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Brad
noun · 78% connection
A thin nail, usually small, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flat ci…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lopping, cutting, head, body.
Cephalo
unknown · 78% connection
A combining form denoting the head, of the head, connected with the head; as, cephalosome, cephalopod.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lopping, cutting, head, body.
Cephalotome
noun · 78% connection
An instrument for cutting into the fetal head, to facilitate delivery.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lopping, cutting, head, body.
Chief
noun · 78% connection
The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lopping, cutting, head, body.
Clubhaul
verb · 78% connection
To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's head to the win…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lopping, cutting, head, body.
Crown
noun · 78% connection
The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of Bird.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; als…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lopping, cutting, head, body.
Defalcation
noun · 78% connection
A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set- off.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lopping, cutting, head, body.
Entropy
noun · 78% connection
A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remain…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lopping, cutting, head, body.
Excavation
noun · 78% connection
An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lopping, cutting, head, body.
Head
noun · 78% connection
The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lopping, cutting, head, body.
Hermes
noun · 78% connection
Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or head and sho…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lopping, cutting, head, body.
Hood
noun · 78% connection
A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lopping, cutting, head, body.
Hook
noun · 78% connection
An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lopping, cutting, head, body.
Horn
noun · 78% connection
Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A proje…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lopping, cutting, head, body.
Hyperbola
noun · 78% connection
A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes. It…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lopping, cutting, head, body.
Incisive
adjective · 78% connection
Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; cutting; hence, sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lopping, cutting, head, body.
Kahau
noun · 78% connection
A long-nosed monkey (Semnopithecus nasalis), native of Borneo. The general color of the body is bright chestnut, with the under parts,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lopping, cutting, head, body.
Lap
noun · 78% connection
A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in po…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lopping, cutting, head, body.
