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Electrocute

To execute or put to death by electricity. -- E*lec`tro*cu"tion, n. [Recent; Newspaper words]

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Kill 76% connected

A kiln.

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Fry 92% connected

To cook in a pan or on a griddle (esp. with the use of fat, butter, or olive oil) by heating over a fire; to cook in boiling lard or fat; as, to fry…

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Adjunct noun · 78% connection

A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution, where the words in i…

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Assibilation noun · 78% connection

Change of a non-sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to -shun, duke to ditch.

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Coroner noun · 78% connection

An officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire, with the help of a jury, into the cause of any violent, sudden or mysterio…

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Deadly adjective · 78% connection

Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound.

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Death's-head noun · 78% connection

A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification of death.

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Dynamo-electric adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the development of electricity, especially electrical currents, by power; producing electricity or electrical currents b…

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Electric noun · 78% connection

A nonconductor of electricity, as amber, glass, resin, etc., employed to excite or accumulate electricity.

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Electrical adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an elec…

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Electrician noun · 78% connection

An investigator of electricity; one versed in the science of electricity.

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Electrify verb · 78% connection

To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; as, to electrify a jar.

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Electro- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix or combining form signifying pertaining to electricity, produced by electricity, producing or employing electricity, etc.; as…

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Electro-magnetism noun · 78% connection

The magnetism developed by a current of electricity; the science which treats of the development of magnetism by means of voltaic elec…

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Electro-motion noun · 78% connection

The motion of electricity or its passage from one metal to another in a voltaic circuit; mechanical action produced by means of electr…

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Electrode noun · 78% connection

The path by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductor…

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Electrometer noun · 78% connection

An instrument for measuring the quantity or intensity of electricity; also, sometimes, and less properly, applied to an instrument whi…

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Electromotor noun · 78% connection

A mover or exciter of electricity; as apparatus for generating a current of electricity.

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Electroscope noun · 78% connection

An instrument for detecting the presence of electricity, or changes in the electric state of bodies, or the species of electricity pre…

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End noun · 78% connection

Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction.

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