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Designative

Serving to designate or indicate; pointing out.

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Denotative 84% connected

Having power to denote; designating or marking off.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Denotative 84% connected

Having power to denote; designating or marking off.

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Denotive 84% connected

Serving to denote.

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Denotive 84% connected

Serving to denote.

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Denominate 74% connected

To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle; to name; to designate.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Denominate 74% connected

To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle; to name; to designate.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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-ory unknown · 78% connection

An adjective suffix meaning of or pertaining to, serving for; as in auditory, pertaining to or serving for hearing; prohibitory, amend…

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Accent noun · 78% connection

A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of t…

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Aim verb · 78% connection

The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of f…

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Bifarious adjective · 78% connection

Pointing two ways, as leaves that grow only on opposite sides of a branch; in two vertical rows.

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Brand verb · 78% connection

A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an anim…

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Brick verb · 78% connection

To imitate or counterfeit a brick wall on, as by smearing plaster with red ocher, making the joints with an edge tool, and pointing th…

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Compass noun · 78% connection

An instrument for determining directions upon the earth's surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot a…

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Compound noun · 78% connection

a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also c…

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Compound word noun · 78% connection

a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also c…

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Connote verb · 78% connection

To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply.

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Curb noun · 78% connection

An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the int…

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deixis noun · 78% connection

the function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing; aspects of a communicatio…

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Design noun · 78% connection

To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.

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Designate verb · 78% connection

To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to de…

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Designation noun · 78% connection

The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.

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Designatory adjective · 78% connection

Serving to designate; designative; indicating.

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Direct verb · 78% connection

To point out or show to (any one), as the direct or right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; as, he directed me to t…

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Direction noun · 78% connection

The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of te…

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