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Outdoor

Being, or done, in the open air; being or done outside of certain buildings, as poorhouses, hospitals, etc.; as, outdoor exercise; outdoor relief; outdoor patients.

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Alfresco 84% connected

In the open-air.

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Alfresco 84% connected

In the open-air.

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Open-air 84% connected

Taking place in the open air; outdoor; as, an open-air game or meeting.

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Open-air 84% connected

Taking place in the open air; outdoor; as, an open-air game or meeting.

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Exterior 66% connected

External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; -- opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere.

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Exterior 66% connected

External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; -- opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere.

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Open 66% connected

Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

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Out-of-door 92% connected

Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air; outdoor; as, out-of-door exercise. See Out of door, under Out, adv.

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Outside 92% connected

The external part of a thing; the part, end, or side which forms the surface; that which appears, or is manifest; that which is superficial; the exte…

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Adoption noun · 78% connection

Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into an…

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Ambulance noun · 78% connection

a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals

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Bond noun · 78% connection

A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a f…

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Boot noun · 78% connection

Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.

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Cavo-rilievo noun · 78% connection

Hollow relief; sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the plain surface around.

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease noun · 78% connection

a nonreversible lung disease that is a combination of emphysema and chronic bronchitis; usually patients have been heavy cigarette smo…

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Crepitation rale noun · 78% connection

the crackling sound heard on auscultation when patients with respiratory diseases inhale; associated with tuberculosis and pneumonia a…

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Decubitus ulcer noun · 78% connection

a chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients)

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Deed verb · 78% connection

That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including,…

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Dehiscence noun · 78% connection

(biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other repro…

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Demi-rilievo noun · 78% connection

Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.

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Ectype noun · 78% connection

A work sculptured in relief, as a cameo, or in bas-relief (in this sense used loosely).

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Exercise verb · 78% connection

To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop; hence, also, to improve by practice; to discipline,…

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Externality noun · 78% connection

the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior; "the outwardness of the world"

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Extra- unknown · 78% connection

A Latin preposition, denoting beyond, outside of; -- often used in composition as a prefix signifying outside of, beyond, besides, or…

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Extracapsular adjective · 78% connection

Situated outside of a capsule, esp. outside the capsular ligament of a joint.

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Fact noun · 78% connection

The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the…

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Funny wagon noun · 78% connection

an ambulance used to transport patients to a mental hospital

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