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Panel

A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.

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Adorn 76% connected

To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive.

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Beautify 76% connected

To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.

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Body 76% connected

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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Choose 76% connected

To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.

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Commission 76% connected

The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.

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Committee 76% connected

One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collecti…

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Decorate 76% connected

To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice…

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Embellish 76% connected

To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrativ…

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Grace 76% connected

The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.

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Ornament 76% connected

That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

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Pad 76% connected

A footpath; a road.

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Select 76% connected

Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choic…

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Sheet 76% connected

In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Window 76% connected

An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some transparent material,…

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Narrower term 13

Caisson 76% connected

A chest to hold ammunition.

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Coffer 76% connected

A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables.

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Dado 76% connected

That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column.

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Dashboard 76% connected

A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vehicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- i…

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Fascia 76% connected

A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.

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Footboard 76% connected

A board or narrow platfrom upon which one may stand or brace his feet

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Lacunar 76% connected

Pertaining to, or having, lacunae; as, a lacunar circulation.

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Pane 76% connected

The narrow edge of a hammer head. See Peen.

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Paneling 76% connected

of Panel

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Panelling 76% connected

of Panel

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Wainscot 76% connected

Oaken timber or boarding.

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Wainscoting 76% connected

of Wainscot

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Window 76% connected

An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some transparent material,…

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Derivationally related 4

Pane 74% connected

The narrow edge of a hammer head. See Peen.

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Pane 74% connected

The narrow edge of a hammer head. See Peen.

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Containing whole 2

Gaiter 70% connected

A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep, or for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.

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Umbrella 70% connected

A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton…

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Synonym 5

Board 92% connected

A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.

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Empanel 92% connected

A list of jurors; a panel.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gore 92% connected

Dirt; mud.

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Impanel 92% connected

To enter in a list, or on a piece of parchment, called a panel; to form or enroll, as a list of jurors in a court of justice.

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Jury 92% connected

For temporary use; -- applied to a temporary contrivance.

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