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Orientation

The act or process of orientating; determination of the points of the compass, or the east point, in taking bearings.

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Attitude 76% connected

The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue.

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Class 76% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Course 76% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Direction 76% connected

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

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Locating 76% connected

of Locate

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Location 76% connected

The act or process of locating.

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Placement 76% connected

The act of placing, or the state of being placed.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Predisposition 76% connected

The act of predisposing, or the state of being predisposed; previous inclination, tendency, or propensity; predilection; -- applied to the mind; as,…

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Attitude 76% connected

The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue.

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Heresy 76% connected

An opinion held in opposition to the established or commonly received doctrine, and tending to promote a division or party, as in politics, literatur…

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Heterodoxy 76% connected

An opinion or doctrine, or a system of doctrines, contrary to some established standard of faith, as the Scriptures, the creed or standards of a chur…

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Horizontal 76% connected

Pertaining to, or near, the horizon.

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Ideology 76% connected

The science of ideas.

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Orthodoxy 76% connected

Soundness of faith; a belief in the doctrines taught in the Scriptures, or in some established standard of faith; -- opposed to heterodoxy or to here…

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Perspective 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the science of vision; optical.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Quarter 76% connected

One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, o…

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Vertical 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one.

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View 76% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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wavelength 76% connected

The length of one complete wave cycle.

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Preferential 74% connected

Giving, indicating, or having a preference or precedence; as, a preferential claim; preferential shares.

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Preferential 74% connected

Giving, indicating, or having a preference or precedence; as, a preferential claim; preferential shares.

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Horizontal 66% connected

Pertaining to, or near, the horizon.

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Horizontal 66% connected

Pertaining to, or near, the horizon.

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Perpendicular 66% connected

Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the…

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Perpendicular 66% connected

Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the…

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Vertical 66% connected

Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one.

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Vertical 66% connected

Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one.

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Predilection 92% connected

A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something; predisposition to choose or like; partiality.

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Preference 92% connected

The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred; the setting of one thing before another; precedence; higher estimation; predilection; choice;…

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