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Environs

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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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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Habitat 76% connected

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

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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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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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Setting 76% connected

of Set

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Environment 92% connected

Act of environing; state of being environed.

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Purlieu 92% connected

Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so a…

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Surround 92% connected

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

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About preposition · 78% connection

In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (one's person).

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Birthplace noun · 78% connection

The town, city, or country, where a person is born; place of origin or birth, in its more general sense.

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Bombardment noun · 78% connection

An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or f…

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Borough noun · 78% connection

In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, con…

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Cantonment noun · 78% connection

A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an…

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City noun · 78% connection

A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or…

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Cocagne noun · 78% connection

The land of cockneys; cockneydom; -- a term applied to London and its suburbs.

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Country adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.

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Elsewhere adverb · 78% connection

In some other place; in other places, indefinitely; as, it is reported in town and elsewhere.

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Emporium noun · 78% connection

A place of trade; a market place; a mart; esp., a city or town with extensive commerce; the commercial center of a country.

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Encircle verb · 78% connection

To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city.

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Encompass verb · 78% connection

To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army…

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Faculae n. pl. · 78% connection

Groups of small shining spots on the surface of the sun which are brighter than the other parts of the photosphere. They are generally…

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Inclose verb · 78% connection

To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops;…

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Inhabitant noun · 78% connection

One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, as distinguished from a transient lodger or visitor; as, an inhabitant of a house, a…

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Invest verb · 78% connection

To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; a…

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Lyceum noun · 78% connection

A place of exercise with covered walks, in the suburbs of Athens, where Aristotle taught philosophy.

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Market noun · 78% connection

A public place (as an open space in a town) or a large building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp., a place…

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