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Palm

The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist.

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Broader term 8

Accolade 76% connected

A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword.

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Area 76% connected

Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

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Award 76% connected

To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrator…

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Honor 76% connected

Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.

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Honour 76% connected

a woman's virtue or chastity

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Region 76% connected

One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general…

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Touch 76% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Tree 76% connected

Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.

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Narrower term 6

Calamus 76% connected

The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.

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Coco 76% connected

Alt. of Coco palm

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Coco palm 76% connected

See Cocoa.

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Cocoa palm 76% connected

A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. The trunk…

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Corozo 76% connected

Alt. of Corosso

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Fan palm 76% connected

Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamaerops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal and Thrinax in the West Indies,…

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Manner of action 3

Field 76% connected

Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.

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Fumble 76% connected

To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.

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Manipulate 76% connected

To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate…

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Derivationally related 2

Palmar 74% connected

Pertaining to, or corresponding with, the palm of the hand.

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Palmar 74% connected

Pertaining to, or corresponding with, the palm of the hand.

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Containing whole 4

Hand 70% connected

That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.

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Manus 70% connected

of Manus

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Mitt 70% connected

A mitten; also, a covering for the wrist and hand and not for the fingers.

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Paw 70% connected

The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc.

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Component part 1

Thenar 70% connected

Of or pertaining to the thenar; corresponding to thenar; palmar.

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Synonym 6

Decoration 92% connected

The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.

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Handle 92% connected

To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

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Medal 92% connected

A piece of metal in the form of a coin, struck with a device, and intended to preserve the remembrance of a notable event or an illustrious person, o…

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Medallion 92% connected

A large medal or memorial coin.

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Ribbon 92% connected

A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes.

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Thenar 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the thenar; corresponding to thenar; palmar.

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