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The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs; poll; cephalon.

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Lead 84% 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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Lead 84% 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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Administrator 76% connected

One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a ma…

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Chancellor 76% connected

A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction.

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Crosshead 76% connected

A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece running between pa…

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Don 76% connected

Sir; Mr; Signior; -- a title in Spain, formerly given to noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all classes.

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Ego 76% connected

The conscious and permanent subject of all psychical experiences, whether held to be directly known or the product of reflective thought; -- opposed…

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Executive 76% connected

Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of t…

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Father 76% connected

One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent.

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General 76% connected

Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable economy.

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Hammerhead 76% connected

A shark of the genus Sphyrna or Zygaena, having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape. The Sphyrna zy…

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Headline 76% connected

The line at the head or top of a page.

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Lemma 76% connected

A preliminary or auxiliary proposition demonstrated or accepted for immediate use in the demonstration of some other proposition, as in mathematics o…

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Master 76% connected

A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.

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Mull 76% connected

A thin, soft kind of muslin.

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Noddle 76% connected

The head; -- used jocosely or contemptuously.

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Problem 76% connected

A question proposed for solution; a matter stated for examination or proof; hence, a matter difficult of solution or settlement; a doubtful case; a q…

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Rubric 76% connected

That part of any work in the early manuscripts and typography which was colored red, to distinguish it from other portions.

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Schoolmaster 76% connected

The man who presides over and teaches a school; a male teacher of a school.

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Secretary 76% connected

One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets.

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Subconscious 76% connected

Occurring without the possibility or the fact of an attendant consciousness; -- said of states of the soul.

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Title 76% connected

An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.

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Unconscious 76% connected

Not conscious; having no consciousness or power of mental perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not knowing or regarding; ignorant; as, a…

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Broader term 66

Advance 76% connected

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

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Arise 76% connected

To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise;…

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Beginning 76% connected

of Begin

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Can 76% connected

an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]

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Cognition 76% connected

The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.

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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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Command 76% connected

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

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Continue 76% connected

To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

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Control 76% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Develop 76% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

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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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Educator 76% connected

One who educates; a teacher.

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Elevation 76% connected

The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the ele…

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Foam 76% connected

The white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids, or in the mouth of an animal, by violent agi…

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Forepart 76% connected

The part most advanced, or first in time or in place; the beginning.

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Formation 76% connected

The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.

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Front 76% connected

The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

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Froth 76% connected

The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement.

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Grow 76% connected

To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said…

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Individual 76% connected

Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city.

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John 76% connected

A proper name of a man.

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Juncture 76% connected

A joining; a union; an alliance.

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Knowledge 76% connected

The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.

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Lavatory 76% connected

Washing, or cleansing by washing.

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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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Leader 76% connected

One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.

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Lie 76% connected

See Lye.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Membrane 76% connected

A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part or organ, and often secreting or absorbing…

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Object 76% connected

To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

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Obverse 76% connected

Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf.

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Occasion 76% connected

A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.

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Origin 76% connected

The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.

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Originate 76% connected

To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.

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Peak 76% connected

A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.

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Pedagog 76% connected

Pedagogue.

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Pedagogue 76% connected

A slave who led his master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.

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Perversion 76% connected

The act of perverting, or the state of being perverted; a turning from truth or right; a diverting from the true intent or object; a change to someth…

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Precede 76% connected

To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything.

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Pressure 76% connected

The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.

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Privy 76% connected

Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse.

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Proceed 76% connected

To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey.

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Progress 76% connected

A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance

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Progression 76% connected

The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course; motion onward.

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Projection 76% connected

The act of throwing or shooting forward.

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Pull 76% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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Remove 76% connected

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

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Rise 76% connected

To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

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Root 76% connected

To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.

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Source 76% connected

The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.

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Striker 76% connected

One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith's helper who wields the sledge.

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Subject 76% connected

Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Theme 76% connected

A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.

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Tip 76% connected

The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

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Toilet 76% connected

A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.

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Top 76% connected

A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…

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Topic 76% connected

One of the various general forms of argument employed in probable as distinguished from demonstrative reasoning, -- denominated by Aristotle to`poi (…

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Uprise 76% connected

To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.

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User 76% connected

One who uses.

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Withdraw 76% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

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Word 76% connected

The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice…

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Captain 76% connected

A head, or chief officer

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Chair 76% connected

A movable single seat with a back.

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Chairman 76% connected

The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body.

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Channel 76% connected

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

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Conn 76% connected

See Con, to direct a ship.

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Corner 76% connected

The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

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Crab 76% connected

One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen i…

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Crown 76% connected

of Crow

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Dock 76% connected

A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.

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Helm 76% connected

See Haulm, straw.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Navigate 76% connected

To joirney by water; to go in a vessel or ship; to perform the duties of a navigator; to use the waters as a highway or channel for commerce or commu…

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Park 76% connected

A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of the chase, which a man may have by prescription, or the king's grant.

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Pilot 76% connected

One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.

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Sheer 76% connected

Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.

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Spearhead 76% connected

The pointed head, or end, of a spear.

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Starboard 76% connected

That side of a vessel which is on the right hand of a person who stands on board facing the bow; -- opposed to larboard, or port.

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Surmount 76% connected

To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop.

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Tree 76% connected

Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.

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Aim 74% connected

To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a f…

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Aim 74% connected

To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a f…

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Chief 74% connected

The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority who directs the…

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Chief 74% connected

The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority who directs the…

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Direct 74% 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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Direct 74% 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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Header 74% connected

One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading.

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Header 74% connected

One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading.

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Headway 74% connected

The progress made by a ship in motion; hence, progress or success of any kind.

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Headway 74% connected

The progress made by a ship in motion; hence, progress or success of any kind.

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Heady 74% connected

Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable.

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Heady 74% connected

Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable.

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Lead 74% 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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Lead 74% 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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Leader 74% connected

One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.

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Leader 74% connected

One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.

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Containing whole 18

Abscess 70% connected

A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ of the body, the result of a morbid process.

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Animal 70% connected

An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity…

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Arrow 70% connected

A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow.

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Beast 70% connected

Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc.

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Body 70% connected

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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Bolt 70% connected

A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resem…

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Brute 70% connected

Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.

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Coin 70% connected

A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin.

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Creature 70% connected

Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.

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Drum 70% connected

An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with…

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Fauna 70% connected

The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of America; fossil fauna; recent fauna.

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Hammer 70% connected

An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle.

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Nail 70% connected

the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.

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Pin 70% connected

To peen.

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Pointer 70% connected

One who, or that which, points.

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Ram 70% connected

The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.

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Screw 70% connected

A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to l…

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Tympan 70% connected

A drum.

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Brain 70% connected

The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous…

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Ear 70% connected

The organ of hearing; the external ear.

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Encephalon 70% connected

The contents of the cranium; the brain.

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Face 70% connected

The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which…

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Muzzle 70% connected

The projecting mouth and nose of a quadruped, as of a horse; a snout.

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Skull 70% connected

A school, company, or shoal.

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Temple 70% connected

A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.

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Synonym 26

Brain 92% connected

The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous…

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Capitulum 92% connected

A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular or flat.

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Caput 92% connected

The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.

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Chief 92% connected

The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority who directs the…

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Direct 92% 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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Drumhead 92% connected

The parchment or skin stretched over one end of a drum.

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Foreland 92% connected

A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England.

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Guide 92% 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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Header 92% connected

One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading.

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Heading 92% connected

of Head

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Headland 92% connected

A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting into the sea or other expanse of water.

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Headspring 92% connected

Fountain; source.

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Headway 92% connected

The progress made by a ship in motion; hence, progress or success of any kind.

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Lead 92% 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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Maneuver 92% connected

Alt. of Manoeuvre

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Manoeuvre 92% connected

Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.

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Mind 92% connected

The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritu…

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Nous 92% connected

Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.

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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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Point 92% connected

To appoint.

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Principal 92% connected

Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government…

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Promontory 92% connected

A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape.

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Psyche 92% connected

A lovely maiden, daughter of a king and mistress of Eros, or Cupid. She is regarded as the personification of the soul.

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Question 92% connected

The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.

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Steer 92% connected

A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under Ox.

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Straits 92% connected

of Strait

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Antonym 6

Foot 94% connected

The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing,…

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Foot 94% connected

The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing,…

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Tail 94% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

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Tail 94% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

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