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Fringy

Aborned with fringes.

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Peripheral 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Peripheral 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric.

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Fringe 74% connected

An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but mor…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fringe 74% connected

An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but mor…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Periphery 74% connected

The outside or superficial portions of a body; the surface.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Periphery 74% connected

The outside or superficial portions of a body; the surface.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Marginal 92% connected

Of or pertaining to a margin.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a perio…

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Assurance noun · 78% connection

freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that fa…

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Authority noun · 78% connection

freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that fa…

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Average adjective · 78% connection

relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even numbe…

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Beggarly adjective · 78% connection

(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

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Centile noun · 78% connection

(statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of…

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Confidence noun · 78% connection

freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that fa…

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Declination noun · 78% connection

a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

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Decline noun · 78% connection

a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

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Decrease verb · 78% connection

decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell drama…

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Diminish verb · 78% connection

decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell drama…

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Distribution noun · 78% connection

the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer

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Effect noun · 78% connection

an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in h…

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Frequency noun · 78% connection

the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations

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Growth noun · 78% connection

a progression from simpler to more complex forms; "the growth of culture"

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Incidence noun · 78% connection

the relative frequency of occurrence of something

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Increase noun · 78% connection

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Magnitude noun · 78% connection

the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small); "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the m…

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Chenille noun · 78% connection

Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimming of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of Chenille rugs.

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Cordonnet noun · 78% connection

Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc.

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Diffraction noun · 78% connection

The deflection and decomposition of light in passing by the edges of opaque bodies or through narrow slits, causing the appearance of…

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Guereza noun · 78% connection

a colobus monkey with a reddish brown coat and white silky fringes down both sides of the body

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Interference noun · 78% connection

The mutual influence, under certain conditions, of two streams of light, or series of pulsations of sound, or, generally, two waves or…

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