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Homer

A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.

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Safety 76% connected

The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.

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Score 76% connected

A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

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Tally 76% connected

Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which cor…

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Bath 70% connected

The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a c…

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Epha 70% connected

A Hebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts. ten ephahs make one homer.

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Ephah 70% connected

Alt. of Epha

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Amphidiploid noun · 78% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent

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Answer noun · 78% connection

To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to (a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carrier, pigeon, remarkable, ability, return.
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Away adverb · 78% connection

Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carrier, pigeon, remarkable, ability, return.
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Camel noun · 78% connection

A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a long tim…

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Clearance noun · 78% connection

The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a stea…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carrier, pigeon, remarkable, ability, return.
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Domestic adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic concerns, life, duties, car…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carrier, pigeon, remarkable, ability, return.
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Domicile noun · 78% connection

(law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carrier, pigeon, remarkable, ability, return.
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Dragon noun · 78% connection

A variety of carrier pigeon.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carrier, pigeon, remarkable, ability, return.
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Elongation noun · 78% connection

Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carrier, pigeon, remarkable, ability, return.
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Eristalis noun · 78% connection

A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed larvae) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which spiracles at th…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carrier, pigeon, remarkable, ability, return.
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Fireside noun · 78% connection

home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; "driven from hearth and home"; "fighting in defense of their firesides"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carrier, pigeon, remarkable, ability, return.
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Goura noun · 78% connection

One of several species of large, crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent islands. The Queen Vict…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carrier, pigeon, remarkable, ability, return.
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Hearth noun · 78% connection

home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; "driven from hearth and home"; "fighting in defense of their firesides"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carrier, pigeon, remarkable, ability, return.
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Home adverb · 78% connection

To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carrier, pigeon, remarkable, ability, return.
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Home-coming noun · 78% connection

Return home.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carrier, pigeon, remarkable, ability, return.
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Homestead noun · 78% connection

The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carrier, pigeon, remarkable, ability, return.
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Homing adjective · 78% connection

Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier pigeons.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carrier, pigeon, remarkable, ability, return.
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Homish adjective · 78% connection

Like a home or a home circle.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carrier, pigeon, remarkable, ability, return.
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Hornbill noun · 78% connection

Any bird of the family Bucerotidae, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical pa…

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