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Abstraction 76% connected

The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.

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Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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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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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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Assembling 76% connected

of Assemble

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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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Assortment 76% connected

Act of assorting, or distributing into sorts, kinds, or classes.

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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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Classification 76% connected

The act of forming into a class or classes; a distibution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affi…

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Cloud 76% connected

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

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Collecting 76% connected

of Collect

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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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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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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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Multitude 76% connected

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

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Pairing 76% connected

of Pair

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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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Phrasing 76% connected

of Phrase

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Population 76% connected

The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.

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Punctuation 76% connected

The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing or discourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition into sentences, and members of a s…

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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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Sorting 76% connected

of Sort

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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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World 76% connected

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

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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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Group 74% connected

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…

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Group 74% connected

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…

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Synonym 1

Group 92% connected

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…

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