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One who, or that which, grinds.

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Gristmill 76% connected

A mill for grinding grain; especially, a mill for grinding grists, or portions of grain brought by different customers; a custom mill.

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Quern 76% connected

A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turned by hand; -- used before the invention of windmills and watermills.

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Treadmill 76% connected

A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison d…

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Treadwheel 76% connected

A wheel turned by persons or animals, by treading, climbing, or pushing with the feet, upon its periphery or face. See Treadmill.

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Water mill 76% connected

A mill whose machinery is moved by water; -- distinguished from a windmill, and a steam mill.

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Windmill 76% connected

A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft.

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Machinery 76% connected

Machines, in general, or collectively.

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Sandwich 76% connected

Two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat, cheese, or the like, between them.

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Tooth 76% connected

One of the hard, bony appendages which are borne on the jaws, or on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx of most vertebrates, and which u…

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Mill 74% connected

A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar.

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Mill 74% connected

A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar.

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Molar 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a mass of matter; -- said of the properties or motions of masses, as distinguished from those of molecules or atoms.

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Molar 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a mass of matter; -- said of the properties or motions of masses, as distinguished from those of molecules or atoms.

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Synonym 7

Hero 92% connected

An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mill 92% connected

A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Molar 92% connected

Of or pertaining to a mass of matter; -- said of the properties or motions of masses, as distinguished from those of molecules or atoms.

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Sub 92% connected

A subordinate; a subaltern.

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Submarine 92% connected

Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants.

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Torpedo 92% connected

Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wedge 92% connected

A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising…

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