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Header

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

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Beam 76% connected

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

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Brick 76% connected

A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Harvester 76% connected

One who harvests; a machine for cutting and gathering grain; a reaper.

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Hit 76% connected

It.

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Hitting 76% connected

of Hit

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Jump 76% connected

A kind of loose jacket for men.

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Jumping 76% connected

of Jump

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Reaper 76% connected

One who reaps.

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Striking 76% connected

of Strike

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Narrower term 5

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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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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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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Title 76% connected

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

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Derivationally related 2

Head 74% connected

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 c…

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Head 74% connected

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 c…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Containing whole 1

Wall 70% connected

A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.

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Synonym 5

Cope 92% connected

A covering for the head.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Coping 92% connected

of Cope

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Head 92% connected

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 c…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Heading 92% connected

of Head

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lintel 92% connected

A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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