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Crisscross

A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write.

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Reticular 84% connected

Having the form of a net, or of network; formed with interstices; retiform; as, reticular cartilage; a reticular leaf.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Reticular 84% connected

Having the form of a net, or of network; formed with interstices; retiform; as, reticular cartilage; a reticular leaf.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Reticulate 84% connected

Alt. of Reticulated

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Reticulate 84% connected

Alt. of Reticulated

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 7

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.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Marking 76% connected

of Mark

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Traverse 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cross 92% 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…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Mark 92% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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