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Hydrate

A compound formed by the union of water with some other substance, generally forming a neutral body, as certain crystallized salts.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Compound 76% connected

In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Furnish 76% connected

To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provis…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slack 76% connected

Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slake 76% connected

To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hydration 74% connected

The act of becoming, or state of being, a hydrate.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Hydration 74% connected

The act of becoming, or state of being, a hydrate.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Exsiccate 94% connected

To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Exsiccate 94% connected

To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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