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Indicant

Serving to point out, as a remedy; indicating.

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Clue 76% connected

A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.

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Evidence 76% connected

That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the…

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Forerunner 76% connected

A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fe…

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Gesture 76% connected

Manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.

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Glimpse 76% connected

A sudden flash; transient luster.

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Harbinger 76% connected

One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prep…

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Herald 76% connected

An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an a…

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Hint 76% connected

To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.

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Manifestation 76% connected

The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding; also, that which manifests; exh…

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Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Precursor 76% connected

One who, or that which, precedes an event, and indicates its approach; a forerunner; a harbinger.

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Predecessor 76% connected

One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or positi…

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Print 76% connected

To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.

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Shadow 76% connected

Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the ray…

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Smoke 76% connected

The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal,…

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Symptom 76% connected

Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease…

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Tincture 76% connected

A tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red.

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Trace 76% connected

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be draw…

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Vestige 76% connected

The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or…

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Communication 76% connected

The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.

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Fact 76% connected

A doing, making, or preparing.

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Indicate 74% connected

To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.

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Indicate 74% connected

To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.

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Index 92% connected

That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.

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Indication 92% connected

Act of pointing out or indicating.

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Indicator 92% connected

One who, or that which, shows or points out; as, a fare indicator in a street car.

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