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The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.

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Verb group 8

Hold 84% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Hold 84% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Own 84% connected

To grant; to acknowledge; to admit to be true; to confess; to recognize in a particular character; as, we own that we have forfeited your love.

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Own 84% connected

To grant; to acknowledge; to admit to be true; to confess; to recognize in a particular character; as, we own that we have forfeited your love.

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Possess 84% connected

To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold.

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Possess 84% connected

To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold.

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Manner of action 19

Abound 76% connected

To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent; to be plentiful.

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Bear 76% connected

To support or sustain; to hold up.

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Boast 76% connected

To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's se…

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Brim 76% connected

The rim, border, or upper edge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything.

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Bristle 76% connected

A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.

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Burst 76% connected

of Burst

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Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Combine 76% connected

To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous substance, as by chemical u…

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Imply 76% connected

To infold or involve; to wrap up.

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Involve 76% connected

To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.

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Pack 76% connected

A pact.

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Possess 76% connected

To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold.

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Read 76% connected

Rennet. See 3d Reed.

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Say 76% connected

Saw.

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Sport 76% connected

That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.

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Star 76% connected

One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon, comets, and nebulae.

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Unite 76% connected

To put together so as to make one; to join, as two or more constituents, to form a whole; to combine; to connect; to join; to cause to adhere; as, to…

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Wear 76% connected

Same as Weir.

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Broader term 13

Article 76% connected

A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various to…

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Attribute 76% connected

To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to…

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Dimension 76% connected

Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural, measure in leng…

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Film 76% connected

A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering.

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Flick 76% connected

To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots.

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have 76% connected

of Have

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Merchandise 76% connected

The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities.

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Pic 76% connected

A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.

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Picture 76% connected

The art of painting; representation by painting.

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Product 76% connected

Anything that is produced, whether as the result of generation, growth, labor, or thought, or by the operation of involuntary causes; as, the product…

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Property 76% connected

That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as,…

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Ware 76% connected

Wore.

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Narrower term 25

Aspect 76% connected

The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance.

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Attracter 76% connected

One who, or that which, attracts.

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Attraction 76% connected

An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending…

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Attractor 76% connected

One who, or that which, attracts.

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Badge 76% connected

A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman.

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Brow 76% connected

The prominent ridge over the eye, with the hair that covers it, forming an arch above the orbit.

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Centerpiece 76% connected

Alt. of Centrepiece

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Centrepiece 76% connected

An ornament to be placed in the center, as of a table, ceiling, atc.; a central article or figure.

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Cheek 76% connected

The side of the face below the eye.

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Chin 76% connected

The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point of the under jaw.

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Contour 76% connected

The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.

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Excellence 76% connected

The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.

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Excellency 76% connected

Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.

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External 76% connected

Outward; exterior; relating to the outside, as of a body; being without; acting from without; -- opposed to internal; as, the external form or surfac…

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Facet 76% connected

A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond.

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Forehead 76% connected

The front of that part of the head which incloses the brain; that part of the face above the eyes; the brow.

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Invariant 76% connected

An invariable quantity; specifically, a function of the coefficients of one or more forms, which remains unaltered, when these undergo suitable linea…

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Jaw 76% connected

One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.

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Jowl 76% connected

The cheek; the jaw.

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Leader 76% connected

One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.

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Magnet 76% connected

The loadstone; a species of iron ore (the ferrosoferric or magnetic ore, Fe3O4) which has the property of attracting iron and some of its ores, and,…

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Mentum 76% connected

The front median plate of the labium in insects. See Labium.

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Peculiarity 76% connected

The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity.

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Temple 76% connected

A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.

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Western 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the west; situated in the west, or in the region nearly in the direction of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as, t…

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have 74% connected

of Have

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have 74% connected

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Containing whole 4

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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Magazine 70% connected

A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc.

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Newspaper 70% connected

A sheet of paper printed and distributed, at stated intervals, for conveying intelligence of passing events, advocating opinions, etc.; a public prin…

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Paper 70% connected

A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wo…

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Synonym 5

Boast 92% connected

To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's se…

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Characteristic 92% connected

Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; di…

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have 92% connected

of Have

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Lineament 92% connected

One of the outlines, exterior features, or distinctive marks, of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; mark; -- usually in the p…

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Sport 92% connected

That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.

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Antonym 4

Lack 94% connected

Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.

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Lack 94% connected

Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.

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Miss 94% connected

A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.

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Miss 94% connected

A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.

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