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Hull

The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.

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Calyx 76% connected

The covering of a flower. See Flower.

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Construction 76% connected

The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

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Husk 76% connected

The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears…

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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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Structure 76% connected

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

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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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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Shell 76% connected

A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.

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Keel 70% connected

To cool; to skim or stir.

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Keelson 70% connected

A piece of timber in a ship laid on the middle of the floor timbers over the keel, and binding the floor timbers to the keel; in iron vessels, a stru…

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Rib 70% connected

One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.

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Containing whole 1

Vessel 70% connected

A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bo…

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