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Ambit 76% connected

Circuit or compass.

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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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Bound 76% connected

of Bind

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Boundary 76% connected

That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit.

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Compass 76% connected

A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.

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Deepness 76% connected

The state or quality of being deep, profound, mysterious, secretive, etc.; depth; profundity; -- opposed to shallowness.

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Depth 76% connected

The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the…

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Expanse 76% connected

That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky.

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Frontage 76% connected

The front part of an edifice or lot; extent of front.

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Length 76% connected

The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can…

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Limit 76% connected

That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a…

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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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Range 76% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

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Reach 76% connected

To retch.

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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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Degree 76% connected

A step, stair, or staircase.

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Level 76% connected

A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface…

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Magnitude 76% connected

Extent of dimensions; size; -- applied to things that have length, breath, and thickness.

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Stage 76% connected

A floor or story of a house.

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Broaden 74% connected

To grow broad; to become broader or wider.

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Broaden 74% connected

To grow broad; to become broader or wider.

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Extend 74% connected

To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

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Extend 74% connected

To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

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Run 74% connected

of Run

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Run 74% connected

of Run

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