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Lesbian

Of or pertaining to the island anciently called Lesbos, now Mitylene, in the Grecian Archipelago.

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Dike 76% connected

A ditch; a channel for water made by digging.

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Dyke 76% connected

See Dike. The spelling dyke is restricted by some to the geological meaning.

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Gay 76% connected

Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry.

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Greek 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian.

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Hellene 76% connected

A native of either ancient or modern Greece; a Greek.

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Woman 76% connected

An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.

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Sapphic 92% connected

Of or pertaining to Sappho, the Grecian poetess; as, Sapphic odes; Sapphic verse.

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-goes pl. · 78% connection

of Archipelago

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-gos pl. · 78% connection

of Archipelago

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Achaian adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to Achaia in Greece; also, Grecian.

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Acropolis noun · 78% connection

The upper part, or the citadel, of a Grecian city; especially, the citadel of Athens.

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Aegean adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece. See Archipelago.

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Alcaic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to Alcaeus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c.

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Archipelagic adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to an archipelago.

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Archipelago noun · 78% connection

The Grecian Archipelago, or Aegean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands.

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Argive noun · 78% connection

A native of Argos. Often used as a generic term, equivalent to Grecian or Greek.

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Artesian adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to Artois (anciently called Artesium), in France.

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Atoll noun · 78% connection

A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; a lagoon…

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Banteng noun · 78% connection

wild ox of the Malay Archipelago

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Corocore noun · 78% connection

A kind of boat of various forms, used in the Indian Archipelago.

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Demosthenic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or in the style of, Demosthenes, the Grecian orator.

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Durio noun · 78% connection

A fruit tree (D. zibethinus, the only species known) of the Indian Archipelago. It bears the durian.

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Echinus noun · 78% connection

The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See Entablature.

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Enisled p. a. · 78% connection

Placed alone or apart, as if on an island; severed, as an island.

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Garcinia noun · 78% connection

A genus of plants, including the mangosteen tree (Garcinia Mangostana), found in the islands of the Indian Archipelago; -- so called i…

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