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Along
adverb · 78% connection
By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spin, great, length, protract, unduly.
Barleycorn
noun · 78% connection
Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spin, great, length, protract, unduly.
Birl
v. t. & i. · 78% connection
To revolve or cause to revolve; to spin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spin, great, length, protract, unduly.
Continue
verb · 78% connection
To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spin, great, length, protract, unduly.
Determination
noun · 78% connection
The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.; as, the determination of the o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spin, great, length, protract, unduly.
Dimension
noun · 78% connection
Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spin, great, length, protract, unduly.
Double
adjective · 78% connection
To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; to double a sum of money; to double a nu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spin, great, length, protract, unduly.
Draw
verb · 78% connection
To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spin, great, length, protract, unduly.
Epeira
noun · 78% connection
A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider (E. diadema). They spin geometrical webs. See Garden spider.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spin, great, length, protract, unduly.
Fly
verb · 78% connection
The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes, the length from the "union" to the extreme end.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spin, great, length, protract, unduly.
Gut
noun · 78% connection
The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spin, great, length, protract, unduly.
Inch
noun · 78% connection
A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechani…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spin, great, length, protract, unduly.
L
noun · 78% connection
An extension at right angles to the length of a main building, giving to the ground plan a form resembling the letter L; sometimes les…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spin, great, length, protract, unduly.
Length
adjective · 78% connection
The quality or state of being long, in space or time; extent; duration; as, some sea birds are remarkable for the length of their wing…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spin, great, length, protract, unduly.
Linger
verb · 78% connection
To protract; to draw out.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spin, great, length, protract, unduly.
Link
noun · 78% connection
The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length. Cf. Chai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spin, great, length, protract, unduly.
Longitudinal
adjective · 78% connection
Extending in length; in the direction of the length; running lengthwise, as distinguished from transverse; as, the longitudinal diamet…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spin, great, length, protract, unduly.
Lunation
noun · 78% connection
The period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the time from one new moon to the next; varying in length, at different times, from…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spin, great, length, protract, unduly.
