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Manuscript

Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume.

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Autograph 76% connected

That which is written with one's own hand; an original manuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Writing 76% connected

of Write

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Codex 76% connected

A book; a manuscript.

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Palimpsest 76% connected

A parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second.

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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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Scroll 76% connected

A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.

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Holograph 92% connected

A document, as a letter, deed, or will, wholly in the handwriting of the person from whom it proceeds and whose act it purports to be.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Abstract adjective · 86% connection

existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; "abstract words like ‘truth’ and ‘justice’"

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Ms noun · 86% connection

the form of a literary work submitted for publication

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Implication noun · 85% connection

a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation…

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Import noun · 85% connection

a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation…

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Method noun · 85% connection

an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them…

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Method acting noun · 85% connection

an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them…

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Significance noun · 85% connection

a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation…

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Acknowledgment noun · 85% connection

a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citatio…

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Analysis noun · 85% connection

a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmu…

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Bibliography noun · 85% connection

a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a…

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Citation noun · 85% connection

a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citatio…

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Cite noun · 85% connection

a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citatio…

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Credit noun · 85% connection

a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citatio…

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Depth psychology noun · 85% connection

a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmu…

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Evidence noun · 85% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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Grounds noun · 85% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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Inspection noun · 85% connection

a formal or official examination; "the platoon stood ready for review"; "we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the ele…

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Mention noun · 85% connection

a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citatio…

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Account noun · 78% connection

A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other thin…

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Ballot noun · 78% connection

Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.

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Bill noun · 78% connection

A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods; a placar…

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Black letter unknown · 78% connection

The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It wa…

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Blot noun · 78% connection

An obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure.

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Book noun · 78% connection

A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound shee…

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Bulk modulus noun · 78% connection

the ratio of the change in pressure acting on a volume to the fractional change in volume

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Collationer noun · 78% connection

One who examines the sheets of a book that has just been printed, to ascertain whether they are correctly printed, paged, etc.

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Comma noun · 78% connection

A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed.

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Context noun · 78% connection

The part or parts of something written or printed, as of Scripture, which precede or follow a text or quoted sentence, or are so intim…

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Cunabula n. pl. · 78% connection

The extant copies of the first or earliest printed books, or of such as were printed in the 15th century.

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Decrescendo a. & adv. · 78% connection

With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff (abbreviated Dec., or Decresc.), or indic…

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