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Java

One of the islands of the Malay Archipelago belonging to the Netherlands.

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Beverage 76% connected

Liquid for drinking; drink; -- usually applied to drink artificially prepared and of an agreeable flavor; as, an intoxicating beverage.

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Drink 76% connected

To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…

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Drinkable 76% connected

Capable of being drunk; suitable for drink; potable. Macaulay. Also used substantively, esp. in the plural.

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Potable 76% connected

Fit to be drunk; drinkable.

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Mocha 76% connected

A seaport town of Arabia, on the Red Sea.

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Caffeine 70% connected

A white, bitter, crystallizable substance, obtained from coffee. It is identical with the alkaloid theine from tea leaves, and with guaranine from gu…

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Coffee 70% connected

The "beans" or "berries" (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and…

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Coffee 92% connected

The "beans" or "berries" (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Aliment noun · 86% connection

a source of materials to nourish the body

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Alimentation noun · 86% connection

a source of materials to nourish the body

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Biodiversity noun · 86% connection

the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); "a high level of biodiversity is desirabl…

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Chyme noun · 86% connection

a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum

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Comestible noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be used as food

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Commissariat noun · 86% connection

a stock or supply of foods

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Eatable noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be used as food

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Ecological niche noun · 86% connection

(ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)

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ecosystem noun · 86% connection

a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment

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Edible noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be used as food

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Fare noun · 86% connection

the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed

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Feed noun · 86% connection

food for domestic livestock

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Food noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

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Food cycle noun · 86% connection

(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

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Food web noun · 86% connection

(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

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Habitat noun · 86% connection

the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds"

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Habitation noun · 86% connection

the native habitat or home of an animal or plant

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Home ground noun · 86% connection

the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds"

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-goes pl. · 78% connection

of Archipelago

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: islands, malay, archipelago, belonging, netherlands.
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-gos pl. · 78% connection

of Archipelago

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Aegean adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece. See Archipelago.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: islands, malay, archipelago, belonging, netherlands.
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Aleutic adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to a chain of islands between Alaska and Kamtchatka; also, designating these islands.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: islands, malay, archipelago, belonging, netherlands.
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Archipelagic adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to an archipelago.

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Archipelago noun · 78% connection

The Grecian Archipelago, or Aegean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: islands, malay, archipelago, belonging, netherlands.
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Banteng noun · 78% connection

wild ox of the Malay Archipelago

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: islands, malay, archipelago, belonging, netherlands.
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Beguine noun · 78% connection

A woman belonging to one of the religious and charitable associations or communities in the Netherlands, and elsewhere, whose members…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: islands, malay, archipelago, belonging, netherlands.
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Belgic adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the Netherlands or to Belgium.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: islands, malay, archipelago, belonging, netherlands.
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Borneol noun · 78% connection

A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: islands, malay, archipelago, belonging, netherlands.
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Brabantine adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to Brabant, an ancient province of the Netherlands.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: islands, malay, archipelago, belonging, netherlands.
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Breadfruit noun · 78% connection

The fruit of a tree (Artocarpus incisa) found in the islands of the Pacific, esp. the South Sea islands. It is of a roundish form, fro…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: islands, malay, archipelago, belonging, netherlands.
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