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Mass

The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.

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Collective 84% connected

Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Collective 84% connected

Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.

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Accumulation 76% connected

The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Aggregation 76% connected

The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assemblage 76% connected

The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

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Body 76% connected

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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Collection 76% connected

The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

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Crowd 76% connected

To push, to press, to shove.

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Group 76% connected

A cluster, crowd, or throng; an assemblage, either of persons or things, collected without any regular form or arrangement; as, a group of men or of…

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Grouping 76% connected

of Group

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Magnitude 76% connected

Extent of dimensions; size; -- applied to things that have length, breath, and thickness.

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Prayer 76% connected

One who prays; a supplicant.

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Audience 76% connected

The act of hearing; attention to sounds.

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biomass 76% connected

The total mass of organisms in a given area or volume

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Body 76% connected

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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Bulk 76% connected

Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.

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Deluge 76% connected

A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.…

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Drift 76% connected

A driving; a violent movement.

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Flood 76% connected

A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land…

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Following 76% connected

of Follow

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Haymow 76% connected

A mow or mass of hay laid up in a barn for preservation.

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Inundation 76% connected

The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.

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Laity 76% connected

The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders.

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Mat 76% connected

A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.

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Mush 76% connected

Meal (esp. Indian meal) boiled in water; hasty pudding; supawn.

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Pulp 76% connected

A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter.

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Requiem 76% connected

A mass said or sung for the repose of a departed soul.

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Shock 76% connected

A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stoo…

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Temporalty 76% connected

The laity; secular people.

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Torrent 76% connected

A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.

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Turnover 76% connected

The act or result of turning over; an upset; as, a bad turnover in a carriage.

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Manner of action 1

Press 76% connected

An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

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Synonym 27

Aggregate 92% connected

To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil."

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Aggregated 92% connected

of Aggregate

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Aggregative 92% connected

Taken together; collective.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Batch 92% connected

The quantity of bread baked at one time.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bulk 92% connected

Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Deal 92% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Flock 92% connected

A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and othe…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Heap 92% connected

A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lot 92% connected

That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mess 92% connected

Mass; church service.

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Mickle 92% connected

Much; great.

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Mint 92% connected

The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mountain 92% connected

A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land; earth and rock forming an isolated peak or a ridge; an e…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Muckle 92% connected

Much.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Multitude 92% connected

A great number of persons collected together; a numerous collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Peck 92% connected

The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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People 92% connected

The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.

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Pile 92% connected

A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Plenty 92% connected

Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants; abundanc…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pot 92% connected

A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Raft 92% connected

imp. & p. p. of Reave.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sight 92% connected

The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slew 92% connected

of Slay

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Spate 92% connected

A river flood; an overflow or inundation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stack 92% 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…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Volume 92% connected

A roll; a scroll; a written document rolled up for keeping or for use, after the manner of the ancients.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wad 92% connected

Woad.

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Motion 84% connected

The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

physics of motion 25% interchangeable

A measure of inertia.

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