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Brad
noun · 78% connection
A thin nail, usually small, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flat ci…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, head, tilting, spear.
Burr
noun · 78% connection
A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, head, tilting, spear.
Cephalo
unknown · 78% connection
A combining form denoting the head, of the head, connected with the head; as, cephalosome, cephalopod.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, head, tilting, spear.
Coronel
noun · 78% connection
The iron head of a tilting spear, divided into two, three, or four blunt points.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, head, tilting, spear.
Coronet
noun · 78% connection
The iron head of a tilting spear; a coronel.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, head, tilting, spear.
Crown
noun · 78% connection
The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of Bird.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; als…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, head, tilting, spear.
Doryphoros
noun · 78% connection
A spear bearer; a statue of a man holding a spear or in the attitude of a spear bearer. Several important sculptures of this subject e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, head, tilting, spear.
Dump
verb · 78% connection
To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand, coal, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, head, tilting, spear.
Ferrous
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, iron; -- especially used of compounds of iron in which the iron has its lower valence; as, ferrous sul…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, head, tilting, spear.
Finery
noun · 78% connection
A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, head, tilting, spear.
Harpoon
noun · 78% connection
A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, tri…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, head, tilting, spear.
Head
noun · 78% connection
The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, head, tilting, spear.
Hematite
noun · 78% connection
An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because of the red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent rhombohedral cryst…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, head, tilting, spear.
Iron
noun · 78% connection
The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, head, tilting, spear.
Irony
adjective · 78% connection
Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, head, tilting, spear.
Joust
verb · 78% connection
A tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two knights in the lists or inclosed field.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, head, tilting, spear.
Lance
noun · 78% connection
A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, head, tilting, spear.
Limonite
noun · 78% connection
Hydrous sesquioxide of iron, an important ore of iron, occurring in stalactitic, mammillary, or earthy forms, of a dark brown color, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron, head, tilting, spear.
