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Diagram

A figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement, or facilitate a demonstration; a plan.

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Draw 76% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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Drawing 76% connected

of Draw

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graph 76% connected

A diagram representing data or a set of equations

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Horoscope 76% connected

The representation made of the aspect of the heavens at the moment of a person's birth, by which the astrologer professed to foretell the events of t…

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Schematic 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a scheme or a schema.

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Zodiac 76% connected

An imaginary belt in the heavens, 16? or 18? broad, in the middle of which is the ecliptic, or sun's path. It comprises the twelve constellations, wh…

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Diagrammatic 74% connected

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a diagram; showing by diagram.

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Diagrammatic 74% connected

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a diagram; showing by diagram.

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Plot 92% connected

A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.

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Application noun · 78% connection

The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or cor…

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Brief adjective · 78% connection

An abridgment or concise statement of a client's case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at law. This word is applied…

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Budget noun · 78% connection

The annual financial statement which the British chancellor of the exchequer makes in the House of Commons. It comprehends a general v…

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Comment verb · 78% connection

To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meani…

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Conceive verb · 78% connection

To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope.

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Contradiction noun · 78% connection

(logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement ‘he is brave and he is not brave’ is a contradiction"

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Contradiction in terms noun · 78% connection

(logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement ‘he is brave and he is not brave’ is a contradiction"

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Counterview noun · 78% connection

A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.

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Cryophorus noun · 78% connection

An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary form consists of two glass bulbs, connecte…

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Cylindroid noun · 78% connection

A certain surface of the third degree, described by a moving straight line; -- used to illustrate the motions of a rigid body and also…

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Describe verb · 78% connection

To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch wav…

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Design noun · 78% connection

The realization of an inventive or decorative plan; esp., a work of decorative art considered as a new creation; conception or plan sh…

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Devise verb · 78% connection

To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought…

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Draff noun · 78% connection

A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. See Draught.

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Draught verb · 78% connection

To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.

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Elucidate verb · 78% connection

To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.

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Exegetical adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to exegesis; tending to unfold or illustrate; explanatory; expository.

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Exemplify verb · 78% connection

To show or illustrate by example.

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