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Dilettanteish

Somewhat like a dilettante.

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Superficial 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; lying on the surface; shallow; not deep; as, a superficial color; a superficial covering; superficia…

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Superficial 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; lying on the surface; shallow; not deep; as, a superficial color; a superficial covering; superficia…

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Dilettante 92% connected

An admirer or lover of the fine arts; popularly, an amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge, desultorily, or for amuseme…

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Dilettantish 92% connected

Dilettanteish.

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Sciolistic 92% connected

Of or pertaining to sciolism, or a sciolist; partaking of sciolism; resembling a sciolist.

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Alumish adjective · 78% connection

Somewhat like alum.

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Amber seed unknown · 78% connection

Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of…

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Amble verb · 78% connection

To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks.

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Appendicularia noun · 78% connection

A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvae of other Tunica…

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Barracan noun · 78% connection

A thick, strong stuff, somewhat like camlet; -- still used for outer garments in the Levant.

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Beak noun · 78% connection

Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.

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Bell noun · 78% connection

A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a…

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Black lead unknown · 78% connection

Plumbago; graphite. It leaves a blackish mark somewhat like lead. See Graphite.

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Blare noun · 78% connection

The harsh noise of a trumpet; a loud and somewhat harsh noise, like the blast of a trumpet; a roar or bellowing.

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Boatbill noun · 78% connection

A wading bird (Cancroma cochlearia) of the tropical parts of South America. Its bill is somewhat like a boat with the keel uppermost.

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Brinish adjective · 78% connection

Like brine; somewhat salt; saltish.

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Buck's-horn noun · 78% connection

A plant with leaves branched somewhat like a buck's horn (Plantago Coronopus); also, Lobelia coronopifolia.

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Bulau noun · 78% connection

An East Indian insectivorous mammal (Gymnura Rafflesii), somewhat like a rat in appearance, but allied to the hedgehog.

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Catmint noun · 78% connection

A well-know plant of the genus Nepeta (N. Cataria), somewhat like mint, having a string scent, and sometimes used in medicine. It is s…

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Cavalierish adjective · 78% connection

Somewhat like a cavalier.

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Cinerescent adjective · 78% connection

Somewhat cinereous; of a color somewhat resembling that of wood ashes.

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Cumin noun · 78% connection

A dwarf umbelliferous plant, somewhat resembling fennel (Cuminum Cyminum), cultivated for its seeds, which have a bitterish, warm tast…

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Dilettant noun · 78% connection

A dilettante.

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