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Eye

A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.

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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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Attending 76% connected

of Attend

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Attention 76% connected

The act or state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; exclusive or specia…

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Country 76% connected

A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region o…

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Discernment 76% connected

The act of discerning.

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Hole 76% connected

Whole.

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Judgement 76% connected

the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

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Judgment 76% connected

The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values and relations of thins, wh…

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Look 76% connected

To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…

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Sagacity 76% connected

The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrew…

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Narrower term 6

Hub 76% connected

The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box.

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Ocellus 76% connected

A little eye; a minute simple eye found in many invertebrates.

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Od 76% connected

An alleged force or natural power, supposed, by Reichenbach and others, to produce the phenomena of mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencie…

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Peeper 76% connected

A chicken just breaking the shell; a young bird.

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Seat 76% connected

The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

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Stemma 76% connected

One of the ocelli of an insect. See Ocellus.

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Derivationally related 6

Eyehole 74% connected

A circular opening to recive a hook, cord, ring, or rope; an eyelet.

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Eyehole 74% connected

A circular opening to recive a hook, cord, ring, or rope; an eyelet.

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Eyelet 74% connected

A small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc.

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Eyelet 74% connected

A small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc.

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Middle 74% connected

Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station…

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Middle 74% connected

Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station…

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Aperture 70% connected

The act of opening.

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Canthus 70% connected

The corner where the upper and under eyelids meet on each side of the eye.

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Choroid 70% connected

resembling the chorion; as, the choroid plexuses of the ventricles of the brain, and the choroid coat of the eyeball.

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Conjunctiva 70% connected

The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the conjunctival membrane.

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Cornea 70% connected

The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.

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Eyeball 70% connected

The ball or globe of the eye.

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Eyelid 70% connected

The cover of the eye; that portion of movable skin with which an animal covers or uncovers the eyeball at pleasure.

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Iris 70% connected

The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods.

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Lens 70% connected

A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, a…

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Lid 70% connected

That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk.

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Orb 70% connected

A blank window or panel.

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Palpebra 70% connected

The eyelid.

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Retina 70% connected

The delicate membrane by which the back part of the globe of the eye is lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerve terminate. See Eye.

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Uvea 70% connected

The posterior pigmented layer of the iris; -- sometimes applied to the whole iris together with the choroid coat.

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Containing whole 2

Face 70% connected

The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which…

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Needle 70% connected

A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing.

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Synonym 7

Center 92% connected

A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…

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Centre 92% connected

To be placed in a center; to be central.

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Eyeball 92% connected

The ball or globe of the eye.

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Heart 92% connected

A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.

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Middle 92% connected

Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station…

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Oculus 92% connected

An eye; (Bot.) a leaf bud.

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Optic 92% connected

The organ of sight; an eye.

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