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Latitude

Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width.

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Ambit 76% connected

Circuit or compass.

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Compass 76% connected

A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.

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Liberty 76% connected

The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to sla…

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Orbit 76% connected

The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.

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Range 76% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

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Reach 76% connected

To retch.

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Scope 76% connected

That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate de…

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Tropic 76% connected

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from atropine and certain other alkaloids, as a white crystalline substance slightly soluble in w…

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Latitudinal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to latitude; in the direction of latitude.

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Latitudinal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to latitude; in the direction of latitude.

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Latitudinarian 74% connected

Not restrained; not confined by precise limits.

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Latitudinarian 74% connected

Not restrained; not confined by precise limits.

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Parallel 92% connected

Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.

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