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A marriage portion; dowry.

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Manner of action 8

Bespangle 76% connected

To adorn with spangles; to dot or sprinkle with something brilliant or glittering.

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Plash 76% connected

A small pool of standing water; a puddle.

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Spatter 76% connected

To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Splash 76% connected

To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.

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Splatter 76% connected

To spatter; to splash.

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Spray 76% connected

A small shoot or branch; a twig.

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Sprinkle 76% connected

To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc.

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Swash 76% connected

An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work.

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Broader term 9

Continue 76% connected

To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Disc 76% connected

A flat round plate

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Discharge 76% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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Disk 76% connected

A discus; a quoit.

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Extend 76% connected

To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

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Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Saucer 76% connected

A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table.

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Write 76% connected

To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the charact…

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Derivationally related 6

Constellation 74% connected

A cluster or group of fixed stars, or dvision of the heavens, designated in most cases by the name of some animal, or of some mythologial personage,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Constellation 74% connected

A cluster or group of fixed stars, or dvision of the heavens, designated in most cases by the name of some animal, or of some mythologial personage,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dust 74% connected

Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled too minute portion…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dust 74% connected

Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled too minute portion…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Point 74% connected

To appoint.

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Point 74% connected

To appoint.

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Containing whole 1

Morse 70% connected

The walrus. See Walrus.

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Synonym 12

Acid 92% connected

Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: Sour-tempered.

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Constellate 92% connected

To join luster; to shine with united radiance, or one general light.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Disperse 92% connected

To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dit 92% connected

A word; a decree.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dose 92% connected

The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dust 92% connected

Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled too minute portion…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pane 92% connected

The narrow edge of a hammer head. See Peen.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Point 92% connected

To appoint.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Scatter 92% connected

To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sprinkle 92% connected

To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stud 92% connected

A collection of breeding horses and mares, or the place where they are kept; also, a number of horses kept for a racing, riding, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Transportation 92% connected

The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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