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An orderly succession; a line; a row

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Broader term 12

Accuse 76% connected

Accusation.

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Criminate 76% connected

To accuse of, or charge with, a crime.

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Enter 76% connected

To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet…

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Impeach 76% connected

To hinder; to impede; to prevent.

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Incriminate 76% connected

To accuse; to charge with a crime or fault; to criminate.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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March 76% connected

The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

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Process 76% connected

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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Record 76% connected

To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.

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Register 76% connected

A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule.

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Smooth 76% connected

Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.

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Smoothen 76% connected

To make smooth.

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Narrower term 3

Column 76% connected

A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and…

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Rasp 76% connected

To rub or file with a rasp; to rub or grate with a rough file; as, to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to powder.

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Tickler 76% connected

One who, or that which, tickles.

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Manner of action 1

Impeach 76% connected

To hinder; to impede; to prevent.

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Derivationally related 4

Filing 74% connected

of File

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Filing 74% connected

of File

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Lodge 74% connected

A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge.

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Lodge 74% connected

A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge.

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Entails 1

Rub 72% connected

To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back…

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Component part 2

Haft 70% connected

A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; t…

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Helve 70% connected

The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.

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Synonym 3

Charge 92% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Lodge 92% connected

A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Register 92% connected

A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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