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Hand

That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.

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Broader term 26

Ability 76% connected

The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in…

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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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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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Aid 76% connected

To support, either by furnishing strength or means in cooperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.

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Applause 76% connected

The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or ot…

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Assemblage 76% connected

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

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Assist 76% connected

To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor.

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Assistance 76% connected

The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support.

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Clapping 76% connected

of Clap

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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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Conduct 76% connected

The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

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Direct 76% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Extremity 76% connected

The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country.

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Guide 76% connected

The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.

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Handbreadth 76% connected

A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm.

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Help 76% connected

To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man…

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Jack 76% connected

A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves en…

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Laborer 76% connected

One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a person who does work that requires strength rather than skill, as distinguished from that of an artisan.

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Lead 76% connected

One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

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Pointer 76% connected

One who, or that which, points.

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Power 76% connected

Same as Poor, the fish.

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Sailor 76% connected

One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel…

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Side 76% connected

The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distin…

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Transfer 76% connected

To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one count…

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Writing 76% connected

of Write

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Narrower term 23

Bidder 76% connected

One who bids or offers a price.

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Cacography 76% connected

Incorrect or bad writing or spelling.

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Calligraphy 76% connected

Fair or elegant penmanship.

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Chirography 76% connected

The art of writing or engrossing; handwriting; as, skilled in chirography.

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Contractor 76% connected

One who contracts; one of the parties to a bargain; one who covenants to do anything for another; specifically, one who contracts to perform work on…

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Cursive 76% connected

Running; flowing.

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Declarer 76% connected

One who makes known or proclaims; that which exhibits.

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Drover 76% connected

One who drives cattle or sheep to market; one who makes it his business to purchase cattle, and drive them to market.

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Fist 76% connected

The hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; the closed hand, especially as clinched tightly for the purpose of striking a blow.

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Groom 76% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

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Herder 76% connected

A herdsman.

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Hostler 76% connected

An innkeeper. [Obs.] See Hosteler.

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Left 76% connected

of Leave

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Longhand 76% connected

The written characters used in the common method of writing; -- opposed to shorthand.

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Ostler 76% connected

See Hostler.

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Penmanship 76% connected

The use of the pen in writing; the art of writing; style or manner of writing; chirography; as, good or bad penmanship.

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Right 76% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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Scratch 76% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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Scrawl 76% connected

See Crawl.

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Scribble 76% connected

To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.

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Shorthand 76% connected

A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography…

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Stenography 76% connected

The art of writing in shorthand, by using abbreviations or characters for whole words; shorthand.

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Tachygraphy 76% connected

The art or practice of rapid writing; shorthand writing; stenography.

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Manner of action 16

Commit 76% connected

To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.

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Confide 76% connected

To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers.

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Deal 76% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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Deliver 76% connected

To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or…

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Entrust 76% connected

See Intrust.

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Free 76% connected

Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…

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Give 76% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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Intrust 76% connected

To deliver (something) to another in trust; to deliver to (another) something in trust; to commit or surrender (something) to another with a certain…

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Leave 76% connected

To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.

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Release 76% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

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Relinquish 76% connected

To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit.

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Resign 76% connected

To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; t…

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Slip 76% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

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Sneak 76% connected

To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company.

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Trust 76% connected

Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; relia…

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Derivationally related 2

Deal 74% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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Deal 74% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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Containing whole 6

Arm 70% connected

The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

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Horologe 70% connected

A servant who called out the hours.

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Human 70% connected

Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or to the race of man; as, a human voice; human sha…

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Man 70% connected

A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

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Timekeeper 70% connected

A clock, watch, or other chronometer; a timepiece.

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Timepiece 70% connected

A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer.

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Component part 5

Ball 70% connected

Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.

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Finger 70% connected

One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb.

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Metacarpus 70% connected

That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.

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Palm 70% connected

The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist.

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Thenar 70% connected

Of or pertaining to the thenar; corresponding to thenar; palmar.

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Synonym 9

Deal 92% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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Give 92% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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Handwriting 92% connected

The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or person; chirography.

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Manus 92% connected

of Manus

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Mitt 92% connected

A mitten; also, a covering for the wrist and hand and not for the fingers.

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Pass 92% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Paw 92% connected

The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc.

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Reach 92% connected

To retch.

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Script 92% connected

A writing; a written document.

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