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Environment

Act of environing; state of being environed.

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Area 76% connected

Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

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Arena 76% connected

The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered w…

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Background 76% connected

Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.

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Circumstance 76% connected

That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.

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Context 76% connected

Knit or woven together; close; firm.

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Domain 76% connected

Dominion; empire; authority.

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Element 76% connected

One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are…

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Field 76% connected

Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.

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Habitat 76% connected

The natural abode, locality or region of an animal or plant.

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Home 76% connected

See Homelyn.

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Medium 76% connected

That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean.

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Orbit 76% connected

The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.

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Scene 76% connected

The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the st…

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Scope 76% connected

That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate de…

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Setting 76% connected

of Set

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Sphere 76% connected

A body or space contained under a single surface, which in every part is equally distant from a point within called its center.

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Street 76% connected

Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses.

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Situation 76% connected

Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

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Environs 92% connected

The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town.

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Surround 92% connected

To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

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