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Expensive

Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family.

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Costly 84% connected

Of great cost; expensive; dear.

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Costly 84% connected

Of great cost; expensive; dear.

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Dear 84% connected

Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive.

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Dear 84% connected

Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive.

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Expend 74% connected

To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend mon…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Expend 74% connected

To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend mon…

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Valuable 66% connected

Having value or worth; possessing qualities which are useful and esteemed; precious; costly; as, a valuable horse; valuable land; a valuable cargo.

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Valuable 66% connected

Having value or worth; possessing qualities which are useful and esteemed; precious; costly; as, a valuable horse; valuable land; a valuable cargo.

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Cheap 94% connected

A bargain; a purchase; cheapness.

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Cheap 94% connected

A bargain; a purchase; cheapness.

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Anasarca noun · 78% connection

Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swel…

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Array noun · 78% connection

To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind.

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At preposition · 78% connection

Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence, nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at th…

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Bounteous adjective · 78% connection

Liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generously liberal; munificent; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts; as, bounteous produc…

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Chargeable adjective · 78% connection

Serving to create expense; costly; burdensome.

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Dereliction noun · 78% connection

A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is gained.

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Discomfortable adjective · 78% connection

Causing discomfort; occasioning uneasiness; making sad.

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Dispense noun · 78% connection

Expense; profusion; outlay.

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Dolorous adjective · 78% connection

Occasioning pain or grief; painful.

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Dress verb · 78% connection

To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically: (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an inten…

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Dubious adjective · 78% connection

Occasioning doubt; not clear, or obvious; equivocal; questionable; doubtful; as, a dubious answer.

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Electrical adjective · 78% connection

Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as, an electric or electrical machine or substance.

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Expense noun · 78% connection

That which is expended, laid out, or consumed; cost; outlay; charge; -- sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom t…

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Expensefull adjective · 78% connection

Full of expense; costly; chargeable.

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Family verb · 78% connection

Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the…

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Fashion noun · 78% connection

The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.; partic…

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High superl. · 78% connection

Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price.

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Home noun · 78% connection

One's own dwelling place; the house in which one lives; esp., the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one'…

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