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Niece

A relative, in general; especially, a descendant, whether male or female; a granddaughter or a grandson.

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Grandniece 76% connected

The granddaughter of one's brother or sister.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Kinswoman 76% connected

A female relative.

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Nephew 94% connected

A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Nephew 94% connected

A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Adamite noun · 78% connection

A descendant of Adam; a human being.

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Ascendant noun · 78% connection

An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to des…

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Bull noun · 78% connection

The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.

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Canaanite noun · 78% connection

A descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah.

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Child noun · 78% connection

A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate o…

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Configuration noun · 78% connection

Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.

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Cushite noun · 78% connection

A descendant of Cush, the son of Ham and grandson of Noah.

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D unknown · 78% connection

The nominal of the second tone in the model major scale (that in C), or of the fourth tone in the relative minor scale of C (that in A…

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Daughter noun · 78% connection

A female descendant; a woman.

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Doe noun · 78% connection

A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to the female…

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Force noun · 78% connection

Any action between two bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or motion; or, more generally, wh…

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Grand superl. · 78% connection

Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent; -- generalIy used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson…

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Grandnephew noun · 78% connection

The grandson of one's brother or sister.

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Great superl. · 78% connection

Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line…

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Great-grandchild noun · 78% connection

The child of one's grandson or granddaughter.

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Great-granddaughter noun · 78% connection

A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter.

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Great-grandson noun · 78% connection

A son of one's grandson or granddaughter.

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Hectocotylus noun · 78% connection

One of the arms of the male of most kinds of cephalopods, which is specially modified in various ways to effect the fertilization of t…

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