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Elevator

One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything

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Paternoster 76% connected

The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version.

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Surface 76% connected

The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, t…

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Lift 74% connected

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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Lift 74% connected

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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Building 70% connected

of Build

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Edifice 70% connected

A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehou…

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Car 70% connected

A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.

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Lift 92% connected

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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Bit verb · 78% connection

A part of anything, such as may be bitten off or taken into the mouth; a morsel; a bite. Hence: A small piece of anything; a little; a…

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Breast noun · 78% connection

Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything; as, a chimney breast; a plow breast; the breast…

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Chaff noun · 78% connection

Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything.

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Chain pump unknown · 78% connection

A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. Th…

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Coal-whipper noun · 78% connection

One who raises coal out of the hold of a ship.

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Conveyance noun · 78% connection

The instrument or means of carrying or transporting anything from place to place; the vehicle in which, or means by which, anything is…

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Cradle noun · 78% connection

A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.

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Creature noun · 78% connection

Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.

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Curvet noun · 78% connection

A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs are falling, raises h…

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Dart noun · 78% connection

Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.

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Demivolt noun · 78% connection

A half vault; one of the seven artificial motions of a horse, in which he raises his fore legs in a particular manner.

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Dependence noun · 78% connection

That which depends; anything dependent or suspended; anything attached a subordinate to, or contingent on, something else.

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Direction noun · 78% connection

The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of te…

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Disgust verb · 78% connection

Repugnance to what is offensive; aversion or displeasure produced by something loathsome; loathing; strong distaste; -- said primarily…

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Disintegration noun · 78% connection

The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated.

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Disposal noun · 78% connection

Regulation of the fate, condition, application, etc., of anything; the transference of anything into new hands, a new place, condition…

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Draw verb · 78% connection

To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling; as, a horse draws well; the sails of a ship…

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Duster noun · 78% connection

a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand; "it was the kind of duster not experienced in years"

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