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Dactyl

A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tegm/n/, E. mer\b6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger.

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Appendage 76% connected

Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Extremity 76% connected

The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Foot 76% connected

The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Member 76% connected

To remember; to cause to remember; to mention.

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Finger 76% connected

One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Minimus 76% connected

A being of the smallest size.

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Toe 76% connected

One of the terminal members, or digits, of the foot of a man or an animal.

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Dactylic 74% connected

Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dactylic 74% connected

Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Digital 74% connected

Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Digital 74% connected

Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Nail 70% connected

the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.

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Phalanx 70% connected

A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from…

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Vertebrate 70% connected

One of the Vertebrata.

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Digit 92% connected

One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger or toe.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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