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Intensifier

One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; in photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture.

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Modifier 76% connected

One who, or that which, modifies.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Qualifier 76% connected

One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains.

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Deepen 74% connected

To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Deepen 74% connected

To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.

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Intensive 92% connected

Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Active noun · 78% connection

a person who is a participating member of an organization; "the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees"

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Active voice noun · 78% connection

the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the v…

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Adjunct noun · 78% connection

a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence

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Adverbial adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to or functioning as an adverb; "adverbial syntax"

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Complement noun · 78% connection

a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction

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Constituent noun · 78% connection

(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction

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Dependent adjective · 78% connection

(of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or…

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Direct verb · 78% connection

plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

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Direct object noun · 78% connection

the object that receives the direct action of the verb

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Engineer verb · 78% connection

plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

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Grammatical constituent noun · 78% connection

(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction

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Indirect adjective · 78% connection

extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insu…

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Indirect object noun · 78% connection

the object that is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb

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Mastermind verb · 78% connection

plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

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Modifier gene noun · 78% connection

a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene

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Object noun · 78% connection

(grammar) a constituent that is acted upon; "the object of the verb"

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Ambrotype noun · 78% connection

A picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark bac…

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Amphiscians n. pl. · 78% connection

The inhabitants of the tropic, whose shadows in one part of the year are cast to the north, and in the other to the south, according a…

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Antiscii n. pl. · 78% connection

The inhabitants of the earth, living on different sides of the equator, whose shadows at noon are cast in opposite directions.

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Autotype noun · 78% connection

A photographic picture produced in sensitized pigmented gelatin by exposure to light under a negative; and subsequent washing out of t…

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Breath noun · 78% connection

Fig.: That which gives or strengthens life.

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Buttress noun · 78% connection

Anything which supports or strengthens.

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Corroborative noun · 78% connection

A medicine that strengthens; a corroborant.

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Depicture verb · 78% connection

To make a picture of; to paint; to picture; to depict.

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Digester noun · 78% connection

A medicine or an article of food that aids digestion, or strengthens digestive power.

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Draw verb · 78% connection

To represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to represent by words;…

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Edifier noun · 78% connection

One who edifies, builds up, or strengthens another by moral or religious instruction.

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Ex- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix from the latin preposition, ex, akin to Gr. 'ex or 'ek signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in composition, it sig…

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Fan noun · 78% connection

That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan, as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames, heightens, or strengthens;…

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