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Eldest

Oldest; longest in duration.

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First 84% connected

Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.

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First 84% connected

Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.

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Issue 76% connected

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Offspring 76% connected

The act of production; generation.

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Progeny 76% connected

Descendants of the human kind, or offspring of other animals; children; offspring; race, lineage.

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Firstborn 92% connected

First brought forth; first in the order of nativity; eldest; hence, most excellent; most distinguished or exalted.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Acute schizophrenic episode noun · 78% connection

schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months)

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At preposition · 78% connection

The relation of a point or position in a series, or of degree, rate, or value; as, with the thermometer at 80?; goods sold at a cheap…

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Childe noun · 78% connection

A cognomen formerly prefixed to his name by the oldest son, until he succeeded to his ancestral titles, or was knighted; as, Childe Ro…

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Contract verb · 78% connection

To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in duration; as, iron contracts…

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Crowd noun · 78% connection

An ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind of violin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played with a bow.

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Discolith noun · 78% connection

One of a species of coccoliths, having an oval discoidal body, with a thick strongly refracting rim, and a thinner central portion. On…

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Dorian order noun · 78% connection

the oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base

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Doric adjective · 78% connection

Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second of t…

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Doric order noun · 78% connection

the oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base

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Estate for life noun · 78% connection

(law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it

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Eternity noun · 78% connection

Infinite duration, without beginning in the past or end in the future; also, duration without end in the future; endless time.

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Everlastingness noun · 78% connection

The state of being everlasting; endless duration; indefinite duration.

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Femoris noun · 78% connection

the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee

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Femur noun · 78% connection

the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee

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Greyhound noun · 78% connection

A slender, graceful breed of dogs, remarkable for keen sight and swiftness. It is one of the oldest varieties known, and is figured on…

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Himyaritic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to Himyar, an ancient king of Yemen, in Arabia, or to his successors or people; as, the Himjaritic characters, language, et…

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Ileum noun · 78% connection

The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine.

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Jointer noun · 78% connection

The longest plane used by a joiner.

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