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Extraction

The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture.

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Action 76% connected

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ancestry 76% connected

Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.

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Derivation 76% connected

A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.

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Filiation 76% connected

The relationship of a son or child to a parent, esp. to a father.

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Lineage 76% connected

Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.

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Remotion 76% connected

The act of removing; removal.

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Removal 76% connected

The act of removing, or the state of being removed.

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Decoction 76% connected

The act or process of boiling anything in a watery fluid to extract its virtues.

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Dehydration 76% connected

The act or process of freeing from water; also, the condition of a body from which the water has been removed.

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Desiccation 76% connected

The act of desiccating, or the state of being desiccated.

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Evaporation 76% connected

The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camph…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Infusion 76% connected

The act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling; instillation; as, the infusion of good principles into the mind; the infusion of ardor or zeal.

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Distil 74% connected

See Distill.

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Distil 74% connected

See Distill.

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Extract 74% connected

To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Extract 74% connected

To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Descent 92% connected

The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Origin 92% connected

The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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