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Field

Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.

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Answer 76% connected

To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

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Business 76% connected

That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or…

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Choose 76% connected

To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.

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Domain 76% connected

Dominion; empire; authority.

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Earth 76% connected

The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place of mortals, in d…

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Environment 76% connected

Act of environing; state of being environed.

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Facility 76% connected

The quality of being easily performed; freedom from difficulty; ease; as, the facility of an operation.

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Ground 76% connected

of Grind

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Handle 76% connected

To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

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Installation 76% connected

The act of installing or giving possession of an office, rank, or order, with the usual rites or ceremonies; as, the installation of an ordained mini…

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Land 76% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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Palm 76% connected

The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist.

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Parcel 76% connected

A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.

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Play 76% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Region 76% connected

One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general…

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Reply 76% connected

To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.

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Respond 76% connected

To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.

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Select 76% connected

Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choic…

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Tract 76% connected

A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.

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Architecture 76% connected

The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- o…

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Arena 76% connected

The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered w…

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Campus 76% connected

The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus.

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Court 76% connected

An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street a…

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Curtilage 76% connected

A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house.

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Diamond 76% connected

A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness.

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Distaff 76% connected

The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand.

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Divinity 76% connected

The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead.

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Drome 76% connected

The crab plover (Dromas ardeola), a peculiar North African bird, allied to the oyster catcher.

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Engineering 76% connected

of Engineer

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Flat 76% connected

Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions; level without inclination; plane.

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Flux 76% connected

The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change.

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Front 76% connected

The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

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Frontier 76% connected

That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country,…

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Genealogy 76% connected

An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succ…

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Grainfield 76% connected

A field where grain is grown.

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Graphology 76% connected

The art of judging of a person's character, disposition, and aptitude from his handwriting.

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Gridiron 76% connected

A grated iron utensil for broiling flesh and fish over coals.

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Humanities 76% connected

of Humanity

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Kingdom 76% connected

The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy.

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Land 76% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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Lap 76% connected

The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.

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Lawn 76% connected

An open space between woods.

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Llano 76% connected

An extensive plain with or without vegetation.

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magnetic field 76% connected

The region around a magnet or current where magnetic forces act.

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Major 76% connected

Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory.

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Moor 76% connected

One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns.

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Moorland 76% connected

Land consisting of a moor or moors.

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Occultism 76% connected

A certain Oriental system of theosophy.

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Ology 76% connected

A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of knowledge.

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Paddy 76% connected

Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.

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Palaestra 76% connected

See Palestra.

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Palestra 76% connected

A wrestling school; hence, a gymnasium, or place for athletic exercise in general.

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Pitch 76% connected

A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas,…

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Preserve 76% connected

To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.

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Province 76% connected

A country or region, more or less remote from the city of Rome, brought under the Roman government; a conquered country beyond the limits of Italy.

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Realm 76% connected

A royal jurisdiction or domain; a region which is under the dominion of a king; a kingdom.

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Responsibility 76% connected

The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation.

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Science 76% connected

Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts.

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Steppe 76% connected

One of the vast plains in Southeastern Europe and in Asia, generally elevated, and free from wood, analogous to many of the prairies in Western North…

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Strip 76% connected

To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…

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Technology 76% connected

Industrial science; the science of systematic knowledge of the industrial arts, especially of the more important manufactures, as spinning, weaving,…

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Theogony 76% connected

The generation or genealogy of the gods; that branch of heathen theology which deals with the origin and descent of the deities; also, a poem treatin…

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Theology 76% connected

The science of God or of religion; the science which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrine…

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Tundra 76% connected

A rolling, marshy, mossy plain of Northern Siberia.

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Yard 76% connected

A rod; a stick; a staff.

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Fielder 74% connected

A ball payer who stands out in the field to catch or stop balls.

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Fielder 74% connected

A ball payer who stands out in the field to catch or stop balls.

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Read 74% connected

Rennet. See 3d Reed.

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Read 74% connected

Rennet. See 3d Reed.

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Study 74% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Study 74% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Apron 70% connected

An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or…

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Front 70% connected

The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

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Runway 70% connected

The channel of a stream.

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Sector 70% connected

A part of a circle comprehended between two radii and the included arc.

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Arena 70% connected

The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered w…

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Bowl 70% connected

A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.

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Stadium 70% connected

A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements. I…

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Transit 70% connected

The act of passing; passage through or over.

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Transportation 70% connected

The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance.

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Area 92% 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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Arena 92% connected

The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered w…

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Bailiwick 92% connected

The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.

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Champaign 92% connected

A flat, open country.

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Discipline 92% connected

The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, menta…

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Domain 92% connected

Dominion; empire; authority.

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Orbit 92% 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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Plain 92% connected

To lament; to bewail; to complain.

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Sphere 92% connected

A body or space contained under a single surface, which in every part is equally distant from a point within called its center.

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Study 92% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Subject 92% connected

Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

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Theater 92% connected

Alt. of Theatre

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Theatre 92% connected

An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in…

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