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Jewel

An ornament of dress usually made of a precious metal, and having enamel or precious stones as a part of its design.

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Adorn 76% connected

To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive.

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Beautify 76% connected

To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.

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Decorate 76% connected

To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice…

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Embellish 76% connected

To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrativ…

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Grace 76% connected

The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.

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Individual 76% connected

Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city.

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Jewellery 76% connected

See Jewelry.

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Jewelry 76% connected

The art or trade of a jeweler.

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Mortal 76% connected

Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.

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Ornament 76% connected

That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

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Person 76% connected

A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic represe…

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Somebody 76% connected

A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person.

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Soul 76% connected

Sole.

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Narrower term 6

Diamond 76% connected

A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness.

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Emerald 76% connected

A precious stone of a rich green color, a variety of beryl. See Beryl.

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Pearl 76% connected

A fringe or border.

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Ruby 76% connected

A precious stone of a carmine red color, sometimes verging to violet, or intermediate between carmine and hyacinth red. It is a red crystallized vari…

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Sapphire 76% connected

Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide, Al2O3; corundum; esp., the blue transparent variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem.

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Solitaire 76% connected

A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit.

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Derivationally related 8

Gem 74% connected

A bud.

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Gem 74% connected

A bud.

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Jeweler 74% connected

One who makes, or deals in, jewels, precious stones, and similar ornaments.

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Jeweler 74% connected

One who makes, or deals in, jewels, precious stones, and similar ornaments.

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Jewelry 74% connected

The art or trade of a jeweler.

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Jewelry 74% connected

The art or trade of a jeweler.

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Synonym 2

Bejewel 92% connected

To ornament with a jewel or with jewels; to spangle.

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Gem 92% connected

A bud.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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