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Cycle

An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.

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Interval 76% connected

A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Rate 76% connected

To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.

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Recur 76% connected

To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind.

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Repeat 76% connected

To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.

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Repetition 76% connected

The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.

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Ride 76% connected

To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

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Series 76% connected

A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as,…

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Merry-go-round 76% connected

Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; esp., a ring of flying hobbyhorses.

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Ordinary 76% connected

According to established order; methodical; settled; regular.

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Tandem 76% connected

One after another; -- said especially of horses harnessed and driven one before another, instead of abreast.

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Velocipede 76% connected

A light road carriage propelled by the feet of the rider. Originally it was propelled by striking the tips of the toes on the roadway, but commonly n…

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Bike 74% connected

A nest of wild bees, wasps, or ants; a swarm.

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Bike 74% connected

A nest of wild bees, wasps, or ants; a swarm.

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Cyclic 74% connected

Alt. of Cyclical

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Cyclic 74% connected

Alt. of Cyclical

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Cyclical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time.

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Cyclical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time.

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Entails 1

Kick 72% connected

To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.

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Component part 6

Chain 70% connected

A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornam…

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Pedal 70% connected

Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglio…

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Phase 70% connected

That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same o…

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Saddle 70% connected

A seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, a…

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Treadle 70% connected

The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.

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Synonym 8

Bicycle 92% connected

A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranks or levers.

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Bike 92% connected

A nest of wild bees, wasps, or ants; a swarm.

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hertz 92% connected

The unit of frequency, equal to one cycle per second

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Oscillation 92% connected

The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and forward, like a pendulum; vibration.

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Pedal 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglio…

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Rhythm 92% connected

In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents, etc., producing an agreeable effec…

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Round 92% connected

To whisper.

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Wheel 92% connected

A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or na…

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