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Albatross
noun · 78% connection
A web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there are several species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long-conti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long-continued, contraction, pupil.
Albino
noun · 78% connection
A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long-continued, contraction, pupil.
Alumna
n. fem. · 78% connection
A female pupil; especially, a graduate of a school or college.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long-continued, contraction, pupil.
Alumnus
noun · 78% connection
A pupil; especially, a graduate of a college or other seminary of learning.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long-continued, contraction, pupil.
Apt
adjective · 78% connection
Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long-continued, contraction, pupil.
Atropine
noun · 78% connection
A poisonous, white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from the Atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade, and the Datura Stramonium, or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long-continued, contraction, pupil.
Cadet
noun · 78% connection
A young man in training for military or naval service; esp. a pupil in a military or naval school, as at West Point, Annapolis, or Woo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long-continued, contraction, pupil.
Chondrin
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance, tasteless and odorless, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action of bo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long-continued, contraction, pupil.
Cinchonism
noun · 78% connection
A condition produced by the excessive or long-continued use of quinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long-continued, contraction, pupil.
Contraction
noun · 78% connection
The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long-continued, contraction, pupil.
Cornea
noun · 78% connection
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long-continued, contraction, pupil.
Cram
verb · 78% connection
To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination; as, a pupil is crammed by his…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long-continued, contraction, pupil.
Crammer
noun · 78% connection
One who crams; esp., one who prepares a pupil hastily for an examination, or a pupil who is thus prepared.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long-continued, contraction, pupil.
Crasis
noun · 78% connection
A contraction of two vowels (as the final and initial vowels of united words) into one long vowel, or into a diphthong; synaeresis; as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long-continued, contraction, pupil.
Dog-eared
adjective · 78% connection
Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by careless or long-continued usage; -- said of a book.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long-continued, contraction, pupil.
Duboisine
noun · 78% connection
An alkaloid obtained from the leaves of an Australian tree (Duboisia myoporoides), and regarded as identical with hyoscyamine. It prod…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long-continued, contraction, pupil.
Eleve
noun · 78% connection
A pupil; a student.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long-continued, contraction, pupil.
Epiploce
noun · 78% connection
A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; climax; e. g., "He not only spared his enemies, bu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long-continued, contraction, pupil.
