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Obverse

Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf.

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Alternative 76% connected

Offering a choice of two things.

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Choice 76% connected

Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in prefe…

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Option 76% connected

The power of choosing; the right of choice or election; an alternative.

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Side 76% connected

The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distin…

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Head 76% connected

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

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Containing whole 1

Coin 70% connected

A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin.

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Reverse 94% connected

Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

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Reverse 94% connected

Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

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Change of mind noun · 86% connection

a decision to reverse an earlier decision

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Closure noun · 86% connection

something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did ach…

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Cull noun · 86% connection

the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

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Deciding noun · 86% connection

the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"

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Decision making noun · 86% connection

the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"

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Default noun · 86% connection

an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified

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Determination noun · 86% connection

deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature; "the determination of grammatical inflections"

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Eclectic method noun · 86% connection

making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style

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Eclecticism noun · 86% connection

making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style

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Evidence noun · 86% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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Flip-flop noun · 86% connection

a decision to reverse an earlier decision

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Grounds noun · 86% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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groupthink noun · 86% connection

decision making by a group (especially in a manner that discourages creativity or individual responsibility)

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Hobson's choice noun · 86% connection

the choice of taking what is offered or nothing at all

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Impossibility noun · 86% connection

an alternative that is not available

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Judgement noun · 86% connection

the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions

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Judging noun · 86% connection

the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions

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Judgment noun · 86% connection

the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions

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Adherence noun · 78% connection

The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; adhesion; as, adherence to a party or to opinions.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: base, next, attachment, narrower, leaf.
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Balance noun · 78% connection

To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: base, next, attachment, narrower, leaf.
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Bar noun · 78% connection

An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field.

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Baron noun · 78% connection

A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and G…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: base, next, attachment, narrower, leaf.
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Base adjective · 78% connection

Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base moti…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: base, next, attachment, narrower, leaf.
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Basi- unknown · 78% connection

A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as…

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Borrow verb · 78% connection

To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; -- a term of subtraction when the figure…

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Castle verb · 78% connection

To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of co…

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Chasuble noun · 78% connection

The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a na…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: base, next, attachment, narrower, leaf.
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Colonel noun · 78% connection

The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.

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Compress verb · 78% connection

To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to c…

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Compressible adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance.

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Constrict verb · 78% connection

To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.

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