn.

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Wrap 76% connected

To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.

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Wrapper 76% connected

One who, or that which, wraps.

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Wrapping 76% connected

of Wrap

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Broader term 6

Artefact 76% connected

a man-made object taken as a whole

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Artifact 76% connected

a man-made object taken as a whole

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Concealing 76% connected

of Conceal

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Concealment 76% connected

The act of concealing; the state of being concealed.

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Hiding 76% connected

of Hide

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Protection 76% connected

The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection.

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Derivationally related 2

Cover 74% 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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Cover 74% 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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Synonym 5

Application 92% connected

The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

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Coating 92% connected

of Coat

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Cover 92% 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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Masking 92% connected

of Mask

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Screening 92% connected

of Screen

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