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Donkey

An ass; or (less frequently) a mule.

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Allegory 76% connected

A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances.…

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Ass 76% connected

A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is pat…

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Emblem 76% connected

Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.

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Burro 76% connected

A donkey.

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Moke 76% connected

A donkey.

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Steed noun · 85% connection

(literary) a spirited horse for state of war

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Floor noun · 85% connection

a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"

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Level noun · 85% connection

a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"

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Storey noun · 85% connection

a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"

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Story noun · 85% connection

a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"

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Attic noun · 84% connection

floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage

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Basement noun · 84% connection

the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage

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Cellar noun · 84% connection

the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage

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Entresol noun · 84% connection

intermediate floor just above the ground floor

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Garret noun · 84% connection

floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage

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Loft noun · 84% connection

floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space

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Mezzanine noun · 84% connection

intermediate floor just above the ground floor

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Tempest noun · 78% connection

(literary) a violent wind; "a tempest swept over the island"

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Imagery noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

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Imagination noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

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Imaging noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

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Mental imagery noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

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Ambiguity noun · 78% connection

unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

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Aggravate verb · 78% connection

To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: less, frequently, mule.
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Alborak noun · 78% connection

The imaginary milk-white animal on which Mohammed was said to have been carried up to heaven; a white mule.

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Attenuate verb · 78% connection

To make thin or less consistent; to render less viscid or dense; to rarefy. Specifically: To subtilize, as the humors of the body, or…

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Beat verb · 78% connection

To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instrumen…

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Bisulphide noun · 78% connection

A sulphide having two atoms of sulphur in the molecule; a disulphide, as in iron pyrites, FeS2; -- less frequently called bisulphuret.

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Blacktail noun · 78% connection

The black-tailed deer (Cervus / Cariacus Columbianus) of California and Oregon; also, the mule deer of the Rocky Mountains. See Mule d…

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Buck verb · 78% connection

To spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; -- said of a vicio…

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Bucker noun · 78% connection

A horse or mule that bucks.

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Caada noun · 78% connection

A small caon; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley.

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Cacolet noun · 78% connection

A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts, or…

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Comparative adjective · 78% connection

Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degree…

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Creel noun · 78% connection

A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.

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Cross noun · 78% connection

(genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding pla…

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