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Legible

Capable of being read or deciphered; distinct to the eye; plain; -- used of writing or printing; as, a fair, legible manuscript.

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Clean 84% connected

Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

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Clean 84% connected

Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

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Clear 84% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Clear 84% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Decipherable 84% connected

Capable of being deciphered; as, old writings not decipherable.

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Decipherable 84% connected

Capable of being deciphered; as, old writings not decipherable.

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Fair 84% connected

Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure.

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Fair 84% connected

Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure.

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Readable 84% connected

Such as can be read; legible; fit or suitable to be read; worth reading; interesting.

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Readable 84% connected

Such as can be read; legible; fit or suitable to be read; worth reading; interesting.

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Legibility 74% connected

The quality of being legible; legibleness.

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Legibility 74% connected

The quality of being legible; legibleness.

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Illegible 94% connected

Incapable of being read; not legible; as, illegible handwriting; an illegible inscription.

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Illegible 94% connected

Incapable of being read; not legible; as, illegible handwriting; an illegible inscription.

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Apparently adverb · 78% connection

unmistakably (‘plain’ is often used informally for ‘plainly’); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great…

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Autotypography noun · 78% connection

A process resembling "nature printing," by which drawings executed on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate, from which the pr…

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Blank adjective · 78% connection

Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in with some special writing; -- said of checks, official do…

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Chapel noun · 78% connection

A printing office, said to be so called because printing was first carried on in England in a chapel near Westminster Abbey.

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Chemitype noun · 78% connection

One of a number of processes by which an impression from an engraved plate is obtained in relief, to be used for printing on an ordina…

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Descant verb · 78% connection

Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by orna…

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Evidently adverb · 78% connection

unmistakably (‘plain’ is often used informally for ‘plainly’); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great…

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Font noun · 78% connection

A complete assortment of printing type of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, po…

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Foul superl. · 78% connection

Not favorable; unpropitious; not fair or advantageous; as, a foul wind; a foul road; cloudy or rainy; stormy; not fair; -- said of the…

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Holocryptic adjective · 78% connection

Wholly or completely concealing; incapable of being deciphered.

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Homograph noun · 78% connection

One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a.…

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Illegibility noun · 78% connection

the quality of writing (print or handwriting) that cannot be deciphered

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Indecipherable adjective · 78% connection

Not decipherable; incapable of being deciphered, explained, or solved.

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Kirmess noun · 78% connection

In Europe, particularly in Belgium and Holland, and outdoor festival and fair; in the United States, generally an indoor entertainment…

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Legend noun · 78% connection

That which is appointed to be read; especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins, and in the re…

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Manifestly adverb · 78% connection

unmistakably (‘plain’ is often used informally for ‘plainly’); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great…

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Manuscript adjective · 78% connection

Writing, as opposed to print; as, the book exists only in manuscript.

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Matter noun · 78% connection

Written manuscript, or anything to be set in type; copy; also, type set up and ready to be used, or which has been used, in printing.

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