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Midst

The interior or central part or place; the middle; -- used chiefly in the objective case after in; as, in the midst of the forest.

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Inside 76% connected

Within the sides of; in the interior; contained within; as, inside a house, book, bottle, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Interior 76% connected

Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner; -- opposed to exterior, or superficial; as, the interior apartments of a h…

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Thick 92% connected

Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seve…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Culture noun · 78% connection

the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the r…

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Geographics noun · 78% connection

study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation

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Geography noun · 78% connection

study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation

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Human adjective · 78% connection

relating to a person; "the experiment was conducted on 6 monkeys and 2 human subjects"

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Migration noun · 78% connection

the movement of persons from one country or locality to another

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Outer space noun · 78% connection

any location outside the Earth's atmosphere; "the astronauts walked in outer space without a tether"; "the first major milestone in sp…

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Part noun · 78% connection

the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer…

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Place noun · 78% connection

an abstract mental location; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the…

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Population noun · 78% connection

the people who inhabit a territory or state; "the population seemed to be well fed and clothed"

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Region noun · 78% connection

the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer…

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Settlement noun · 78% connection

a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it

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Space noun · 78% connection

any location outside the Earth's atmosphere; "the astronauts walked in outer space without a tether"; "the first major milestone in sp…

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Accusative adjective · 78% connection

Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influenc…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interior, central, part, place, middle.
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Bloody hand unknown · 78% connection

A hand stained with the blood of a deer, which, in the old forest laws of England, was sufficient evidence of a man's trespass in the…

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Border verb · 78% connection

To be, or to have, contiguous to; to touch, or be touched, as by a border; to be, or to have, near the limits or boundary; as, the reg…

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Caesura noun · 78% connection

A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle…

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Case noun · 78% connection

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridg…

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Dative adjective · 78% connection

Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter object, and is generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.

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Disafforest verb · 78% connection

To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to exempt from forest laws.

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Disboscation noun · 78% connection

Converting forest land into cleared or arable land; removal of a forest.

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Genitive adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It corresponds to th…

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Govern verb · 78% connection

To require to be in a particular case; as, a transitive verb governs a noun in the objective case; or to require (a particular case);…

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Her pron. & a. · 78% connection

The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she; as, I saw her with her purse out.

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Herself pron. · 78% connection

An emphasized form of the third person feminine pronoun; -- used as a subject with she; as, she herself will bear the blame; also used…

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Him pron. · 78% connection

The objective case of he. See He.

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Himself pron. · 78% connection

An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; -- used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; us…

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Instrumental adjective · 78% connection

Applied to a case expressing means or agency; as, the instrumental case. This is found in Sanskrit as a separate case, but in Greek it…

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Me pers. pron. · 78% connection

The person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the first person used as the objective and dative case of the pronoum…

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Mean noun · 78% connection

That which is mean, or intermediate, between two extremes of place, time, or number; the middle point or place; middle rate or degree;…

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Mediaevalism noun · 78% connection

The method or spirit of the Middle Ages; devotion to the institutions and practices of the Middle Ages; a survival from the Middle Age…

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