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Firmament

Fixed foundation; established basis.

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Surface 76% connected

The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, t…

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Apex 70% connected

The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as, the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf.

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Nadir 70% connected

That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of the celestial sphere dir…

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Zenith 70% connected

That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead; -- opposed to nadir.

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Zodiac 70% connected

An imaginary belt in the heavens, 16? or 18? broad, in the middle of which is the ecliptic, or sun's path. It comprises the twelve constellations, wh…

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Empyrean 92% connected

The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist.

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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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Welkin 92% connected

The visible regions of the air; the vault of heaven; the sky.

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Base noun · 78% connection

To put on a base or basis; to lay the foundation of; to found, as an argument or conclusion; -- used with on or upon.

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Bed noun · 78% connection

The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the be…

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Capitation noun · 78% connection

a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person

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Customary adjective · 78% connection

Agreeing with, or established by, custom; established by common usage; conventional; habitual.

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Determinate adjective · 78% connection

Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed; established; definite.

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Disestablishment noun · 78% connection

The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the st…

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Dominican noun · 78% connection

One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221.…

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Epoch noun · 78% connection

A fixed point of time, established in history by the occurrence of some grand or remarkable event; a point of time marked by an event…

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Establish adjective · 78% connection

To set up in business; to place advantageously in a fixed condition; -- used reflexively; as, he established himself in a place; the e…

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Establishment noun · 78% connection

The state of being established, founded, and the like; fixed state.

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Fast adjective · 78% connection

In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably.

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Footing noun · 78% connection

Standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold.

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form noun · 78% connection

Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula; as, a form of prayer.

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Form genus noun · 78% connection

an artificial taxonomic category established on the basis of morphological resemblance for organisms of obscure true relationships esp…

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Formula noun · 78% connection

A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said.

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Found verb · 78% connection

To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative…

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Fundamental adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; orig…

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Ground noun · 78% connection

The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise, reason, or datum;…

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