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Layer

One who, or that which, lays.

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Artefact 76% connected

a man-made object taken as a whole

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Artifact 76% connected

a man-made object taken as a whole

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Biddy 76% connected

A name used in calling a hen or chicken.

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Forge 76% connected

A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., wh…

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Hen 76% connected

The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray hen.

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Mold 76% connected

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

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Mould 76% connected

Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Region 76% connected

One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general…

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Shape 76% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Backing 76% connected

of Back

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Blanket 76% connected

A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing; also, a similar fabric used as a robe; or any fabric used as…

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Blastoderm 76% connected

The germinal membrane in an ovum, from which the embryo is developed.

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Chromosphere 76% connected

An atmosphere of rare matter, composed principally of incandescent hydrogen gas, surrounding the sun and enveloping the photosphere. Portions of the…

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Course 76% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Crust 76% connected

The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow.

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Cushion 76% connected

A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad.

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Hypodermis 76% connected

Same as Hypoblast.

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Lift 76% connected

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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Mantle 76% connected

A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope.

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Mount 76% connected

A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always ins…

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Overlay 76% connected

To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon.

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Ply 76% connected

To bend.

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Row 76% connected

Rough; stern; angry.

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Snow 76% connected

A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.

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Stratum 76% connected

A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds…

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Surface 76% connected

The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, t…

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Tier 76% connected

One who, or that which, ties.

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Wall 76% connected

A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.

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Bed 74% connected

An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction fro…

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Bed 74% connected

An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction fro…

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Lay 74% connected

of Lie, to recline.

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Lay 74% connected

of Lie, to recline.

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Level 74% connected

A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface…

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Level 74% connected

A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface…

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Containing whole 1

Laminate 70% connected

Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.

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Bed 92% connected

An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction fro…

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Level 92% connected

A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface…

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Stratum 92% connected

A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds…

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