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A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat.

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Verb group 4

Heel 84% connected

To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.

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Heel 84% connected

To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.

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Lean 84% connected

To conceal.

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Lean 84% connected

To conceal.

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Narrower term 35

Agenda 76% connected

of Agendum

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Agendum 76% connected

Something to be done; in the pl., a memorandum book.

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Bibliography 76% connected

A history or description of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc.

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Bill 76% connected

A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal.

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Black book 76% connected

One of several books of a political character, published at different times and for different purposes; -- so called either from the color of the bin…

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Blacklist 76% connected

To put in a black list as deserving of suspicion, censure, or punishment; esp. to put in a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy,…

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Calendar 76% connected

An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to the purposes of civil life, as years, months, weeks, and days; also, a register of the yea…

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Canon 76% connected

A law or rule.

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Catalog 76% connected

Catalogue.

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Catalogue 76% connected

A list or enumeration of names, or articles arranged methodically, often in alphabetical order; as, a catalogue of the students of a college, or of b…

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Chart 76% connected

A sheet of paper, pasteboard, or the like, on which information is exhibited, esp. when the information is arranged in tabular form; as, an historica…

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Codex 76% connected

A book; a manuscript.

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Contents 76% connected

of Content

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Corrigenda 76% connected

of Corrigendum

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Directory 76% connected

Containing directions; enjoining; instructing; directorial.

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Enumeration 76% connected

The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.

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Flag 76% connected

To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

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Index 76% connected

That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.

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Inventory 76% connected

An account, catalogue, or schedule, made by an executor or administrator, of all the goods and chattels, and sometimes of the real estate, of a decea…

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Key 76% connected

An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lo…

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Masthead 76% connected

The top or head of a mast; the part of a mast above the hounds.

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Menu 76% connected

The details of a banquet; a bill of fare.

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Necrology 76% connected

An account of deaths, or of the dead; a register of deaths; a collection of obituary notices.

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Numbering 76% connected

of Number

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Portfolio 76% connected

A portable case for holding loose papers, prints, drawings, etc.

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Posting 76% connected

of Post

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Queue 76% connected

A tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail.

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Record 76% connected

To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.

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Roll 76% connected

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

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Roster 76% connected

A register or roll showing the order in which officers, enlisted men, companies, or regiments are called on to serve.

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Schedule 76% connected

A written or printed scroll or sheet of paper; a document; especially, a formal list or inventory; a list or catalogue annexed to a larger document,…

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Slate 76% connected

An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.

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Stack 76% connected

A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a poi…

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Standing 76% connected

of Stand

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Ticket 76% connected

A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something.

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Broader term 14

Angle 76% connected

The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.

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database 76% connected

A structured store of information that can be searched and updated.

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Enumerate 76% connected

To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one after another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by one; to name over; to make a s…

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Identify 76% connected

To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider…

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Itemize 76% connected

To state in items, or by particulars; as, to itemize the cost of a railroad.

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Lean 76% connected

To conceal.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Name 76% connected

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Recite 76% connected

To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from reco…

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Register 76% connected

A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule.

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Slant 76% connected

To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.

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Tilt 76% connected

A covering overhead; especially, a tent.

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Tip 76% connected

The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

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Manner of action 7

Blacklist 76% connected

To put in a black list as deserving of suspicion, censure, or punishment; esp. to put in a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy,…

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Empanel 76% connected

A list of jurors; a panel.

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Impanel 76% connected

To enter in a list, or on a piece of parchment, called a panel; to form or enroll, as a list of jurors in a court of justice.

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Index 76% connected

That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.

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Inventory 76% connected

An account, catalogue, or schedule, made by an executor or administrator, of all the goods and chattels, and sometimes of the real estate, of a decea…

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Itemize 76% connected

To state in items, or by particulars; as, to itemize the cost of a railroad.

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Post 76% connected

Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.

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Derivationally related 16

Figure 74% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

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Figure 74% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

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Lean 74% connected

To conceal.

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Lean 74% connected

To conceal.

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Lister 74% connected

A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish.

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Lister 74% connected

A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish.

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Number 74% connected

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

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Number 74% connected

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

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Numeral 74% connected

Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or numerals.

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Numeral 74% connected

Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or numerals.

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Tilt 74% connected

A covering overhead; especially, a tent.

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Tilt 74% connected

A covering overhead; especially, a tent.

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Component part 2

Item 70% connected

Also; as an additional article.

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Point 70% connected

To appoint.

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Synonym 7

Heel 92% connected

To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lean 92% connected

To conceal.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Leaning 92% connected

of Lean

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Listing 92% connected

of List

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Name 92% connected

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Number 92% connected

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tilt 92% connected

A covering overhead; especially, a tent.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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