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Back
noun · 78% connection
The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back…
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Backplate
noun · 78% connection
A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.
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Bombardon
noun · 78% connection
Originally, a deep-toned instrument of the oboe or bassoon family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ. The name bombardon is now gi…
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Bush
noun · 78% connection
A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern…
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Cohobate
verb · 78% connection
To repeat the distillation of, pouring the liquor back upon the matter remaining in the vessel.
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Countersign
verb · 78% connection
To sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or writing); hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal or superior, in…
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Crownwork
noun · 78% connection
a type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from…
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Denote
verb · 78% connection
To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the cl…
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Direction
noun · 78% connection
a general course along which something has a tendency to develop; "I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts"; "his ideals deter…
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Dorsiferous
unknown · 78% connection
Bearing, or producing, on the back; -- applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, the ova…
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Echo
verb · 78% connection
To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate.
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Furl
verb · 78% connection
To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or arou…
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Gittith
noun · 78% connection
A musical instrument, of unknown character, supposed by some to have been used by the people of Gath, and thence obtained by David. It…
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Hydrometer
noun · 78% connection
An instrument for determining the specific gravities of liquids, and thence the strength spirituous liquors, saline solutions, etc.
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Hydrometry
noun · 78% connection
The art of determining the specific gravity of liquids, and thence the strength of spirituous liquors, saline solutions, etc.
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Niopo
noun · 78% connection
A kind of snuff prepared by the natives of Venezuela from the roasted seeds of a leguminous tree (Piptadenia peregrina), thence called…
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Note
noun · 78% connection
A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
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Oe
unknown · 78% connection
a diphthong, employed in the Latin language, and thence in the English language, as the representative of the Greek diphthong oi. In m…
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