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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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, called, named, regard.
Allspice
noun · 78% connection
The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jama…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, called, named, regard.
Amphidromical
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; -- so called because the friends of the parents carried the child around the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, called, named, regard.
Antonomasia
noun · 78% connection
The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majest…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, called, named, regard.
Appellative
noun · 78% connection
A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…
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Baltimore oriole
unknown · 78% connection
A common American bird (Icterus galbula), named after Lord Baltimore, because its colors (black and orange red) are like those of his…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, called, named, regard.
Baptize
verb · 78% connection
To christen ( because a name is given to infants at their baptism); to give a name to; to name.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, called, named, regard.
Branchiopoda
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes…
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Bufonite
noun · 78% connection
An old name for a fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of Pycnodonts (thick te…
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Bumblebee
noun · 78% connection
A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called humblebee; -- so named from its sound.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, called, named, regard.
But
verb · 78% connection
A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, ins…
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Buttonwood
noun · 78% connection
The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; -- called also buttonb…
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Call
verb · 78% connection
To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, called, named, regard.
Capias
noun · 78% connection
A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; -- also called writ of ca…
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Coaltit
noun · 78% connection
A small European titmouse (Parus ater), so named from its black color; -- called also coalmouse and colemouse.
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Dextrin
noun · 78% connection
A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained…
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Disregard
verb · 78% connection
Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to…
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Ekaboron
noun · 78% connection
The name given by Mendelejeff in accordance with the periodic law, and by prediction, to a hypothetical element then unknown, but sinc…
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