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Minority

The state of being a minor, or under age.

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Age 76% connected

The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.

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Eld 76% connected

Old.

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Figure 76% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

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Number 76% connected

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

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Minor 74% connected

Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.

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Minor 74% connected

Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.

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Minor 66% connected

Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.

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Minor 66% connected

Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.

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Nonage 92% connected

The ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the clergy on the death of persons in their parishes.

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Bulk 94% connected

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

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Bulk 94% connected

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

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Position noun · 85% connection

the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained th…

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Status noun · 85% connection

the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained th…

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Bastardy noun · 84% connection

the status of being born to parents who were not married

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Caste noun · 84% connection

social status or position conferred by a system based on class; "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station"

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Command noun · 84% connection

a position of highest authority; "the corporation has just undergone a change in command"

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Dignity noun · 84% connection

high office or rank or station; "he respected the dignity of the emissaries"

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Echelon noun · 84% connection

status in a society or organization; "the upper echelon"

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Election noun · 84% connection

the status or fact of being elected; "they celebrated his election"

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Equality noun · 84% connection

a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best"

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Equation noun · 84% connection

a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best"

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Equivalence noun · 84% connection

a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best"

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Face noun · 84% connection

status in the eyes of others; "he lost face"

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Footing noun · 84% connection

status with respect to the relations between people or groups; "on good terms with her in-laws"; "on a friendly footing"

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Illegitimacy noun · 84% connection

the status of being born to parents who were not married

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Leadership noun · 84% connection

the status of a leader; "they challenged his leadership of the union"

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Left-handedness noun · 84% connection

the status of being born of a morganatic marriage

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Lowliness noun · 84% connection

a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation

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Lowness noun · 84% connection

a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation

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A unknown · 78% connection

The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the sca…

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Abduction noun · 78% connection

A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.

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Acanthus noun · 78% connection

A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech.

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Acolyte noun · 78% connection

One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic church, being ordained to carry the wine and water and the l…

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Aeolian adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to Aeolia or Aeolis, in Asia Minor, colonized by the Greeks, or to its inhabitants; aeolic; as, the Aeolian dialect.

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Angora noun · 78% connection

A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc.

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Archipelago noun · 78% connection

The Grecian Archipelago, or Aegean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands.

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Assumption noun · 78% connection

The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

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Asteroid noun · 78% connection

A starlike body; esp. one of the numerous small planets whose orbits lie between those of Mars and Jupiter; -- called also planetoids…

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Bear noun · 78% connection

One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa M…

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C unknown · 78% connection

The keynote of the normal or "natural" scale, which has neither flats nor sharps in its signature; also, the third note of the relativ…

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Calcar noun · 78% connection

A curved ridge in the floor of the leteral ventricle of the brain; the calcar avis, hippocampus minor, or ergot.

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Centurion noun · 78% connection

A military officer who commanded a minor division of the Roman army; a captain of a century.

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