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Aam
noun · 78% connection
A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36 1/2, at Ha…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, cloth, rarely, different, lengths.
Accent
noun · 78% connection
A mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten inches.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, cloth, rarely, different, lengths.
Acre
noun · 78% connection
A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, cloth, rarely, different, lengths.
Almude
noun · 78% connection
A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal the Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallons U. S.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, cloth, rarely, different, lengths.
Anglicize
verb · 78% connection
To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, cloth, rarely, different, lengths.
Anglo-
unknown · 78% connection
A combining form meaning the same as English; or English and, or English conjoined with; as, Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German, Anglo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, cloth, rarely, different, lengths.
Anker
noun · 78% connection
A liquid measure in various countries of Europe. The Dutch anker, formerly also used in England, contained about 10 of the old wine ga…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, cloth, rarely, different, lengths.
Arpen
noun · 78% connection
Formerly, a measure of land in France, varying in different parts of the country. The arpent of Paris was 4,088 sq. yards, or nearly f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, cloth, rarely, different, lengths.
Aune
noun · 78% connection
A French cloth measure, of different parts of the country (at Paris, 0.95 of an English ell); -- now superseded by the meter.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, cloth, rarely, different, lengths.
Black letter
unknown · 78% connection
The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It wa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, cloth, rarely, different, lengths.
Boll
noun · 78% connection
A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, six bushe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, cloth, rarely, different, lengths.
Bond
noun · 78% connection
The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, cloth, rarely, different, lengths.
Boomerang
noun · 78% connection
A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, cloth, rarely, different, lengths.
Boor
noun · 78% connection
A Dutch, German, or Russian peasant; esp. a Dutch colonist in South Africa, Guiana, etc.: a boer.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, cloth, rarely, different, lengths.
Cashew
noun · 78% connection
A tree (Anacardium occidentale) of the same family which the sumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized in all tr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, cloth, rarely, different, lengths.
Clinker
noun · 78% connection
A kind of brick. See Dutch clinker, under Dutch.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, cloth, rarely, different, lengths.
Different
adjective · 78% connection
Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; differ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, cloth, rarely, different, lengths.
Dollar
noun · 78% connection
A coin of the same general weight and value, though differing slightly in different countries, current in Mexico, Canada, parts of Sou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, cloth, rarely, different, lengths.
