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A hand or match at dice.

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Important 84% connected

Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.

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Important 84% connected

Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.

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Intense 84% connected

Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.

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Intense 84% connected

Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.

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Broader term 4

Pipage 76% connected

Transportation, as of petroleum oil, by means of a pipe conduit; also, the charge for such transportation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pipe 76% connected

A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pi…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Piping 76% connected

of Pipe

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Water 76% connected

The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.

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Briny 74% connected

Of or pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of the nature of brine; salt; as, a briny taste; the briny flood.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Briny 74% connected

Of or pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of the nature of brine; salt; as, a briny taste; the briny flood.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Containing whole 1

Base 70% connected

Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

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Component part 1

Offing 70% connected

That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also, distance from the shore; as, the s…

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Synonym 6

Briny 92% connected

Of or pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of the nature of brine; salt; as, a briny taste; the briny flood.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Chief 92% connected

The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority who directs the…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Independent 92% connected

Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Master 92% connected

A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.

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Primary 92% connected

First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Principal 92% connected

Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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