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Bed screw
unknown · 78% connection
A long screw formerly used to fasten a bedpost to one of the adjacent side pieces.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formerly, measuring, long.
Bloodhound
noun · 78% connection
A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formerly, measuring, long.
Bowie knife
unknown · 78% connection
A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long, and double-edged near the point; -- used as a hunting knife, and formerly…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formerly, measuring, long.
Breve
noun · 78% connection
A note or character of time, equivalent to two semibreves or four minims. When dotted, it is equal to three semibreves. It was formerl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formerly, measuring, long.
Cassock
noun · 78% connection
A long outer garment formerly worn by men and women, as well as by soldiers as part of their uniform.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formerly, measuring, long.
Chronometry
noun · 78% connection
The art of measuring time; the measuring of time by periods or divisions.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formerly, measuring, long.
Cosmolabe
noun · 78% connection
An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies; -- called also pantacosm.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formerly, measuring, long.
Cracowes
n. pl. · 78% connection
Long-toed boots or shoes formerly worn in many parts of Europe; -- so called from Cracow, in Poland, where they were first worn in the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formerly, measuring, long.
Espadon
noun · 78% connection
A long, heavy, two-handed and two-edged sword, formerly used by Spanish foot soldiers and by executioners.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formerly, measuring, long.
Extensometer
noun · 78% connection
An instrument for measuring the extension of a body, especially for measuring the elongation of bars of iron, steel, or other material…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formerly, measuring, long.
Geometrid
noun · 78% connection
One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometridae; -- so called because their larvae (called loopers, measuring w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formerly, measuring, long.
Glaive
noun · 78% connection
A weapon formerly used, consisting of a large blade fixed on the end of a pole, whose edge was on the outside curve; also, a light lan…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formerly, measuring, long.
Gnomon
noun · 78% connection
A style or column erected perpendicularly to the horizon, formerly used in astronomocal observations. Its principal use was to find th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formerly, measuring, long.
Heron
noun · 78% connection
Any wading bird of the genus Ardea and allied genera, of the family Ardeidae. The herons have a long, sharp bill, and long legs and to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formerly, measuring, long.
Horology
noun · 78% connection
The science of measuring time, or the principles and art of constructing instruments for measuring and indicating portions of time, as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formerly, measuring, long.
Hyalonema
noun · 78% connection
A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together l…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formerly, measuring, long.
Line
noun · 78% connection
A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formerly, measuring, long.
Long
adjective · 78% connection
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formerly, measuring, long.
