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Cumulative

Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated.

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Additive 84% connected

Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.

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Additive 84% connected

Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.

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Accumulative 92% connected

Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass; cumulative; additional.

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Abundance noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a perc…

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Accumulate verb · 78% connection

To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money.

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Agglomerated adjective · 78% connection

Collected into a ball, heap, or mass.

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Aggregate verb · 78% connection

To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil."

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Aggregation noun · 78% connection

The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.

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Amass verb · 78% connection

To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or…

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Bed noun · 78% connection

A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals.

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Bilin noun · 78% connection

A name applied to the amorphous or crystalline mass obtained from bile by the action of alcohol and ether. It is composed of a mixture…

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Collective adjective · 78% connection

Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.

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Compound verb · 78% connection

Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a…

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Congeries n. sing & pl. · 78% connection

A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; an aggregation.

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Congestion noun · 78% connection

The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.

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Cumulate verb · 78% connection

To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to accumulate.

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Die noun · 78% connection

A hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool, made in one piece or composed of several parts, for forming screw threads on bolts, e…

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Drift noun · 78% connection

A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or water;…

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Elementality noun · 78% connection

The condition of being composed of elements, or a thing so composed.

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Gum ammoniac noun · 78% connection

The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yell…

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Half-moon noun · 78% connection

An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin.

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