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Elongation

The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension.

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Addition 76% connected

The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution.

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Improver 76% connected

One who, or that which, improves.

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Longness 76% connected

Length.

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Elongate 74% connected

To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.

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Elongate 74% connected

To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.

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Extension 92% connected

The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expa…

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Amplification noun · 78% connection

The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.

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Augment noun · 78% connection

A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs.

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Bitumen noun · 78% connection

By extension, any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha a…

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Bound verb · 78% connection

To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension of; -- said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or form, a bo…

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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…

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Carbinol noun · 78% connection

Methyl alcohol, CH3OH; -- also, by extension, any one in the homologous series of paraffine alcohols of which methyl alcohol is the ty…

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Carry verb · 78% connection

To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther.

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Cater noun · 78% connection

By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for or to.

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Chalk noun · 78% connection

Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and black lead, or the like, used in th…

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Computer file name noun · 78% connection

(computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indica…

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Computer filename noun · 78% connection

(computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indica…

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Continuation noun · 78% connection

That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.

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Continued p. p. & a. · 78% connection

Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after i…

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Coronated adjective · 78% connection

Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished; -- said of birds.

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Crest noun · 78% connection

A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpe…

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Dago noun · 78% connection

A nickname given to a person of Spanish (or, by extension, Portuguese or Italian) descent.

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Depectible adjective · 78% connection

Tough; thick; capable of extension.

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Diffusion noun · 78% connection

The act of diffusing, or the state of being diffused; a spreading; extension; dissemination; circulation; dispersion.

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