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Oblong

Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.

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Long 84% connected

Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Long 84% connected

Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide.

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Simple 84% connected

Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance;…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Simple 84% connected

Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance;…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Rectangularity 74% connected

The quality or condition of being rectangular, or right-angled.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rectangularity 74% connected

The quality or condition of being rectangular, or right-angled.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Aestivation noun · 78% connection

(botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens

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Annual noun · 78% connection

(botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year

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Apogamy noun · 78% connection

(botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte…

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Apophysis noun · 78% connection

(botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers

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Bast noun · 78% connection

(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes

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Biennial noun · 78% connection

(botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usuall…

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Blister noun · 78% connection

(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin

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Callus noun · 78% connection

(botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid

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Calyx noun · 78% connection

(botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and support…

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Cohesion noun · 78% connection

(botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)

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Coma noun · 78% connection

(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)

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Cork noun · 78% connection

(botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells

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Corolla noun · 78% connection

(botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth; "we cultivate the f…

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Corona noun · 78% connection

(botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower

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Division noun · 78% connection

(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum

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Embryo noun · 78% connection

(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

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Germ tube noun · 78% connection

(botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination

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Amidships adverb · 78% connection

In the middle of a ship, with regard to her length, and sometimes also her breadth.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: greater, length, breadth, rectangular.
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Barrel noun · 78% connection

A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat en…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: greater, length, breadth, rectangular.
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Bench noun · 78% connection

A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: greater, length, breadth, rectangular.
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Board noun · 78% connection

A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: greater, length, breadth, rectangular.
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Body noun · 78% connection

A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: greater, length, breadth, rectangular.
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Broad superl. · 78% connection

Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: greater, length, breadth, rectangular.
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Chink noun · 78% connection

A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: greater, length, breadth, rectangular.
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Dimension noun · 78% connection

Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural,…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: greater, length, breadth, rectangular.
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Extensible adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being extended, whether in length or breadth; susceptible of enlargement; extensible; extendible; -- the opposite of contra…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: greater, length, breadth, rectangular.
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Extension verb · 78% connection

The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; aug…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: greater, length, breadth, rectangular.
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Finger noun · 78% connection

The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domesti…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: greater, length, breadth, rectangular.
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Inch adjective · 78% connection

Measurement an inch in any dimension, whether length, breadth, or thickness; -- used in composition; as, a two-inch cable; a four-inch…

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