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Labyrinth

An edifice or place full of intricate passageways which render it difficult to find the way from the interior to the entrance; as, the Egyptian and Cretan labyrinths.

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System 76% connected

An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects…

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Mazy 74% connected

Perplexed with turns and windings; winding; intricate; confusing; perplexing; embarrassing; as, mazy error.

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Mazy 74% connected

Perplexed with turns and windings; winding; intricate; confusing; perplexing; embarrassing; as, mazy error.

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Cochlea 70% connected

An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See Ear.

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Endolymph 70% connected

The watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.

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Perilymph 70% connected

The fluid which surrounds the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear, and separates it from the walls of the chambers in which the labyrinth lies.

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Maze 92% connected

A wild fancy; a confused notion.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Detection noun · 78% connection

the detection that a signal is being received

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Receptor noun · 78% connection

an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation

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Sense organ noun · 78% connection

an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation

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Sensory receptor noun · 78% connection

an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation

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Acoustic projection noun · 78% connection

the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality; "our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection…

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Cartography noun · 78% connection

the making of maps and charts

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Coordinate verb · 78% connection

bring into common action, movement, or condition; "coordinate the painters, masons, and plumbers"; "coordinate his actions with that o…

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Entropy noun · 78% connection

(communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information"

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Geographic adjective · 78% connection

determined by geography; "the north and south geographic poles"

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Geographic information system noun · 78% connection

information system for geographical information; "This operator was applied to a mobile technology GIS application." - UD_English-GUM…

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Geographical adjective · 78% connection

determined by geography; "the north and south geographic poles"

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GIS noun · 78% connection

information system for geographical information; "This operator was applied to a mobile technology GIS application." - UD_English-GUM…

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Information noun · 78% connection

(communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information"

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Latitude noun · 78% connection

the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself

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Longitude noun · 78% connection

the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich

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Admittance noun · 78% connection

Permission to enter; the power or right of entrance; also, actual entrance; reception.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edifice, place, full, intricate, passageways.
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Air cell noun · 78% connection

a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edifice, place, full, intricate, passageways.
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Air sac noun · 78% connection

a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edifice, place, full, intricate, passageways.
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Alveolus noun · 78% connection

a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edifice, place, full, intricate, passageways.
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Antechamber noun · 78% connection

A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an interior part.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edifice, place, full, intricate, passageways.
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Atrium noun · 78% connection

any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edifice, place, full, intricate, passageways.
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Bronchodilator noun · 78% connection

a drug that relaxes and dilates the bronchial passageways and improves the passages of air into the lungs

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edifice, place, full, intricate, passageways.
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Captious adjective · 78% connection

Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edifice, place, full, intricate, passageways.
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Complicate verb · 78% connection

To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edifice, place, full, intricate, passageways.
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Concierge noun · 78% connection

One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private; a doorkeeper; a janitor, male or female.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edifice, place, full, intricate, passageways.
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Crete noun · 78% connection

A Cretan

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edifice, place, full, intricate, passageways.
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Cretian a. & n. · 78% connection

See Cretan.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edifice, place, full, intricate, passageways.
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Cretism noun · 78% connection

A Cretan practice; lying; a falsehood.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edifice, place, full, intricate, passageways.
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Dilemma noun · 78% connection

A state of things in which evils or obstacles present themselves on every side, and it is difficult to determine what course to pursue…

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Entogastric adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the interior of the stomach; -- applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroid…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edifice, place, full, intricate, passageways.
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Entrance noun · 78% connection

The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking posses…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edifice, place, full, intricate, passageways.
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Find verb · 78% connection

To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find leisure; to find means.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edifice, place, full, intricate, passageways.
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Full Compar. · 78% connection

Abundantly furnished or provided; sufficient in. quantity, quality, or degree; copious; plenteous; ample; adequate; as, a full meal; a…

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