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Cumulus

One of the four principal forms of clouds. SeeCloud.

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Accumulation 76% connected

The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of…

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Aggregation 76% connected

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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Assemblage 76% connected

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

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Cloud 76% connected

A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.

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Collection 76% connected

The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

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Dunghill 76% connected

A heap of dung.

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Midden 76% connected

A dunghill.

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Pyre 76% connected

A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt.

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Shock 76% connected

A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stoo…

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Stack 76% connected

A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a poi…

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Thunderhead 76% connected

A rounded mass of cloud, with shining white edges; a cumulus, -- often appearing before a thunderstorm.

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Pile 74% connected

A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.

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Pile 74% connected

A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.

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Agglomerate 92% connected

To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.

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Cumulation 92% connected

The act of heaping together; a heap. See Accumulation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Heap 92% connected

A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mound 92% connected

A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmount…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pile 92% connected

A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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