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A particle that marks an alternative; as, you may read or may write, -- that is, you may do one of the things at your pleasure, but not both. It corresponds to either. You may ride either to London or to Windsor. It often connects a series of words or propositions, presenting a choice of either; as, he may study law, or medicine, or divinity, or he may enter into trade.

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Surgery 92% connected

The art of healing by manual operation; that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of t…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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-ate unknown · 78% connection

As a noun suffix, it marks the agent; as, curate, delegate. It also sometimes marks the office or dignity; as, tribunate.

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Alternative noun · 78% connection

one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there is no other alternative"; "my only choi…

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Antiparticle noun · 78% connection

a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and…

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Choice noun · 78% connection

one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there is no other alternative"; "my only choi…

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Computer software noun · 78% connection

(computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer syst…

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Coupling noun · 78% connection

A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects the ends of a…

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Dilemma noun · 78% connection

A state of things in which evils or obstacles present themselves on every side, and it is difficult to determine what course to pursue…

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Drive noun · 78% connection

The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; -- distinguished from a ride taken on horseback.

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Flat-cap noun · 78% connection

A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere; -- hence, a citizen…

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Grain noun · 78% connection

Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, o…

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Head noun · 78% connection

(computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk

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Head crash noun · 78% connection

(computer science) a crash of a read/write head in a hard disk drive (usually caused by contact of the head with the surface of the ma…

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Illiteracy noun · 78% connection

The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; want of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as…

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Inscribe verb · 78% connection

To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.

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Latency noun · 78% connection

(computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head

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Legend noun · 78% connection

That which is appointed to be read; especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins, and in the re…

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Literacy noun · 78% connection

the ability to read and write

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Livery noun · 78% connection

Hence, also, the peculiar dress or garb appropriated by any association or body of persons to their own use; as, the livery of the Lon…

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