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Pagoda

A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship.

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Temple 76% connected

A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.

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Bo tree noun · 78% connection

fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists

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Brand verb · 78% connection

A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an anim…

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Buddha noun · 78% connection

The title of an incarnation of self-abnegation, virtue, and wisdom, or a deified religious teacher of the Buddhists, esp. Gautama Sidd…

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Bull brier unknown · 78% connection

A species of Smilax (S. Pseudo-China) growing from New Jersey to the Gulf of Mexico, which has very large tuberous and farinaceous roo…

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Cathay noun · 78% connection

China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for…

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Chinese adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China.

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Coolie noun · 78% connection

An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.

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Designate verb · 78% connection

To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to de…

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Divergent adjective · 78% connection

Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; -- oppose…

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Donjon noun · 78% connection

The chief tower, also called the keep; a massive tower in ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See Illus…

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Further superl. · 78% connection

More remote; at a greater distance; more in advance; farther; as, the further end of the field. See Farther.

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Ginkgo noun · 78% connection

A large ornamental tree (Ginkgo biloba) from China and Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of Coniferae. Its leaves are so like those…

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Henna noun · 78% connection

A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L. alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in religious ceremonies.…

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Hindi noun · 78% connection

The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindoos. In employs the Devanaga…

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Hinduism noun · 78% connection

The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindoos; Brahmanism.

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Hindustani noun · 78% connection

The language of Hindostan; the name given by Europeans to the most generally spoken of the modern Aryan languages of India. It is Hind…

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Hydrangea noun · 78% connection

A genus of shrubby plants bearing opposite leaves and large heads of showy flowers, white, or of various colors. H. hortensis, the com…

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India noun · 78% connection

A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or Hindostan.

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