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Flat

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

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Dull 84% connected

Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

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Dull 84% connected

Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

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Even 84% connected

Evening. See Eve, n. 1.

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Even 84% connected

Evening. See Eve, n. 1.

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Horizontal 84% connected

Pertaining to, or near, the horizon.

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Horizontal 84% connected

Pertaining to, or near, the horizon.

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Inactive 84% connected

Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive.

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Inactive 84% connected

Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive.

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Tasteless 84% connected

Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit.

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Tasteless 84% connected

Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit.

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Thin 84% connected

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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Thin 84% connected

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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Broader term 8

Box 76% connected

A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B.…

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Champaign 76% connected

A flat, open country.

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Field 76% connected

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

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Housing 76% connected

of House

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Lodging 76% connected

of Lodge

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Plain 76% connected

To lament; to bewail; to complain.

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Scene 76% connected

The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the st…

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Scenery 76% connected

Assemblage of scenes; the paintings and hangings representing the scenes of a play; the disposition and arrangement of the scenes in which the action…

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Coulisse 76% connected

A piece of timber having a groove in which something glides.

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Duplex 76% connected

Double; twofold.

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Penthouse 76% connected

A shed or roof sloping from the main wall or building, as over a door or window; a lean-to. Also figuratively.

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Studio 76% connected

The working room of an artist.

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Suite 76% connected

A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador. See Suit, n., 5.

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Teaser 76% connected

One who teases or vexes.

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Tormenter 76% connected

One who, or that which, torments; a tormentor.

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Tormentor 76% connected

One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures.

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Flatness 74% connected

The quality or state of being flat.

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Flatness 74% connected

The quality or state of being flat.

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Containing whole 1

Setting 70% connected

of Set

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Synonym 20

Apartment 92% connected

A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions.

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Bland 92% connected

Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave; as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant.

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Categorical 92% connected

Of or pertaining to a category.

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Compressed 92% connected

of Compress

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Directly 92% connected

In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.

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Insipid 92% connected

Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as, insipid drink or food.

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Level 92% connected

A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface…

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Mat 92% connected

A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.

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Matt 92% connected

See Matte.

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Matte 92% connected

A partly reduced copper sulphide, obtained by alternately roasting and melting copper ore in separating the metal from associated iron ores, and call…

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Matted 92% connected

of Mat

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Monotone 92% connected

A single unvaried tone or sound.

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Monotonic 92% connected

Alt. of Monotonical

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Monotonous 92% connected

Uttered in one unvarying tone; continued with dull uniformity; characterized by monotony; without change or variety; wearisome.

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Plane 92% connected

Any tree of the genus Platanus.

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Prostrate 92% connected

Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate.

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Savorless 92% connected

Having no savor; destitute of smell or of taste; insipid.

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Straight 92% connected

A variant of Strait, a.

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Unconditional 92% connected

Not conditional limited, or conditioned; made without condition; absolute; unreserved; as, an unconditional surrender.

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Vapid 92% connected

Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; insipid; flat; dull; unanimated; as, vapid beer; a vapid speech; a vapid state of the blood.

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Antonym 4

Natural 94% connected

Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential; characterist…

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Natural 94% connected

Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential; characterist…

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Sharp 94% connected

Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.

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Sharp 94% connected

Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.

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