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Framing

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Formulation 76% connected

The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Frame 76% connected

To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts o…

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Framework 76% connected

The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society.

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Frame 74% connected

To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts o…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Frame 74% connected

To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts o…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Frame 92% connected

To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts o…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stress noun · 78% connection

(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of a…

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Agenda noun · 78% connection

a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to

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Bedded adjective · 78% connection

deposited or arranged in horizontal layers; "stratified rock"

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Bias adjective · 78% connection

slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric; "a bias fold"

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Bunch noun · 78% connection

a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers"

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Clump noun · 78% connection

a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers"

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Cluster noun · 78% connection

a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers"

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Clustering noun · 78% connection

a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers"

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Convenience noun · 78% connection

the quality of being useful and convenient; "they offered the convenience of an installment plan"

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Docket noun · 78% connection

a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to

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Ideology noun · 78% connection

imaginary or visionary theorization

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Literacy noun · 78% connection

the ability to read and write

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Mediation noun · 78% connection

a negotiation to resolve differences that is conducted by some impartial party

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Abacus noun · 78% connection

A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in grooves…

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Airer noun · 78% connection

A frame on which clothes are aired or dried.

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Architecture noun · 78% connection

Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.

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Armrack noun · 78% connection

A frame, generally vertical, for holding small arms.

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Backbone noun · 78% connection

The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.

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Balize noun · 78% connection

A pole or a frame raised as a sea beacon or a landmark.

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Barbecue verb · 78% connection

To dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron.

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Bedstock noun · 78% connection

The front or the back part of the frame of a bedstead.

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Bent verb · 78% connection

A transverse frame of a framed structure.

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Bier noun · 78% connection

A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave.

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Bin noun · 78% connection

A box, frame, crib, or inclosed place, used as a receptacle for any commodity; as, a corn bin; a wine bin; a coal bin.

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Bitts n. pl. · 78% connection

A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides at anc…

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Block verb · 78% connection

A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an…

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Bone noun · 78% connection

One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony subs…

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Bonnet noun · 78% connection

A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks.

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Bow-saw noun · 78% connection

A saw with a thin or narrow blade set in a strong frame.

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Bowgrace noun · 78% connection

A frame or fender of rope or junk, laid out at the sides or bows of a vessel to secure it from injury by floating ice.

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Brace noun · 78% connection

A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, whic…

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