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Group

A cluster, crowd, or throng; an assemblage, either of persons or things, collected without any regular form or arrangement; as, a group of men or of trees; a group of isles.

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Broader term 13

Abstraction 76% connected

The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.

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Assemble 76% connected

To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate.

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Assort 76% connected

To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to ass…

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Class 76% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Classify 76% connected

To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrange in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters.

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Foregather 76% connected

Same as Forgather.

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Forgather 76% connected

To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally.

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Gather 76% connected

To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.

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Meet 76% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

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Separate 76% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Sort 76% connected

Chance; lot; destiny.

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Unit 76% connected

A single thing or person.

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Accumulation 76% connected

The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of…

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Actinoid 76% connected

Having the form of rays; radiated, as an actinia.

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Aggregation 76% connected

The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.

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Allyl 76% connected

An organic radical, C3H5, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard.

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Amyl 76% connected

A hydrocarbon radical, C5H11, of the paraffine series found in amyl alcohol or fusel oil, etc.

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Arrangement 76% connected

The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

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Assemblage 76% connected

The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

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Association 76% connected

The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.

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Benzyl 76% connected

A compound radical, C6H5.CH2, related to toluene and benzoic acid; -- commonly used adjectively.

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Butyl 76% connected

A compound radical, regarded as butane, less one atom of hydrogen.

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Cacodyl 76% connected

Alkarsin; a colorless, poisonous, arsenical liquid, As2(CH3)4, spontaneously inflammable and possessing an intensely disagreeable odor. It is the typ…

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Carboxyl 76% connected

The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acetic, benzoic aci…

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Chromophore 76% connected

Any chemical group or residue (as NO2; N2; or O2) which imparts some decided color to the compound of which it is an ingredient.

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Circuit 76% connected

The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.

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Cloud 76% connected

A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.

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Collection 76% connected

The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

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Community 76% connected

Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods.

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Edition 76% connected

A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare.

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Glyceryl 76% connected

A compound radical, C3H5, regarded as the essential radical of glycerin. It is metameric with allyl. Called also propenyl.

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Halogen 76% connected

An electro-negative element or radical, which, by combination with a metal, forms a haloid salt; especially, chlorine, bromine, and iodine; sometimes…

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Humanity 76% connected

The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.

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Humankind 76% connected

Mankind.

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Hydroxyl 76% connected

A compound radical, or unsaturated group, HO, consisting of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen. It is a characteristic part of the hydrates, the…

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Kingdom 76% connected

The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy.

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Man 76% connected

A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

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Mankind 76% connected

The human race; man, taken collectively.

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Mass 76% connected

The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.

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Methylene 76% connected

A hydrocarbon radical, CH2, not known in the free state, but regarded as an essential residue and component of certain derivatives of methane; as, me…

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Multitude 76% connected

A great number of persons collected together; a numerous collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly.

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Nitrite 76% connected

A salt of nitrous acid.

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People 76% connected

The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.

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Population 76% connected

The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.

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Propyl 76% connected

The hypothetical radical C3H7, regarded as the essential residue of propane and related compounds.

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Race 76% connected

To raze.

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Sainthood 76% connected

The state of being a saint; the condition of a saint.

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Scheme 76% connected

A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system.

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Series 76% connected

A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as,…

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Straggle 76% connected

To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the…

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Subgroup 76% connected

A subdivision of a group, as of animals.

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Swarm 76% connected

To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. See Shin.

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System 76% connected

An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects…

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Uranyl 76% connected

The radical UO2, conveniently regarded as a residue of many uranium compounds.

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Vinyl 76% connected

The hypothetical radical C2H3, regarded as the characteristic residue of ethylene and that related series of unsaturated hydrocarbons with which the…

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World 76% connected

The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe.

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Manner of action 13

Batch 76% connected

The quantity of bread baked at one time.

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Bracket 76% connected

An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative featu…

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Brigade 76% connected

A body of troops, whether cavalry, artillery, infantry, or mixed, consisting of two or more regiments, under the command of a brigadier general.

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Chunk 76% connected

A short, thick piece of anything.

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Collect 76% connected

To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.

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Collocate 76% connected

Set; placed.

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Embed 76% connected

To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand.

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Gang 76% connected

To go; to walk.

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Garner 76% connected

A granary; a building or place where grain is stored for preservation.

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Gather 76% connected

To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.

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Lump 76% connected

A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore.

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Pool 76% connected

A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for wat…

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Team 76% connected

A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter.

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Aggroup 74% connected

To bring together in a group; to group.

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Aggroup 74% connected

To bring together in a group; to group.

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Containing whole 1

Molecule 70% connected

One of the very small invisible particles of which all matter is supposed to consist.

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Synonym 3

Aggroup 92% connected

To bring together in a group; to group.

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Grouping 92% connected

of Group

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Radical 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the root; proceeding directly from the root.

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