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Disjunctive

Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining.

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Adversative 84% connected

Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force.

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Adversative 84% connected

Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force.

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Alternative 84% connected

Offering a choice of two things.

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Alternative 84% connected

Offering a choice of two things.

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Divisional 84% connected

That divides; pertaining to, making, or noting, a division; as, a divisional line; a divisional general; a divisional surgeon of police.

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Divisional 84% connected

That divides; pertaining to, making, or noting, a division; as, a divisional line; a divisional general; a divisional surgeon of police.

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Oppositive 84% connected

Capable of being put in opposition.

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Oppositive 84% connected

Capable of being put in opposition.

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Partitive 84% connected

Denoting a part; as, a partitive genitive.

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Partitive 84% connected

Denoting a part; as, a partitive genitive.

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Separative 84% connected

Causing, or being to cause, separation.

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Separative 84% connected

Causing, or being to cause, separation.

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Disjoin 74% connected

To part; to disunite; to separate; to sunder.

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Disjoin 74% connected

To part; to disunite; to separate; to sunder.

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Ab- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from, away , separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract, abscond. See A-(6).

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Abscession noun · 78% connection

A separating; removal; also, an abscess.

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Abstraction adjective · 78% connection

The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.

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Amalgamation noun · 78% connection

The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; -- applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver f…

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Amalgamator noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in…

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Analyse verb · 78% connection

To study something carefully to understand how its parts work together.

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Analyzation noun · 78% connection

The act of analyzing, or separating into constituent parts; analysis.

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Anatomy noun · 78% connection

The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, a…

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Anfractuosity noun · 78% connection

A sinuous depression or sulcus like those separating the convolutions of the brain.

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Archipelago noun · 78% connection

The Grecian Archipelago, or Aegean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands.

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Atmolysis noun · 78% connection

The act or process of separating mingled gases of unequal diffusibility by transmission through porous substances.

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Bite verb · 78% connection

The act of seizing with the teeth or mouth; the act of wounding or separating with the teeth or mouth; a seizure with the teeth or mou…

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Bolter noun · 78% connection

An instrument or machine for separating bran from flour, or the coarser part of meal from the finer; a sieve.

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Boundary noun · 78% connection

That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imagina…

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Bowing noun · 78% connection

In hatmaking, the act or process of separating and distributing the fur or hair by means of a bow, to prepare it for felting.

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Choice noun · 78% connection

Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of th…

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Comb noun · 78% connection

A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc.

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Conducive adjective · 78% connection

Loading or tending; helpful; contributive; tending to promote.

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