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Overarch

To make or place an arch over; to hang over like an arch.

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Dominate 76% connected

To predominate over; to rule; to govern.

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Predominate 76% connected

To be superior in number, strength, influence, or authority; to have controlling power or influence; to prevail; to rule; to have the mastery; as, lo…

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Prevail 76% connected

To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or…

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Reign 76% connected

Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion.

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Rule 76% connected

That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

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Amphistylic adjective · 78% connection

Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull.

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Arch noun · 78% connection

Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge.

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Arched adjective · 78% connection

Made with an arch or curve; covered with an arch; as, an arched door.

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Bag verb · 78% connection

To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter.

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Cope noun · 78% connection

Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door.

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Crown noun · 78% connection

The vertex or top of an arch; -- applied generally to about one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only.

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Decline verb · 78% connection

To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to…

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Displace verb · 78% connection

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in…

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Droop verb · 78% connection

To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment,…

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Fauld noun · 78% connection

The arch over the dam of a blast furnace; the tymp arch.

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Flap verb · 78% connection

To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing.

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Glossohyal adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to both the hyoidean arch and the tongue; -- applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. -- n. The…

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Hang verb · 78% connection

To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; t…

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Heaven noun · 78% connection

The expanse of space surrounding the earth; esp., that which seems to be over the earth like a great arch or dome; the firmament; the…

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Hover verb · 78% connection

To hang fluttering in the air, or on the wing; to remain in flight or floating about or over a place or object; to be suspended in the…

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Hyomandibular adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining both to the hyoidean arch and the mandible or lower jaw; as, the hyomandibular bone or cartilage, a segment of the hyoid ar…

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Impend verb · 78% connection

To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent.

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Keystone noun · 78% connection

The central or topmost stone of an arch. This in some styles is made different in size from the other voussoirs, or projects, or is de…

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