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Macaroni

Long slender tubes made of a paste chiefly of wheat flour, and used as an article of food; Italian or Genoese paste.

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Beau 76% connected

A man who takes great care to dress in the latest fashion; a dandy.

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Clotheshorse 76% connected

A frame to hang clothes on.

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Dandy 76% connected

One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.

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Dude 76% connected

A kind of dandy; especially, one characterized by an ultrafashionable style of dress and other affectations.

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Fop 76% connected

One whose ambition it is to gain admiration by showy dress; a coxcomb; an inferior dandy.

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Gallant 76% connected

Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.

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Sheik 76% connected

The head of an Arab family, or of a clan or a tribe; also, the chief magistrate of an Arab village. The name is also applied to Mohammedan ecclesiast…

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Swell 76% connected

To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the le…

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the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

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Admixture noun · 78% connection

the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, slender, tubes, paste, chiefly.
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Barrel noun · 78% connection

The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, be…

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Bergmeal noun · 78% connection

An earthy substance, resembling fine flour. It is composed of the shells of infusoria, and in Lapland and Sweden is sometimes eaten, m…

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Bran noun · 78% connection

The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse,…

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Bread noun · 78% connection

An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening, kneading, and baking.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, slender, tubes, paste, chiefly.
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Cheat noun · 78% connection

Wheat, or bread made from wheat.

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Chess noun · 78% connection

A species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenera…

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Commixture noun · 78% connection

the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"

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Dough noun · 78% connection

Paste of bread; a soft mass of moistened flour or meal, kneaded or unkneaded, but not yet baked; as, to knead dough.

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Editorial noun · 78% connection

A leading article in a newspaper or magazine; an editorial article; an article published as an expression of the views of the editor.

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Flour noun · 78% connection

The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, the fine and s…

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Floury adjective · 78% connection

Of or resembling flour; mealy; covered with flour.

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