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Hank

A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.

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Coil 76% connected

To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.

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Helix 76% connected

A nonplane curve whose tangents are all equally inclined to a given plane. The common helix is the curve formed by the thread of the ordinary screw.…

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Spiral 76% connected

Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring.

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Volute 76% connected

A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in the Corinthian and Composite…

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Whorl 76% connected

A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.

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Skein 76% connected

A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel, -- usually tied in a sort of knot.

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Altar noun · 86% connection

a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made

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Arcade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Arch noun · 86% connection

(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

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Area noun · 86% connection

a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"

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Arena noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Balance noun · 86% connection

equality of distribution

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Balcony noun · 86% connection

a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet

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Bascule noun · 86% connection

a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)

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Boarding noun · 86% connection

a structure of boards

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Body noun · 86% connection

the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"

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Bowl noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Bridge noun · 86% connection

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

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Building noun · 86% connection

a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corne…

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Catchment noun · 86% connection

a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)

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Colonnade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Column noun · 86% connection

a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

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Complex noun · 86% connection

a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures

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Construction noun · 86% connection

a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair i…

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Band verb · 78% connection

A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: parcel, consisting, skeins, yarn, thread.
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Bobbin noun · 78% connection

A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its len…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: parcel, consisting, skeins, yarn, thread.
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Clue noun · 78% connection

A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.

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Collapse verb · 78% connection

To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: parcel, consisting, skeins, yarn, thread.
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Cop noun · 78% connection

A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.

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Darn verb · 78% connection

To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread.

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Fagoting noun · 78% connection

embroidery in which groups of parallel threads are tied together with fagot stitches

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: parcel, consisting, skeins, yarn, thread.
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Fillet noun · 78% connection

A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: parcel, consisting, skeins, yarn, thread.
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Gather verb · 78% connection

To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or plaits, as a garment; als…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: parcel, consisting, skeins, yarn, thread.
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Hand noun · 78% connection

A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.

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Hasp noun · 78% connection

A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.

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Knit verb · 78% connection

To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of needles, either by hand…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: parcel, consisting, skeins, yarn, thread.
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Knitchet noun · 78% connection

A number of things tied or knit together; a bundle; a fagot.

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Loom noun · 78% connection

A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads…

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