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Academy
noun · 78% connection
An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding a ra…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, wire, stick, chiefly, point.
Anagram
noun · 78% connection
Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by the tr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, wire, stick, chiefly, point.
Aptness
noun · 78% connection
Quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility; as, an aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, wire, stick, chiefly, point.
Backsword
noun · 78% connection
In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, wire, stick, chiefly, point.
Bobbin
noun · 78% connection
A cylindrical or spool-shaped coil or insulated wire, usually containing a core of soft iron which becomes magnetic when the wire is t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, wire, stick, chiefly, point.
Cable
noun · 78% connection
A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension brid…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, wire, stick, chiefly, point.
Cloth
noun · 78% connection
A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adap…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, wire, stick, chiefly, point.
Filigree
noun · 78% connection
Ornamental work, formerly with grains or breads, but now composed of fine wire and used chiefly in decorating gold and silver to which…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, wire, stick, chiefly, point.
Illiteracy
noun · 78% connection
The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; want of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, wire, stick, chiefly, point.
Indoctrinate
verb · 78% connection
To instruct in the rudiments or principles of learning, or of a branch of learning; to imbue with learning; to instruct in, or imbue w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, wire, stick, chiefly, point.
Learned
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; as, a learn…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, wire, stick, chiefly, point.
Learning
noun · 78% connection
The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of languages; the learning of telegraphy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, wire, stick, chiefly, point.
Legend
noun · 78% connection
That which is appointed to be read; especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins, and in the re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, wire, stick, chiefly, point.
Leghorn
noun · 78% connection
A straw plaiting used for bonnets and hats, made from the straw of a particular kind of wheat, grown for the purpose in Tuscany, Italy…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, wire, stick, chiefly, point.
Litter
noun · 78% connection
Straw, hay, etc., scattered on a floor, as bedding for animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, wire, stick, chiefly, point.
Nombril
noun · 78% connection
A point halfway between the fess point and the middle base point of an escutcheon; -- called also navel point. See Escutcheon.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, wire, stick, chiefly, point.
Pedant
noun · 78% connection
One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, wire, stick, chiefly, point.
Peruse
verb · 78% connection
To read through; to read carefully.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, wire, stick, chiefly, point.
