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A
unknown · 78% connection
The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the sca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scale, invented, edmund, gunter, 1581-1626.
Academy
noun · 78% connection
An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding a ra…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scale, invented, edmund, gunter, 1581-1626.
Astronomical
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to astronomy; in accordance with the methods or principles of astronomy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scale, invented, edmund, gunter, 1581-1626.
Bramah press
unknown · 78% connection
A hydrostatic press of immense power, invented by Joseph Bramah of London. See under Hydrostatic.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scale, invented, edmund, gunter, 1581-1626.
Bridle
noun · 78% connection
A span of rope, line, or chain made fast as both ends, so that another rope, line, or chain may be attached to its middle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scale, invented, edmund, gunter, 1581-1626.
Campus
noun · 78% connection
The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scale, invented, edmund, gunter, 1581-1626.
Catenarian
adjective · 78% connection
Relating to a chain; like a chain; as, a catenary curve.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scale, invented, edmund, gunter, 1581-1626.
Celsius
noun · 78% connection
The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the same as the centigra…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scale, invented, edmund, gunter, 1581-1626.
Chain
verb · 78% connection
To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scale, invented, edmund, gunter, 1581-1626.
Chain pump
unknown · 78% connection
A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. Th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scale, invented, edmund, gunter, 1581-1626.
Chainwork
noun · 78% connection
Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scale, invented, edmund, gunter, 1581-1626.
Chatelaine
noun · 78% connection
An ornamental hook, or brooch worn by a lady at her waist, and having a short chain or chains attached for a watch, keys, trinkets, et…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scale, invented, edmund, gunter, 1581-1626.
College
noun · 78% connection
A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scale, invented, edmund, gunter, 1581-1626.
Collegian
noun · 78% connection
A member of a college, particularly of a literary institution so called; a student in a college.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scale, invented, edmund, gunter, 1581-1626.
Faculty
noun · 78% connection
The body of person to whom are intrusted the government and instruction of a college or university, or of one of its departments; the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scale, invented, edmund, gunter, 1581-1626.
Fiction
noun · 78% connection
That which is feigned, invented, or imagined; especially, a feigned or invented story, whether oral or written. Hence: A story told in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scale, invented, edmund, gunter, 1581-1626.
Flat-cap
noun · 78% connection
A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere; -- hence, a citizen…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scale, invented, edmund, gunter, 1581-1626.
Graduate
noun · 78% connection
To admit or elevate to a certain grade or degree; esp., in a college or university, to admit, at the close of the course, to an honora…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scale, invented, edmund, gunter, 1581-1626.
