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Accent
noun · 78% connection
A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27'', i. e., twelve minutes twenty seven s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, sandglass, running, three, minutes.
Boil
verb · 78% connection
To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, sandglass, running, three, minutes.
Boiled
adjective · 78% connection
Dressed or cooked by boiling; subjected to the action of a boiling liquid; as, boiled meat; a boiled dinner; boiled clothes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, sandglass, running, three, minutes.
Brilliant
adjective · 78% connection
A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendere…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, sandglass, running, three, minutes.
Bullition
verb · 78% connection
The action of boiling; boiling. [Obs.] See Ebullition.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, sandglass, running, three, minutes.
Credence
noun · 78% connection
The small table by the side of the altar or communion table, on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, sandglass, running, three, minutes.
Cruet
noun · 78% connection
A bottle or vessel; esp., a vial or small glass bottle for holding vinegar, oil, pepper, or the like, for the table; a caster.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, sandglass, running, three, minutes.
Crystal
noun · 78% connection
A species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture than common glass, and often cut into ornamental forms. See Flint…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, sandglass, running, three, minutes.
Decoct
verb · 78% connection
To prepare by boiling; to digest in hot or boiling water; to extract the strength or flavor of by boiling; to make an infusion of.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, sandglass, running, three, minutes.
Eggery
noun · 78% connection
A place where eggs are deposited (as by sea birds) or kept; a nest of eggs.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, sandglass, running, three, minutes.
Flint glass
unknown · 78% connection
A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, sandglass, running, three, minutes.
Gelatine
noun · 78% connection
Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal tissues by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a nitrogeneous coll…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, sandglass, running, three, minutes.
Hatch
verb · 78% connection
To produce, as young, from an egg or eggs by incubation, or by artificial heat; to produce young from (eggs); as, the young when hatch…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, sandglass, running, three, minutes.
Hour
noun · 78% connection
The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? At what hour shall we meet?
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, sandglass, running, three, minutes.
Hourglass
noun · 78% connection
An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, sandglass, running, three, minutes.
Incubate
v. i. & t. · 78% connection
To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, sandglass, running, three, minutes.
Incubation
noun · 78% connection
A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, sandglass, running, three, minutes.
Intermission
noun · 78% connection
Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without intermission; an intermissio…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, sandglass, running, three, minutes.
