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Dovecote

A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.

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Columbarium 92% connected

A dovecote or pigeon house.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Columbary 92% connected

A dovecote; a pigeon house.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Alderney noun · 78% connection

One of a breed of cattle raised in Alderney, one of the Channel Islands. Alderneys are of a dun or tawny color and are often called Je…

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Angora noun · 78% connection

a domestic breed of goat raised for its long silky hair which is the true mohair

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Bed noun · 78% connection

A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground.

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Blood noun · 78% connection

Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed.

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Bore noun · 78% connection

A tidal flood which regularly or occasionally rushes into certain rivers of peculiar configuration or location, in one or more waves w…

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Breed verb · 78% connection

To engender; to cause; to occasion; to originate; to produce; as, to breed a storm; to breed disease.

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Cathetometer noun · 78% connection

An instrument for the accurate measurement of small differences of height; esp. of the differences in the height of the upper surfaces…

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Causey noun · 78% connection

A way or road raised above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground.

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Columbine adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored.

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Compartment noun · 78% connection

One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; as, the compartments of a cabinet, a…

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Considerable adjective · 78% connection

large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree; "a considerable quantity"; "the economy was a considerable issue in…

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Cornish noun · 78% connection

English breed of compact domestic fowl; raised primarily to crossbreed to produce roasters

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Cot noun · 78% connection

A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals, as for sheep or pigeons; a cote.

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Dorking fowl unknown · 78% connection

One of a breed of large-bodied domestic fowls, having five toes, or the hind toe double. There are several strains, as the white, gray…

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Dove noun · 78% connection

any of numerous small pigeons

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Dove-eyed adjective · 78% connection

Having eyes like a dove; meekeyed; as, dove-eyed Peace.

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Dovekie noun · 78% connection

A guillemot (Uria grylle), of the arctic regions. Also applied to the little auk or sea dove. See under Dove.

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Dovelet noun · 78% connection

A young or small dove.

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