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Peregrine

Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic.

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Falcon 76% connected

One of a family (Falconidae) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mobile 92% connected

Capable of being moved; not fixed in place or condition; movable.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nomadic 92% connected

Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Roving 92% connected

of Rove

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wandering 92% connected

of Wander

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Amphidiploid noun · 78% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent

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Aggravation noun · 78% connection

An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foreign, native, extrinsic, exotic.
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Alien adjective · 78% connection

not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the myst…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foreign, native, extrinsic, exotic.
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Conservatory noun · 78% connection

A place for preserving anything from loss, decay, waste, or injury; particulary, a greenhouse for preserving exotic or tender plants.

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Domestic adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to a nation considered as a family or home, or to one's own country; intestine; not foreign; as, foreign wars and dom…

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Encephalitis lethargica noun · 78% connection

an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular w…

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Envoy noun · 78% connection

One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; esp., a person deputed by a sovereign or a government to negotiate a treaty, or…

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Epidemic encephalitis noun · 78% connection

an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular w…

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Estimate verb · 78% connection

To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, -- either the extrinsic (money), or intrinsic (moral), value; to fi…

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Exotic adjective · 78% connection

Introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign; as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word.

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Exotical adjective · 78% connection

Foreign; not native; exotic.

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Exoticism noun · 78% connection

The state of being exotic; also, anything foreign, as a word or idiom; an exotic.

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Exterior adjective · 78% connection

External; on the outside; without the limits of; extrinsic; as, an object exterior to a man, opposed to what is within, or in his mind.

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External adjective · 78% connection

Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations; as, external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom.

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Extrinsic adjective · 78% connection

not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside; "extrinsic evidence"; "an extrinsic feature of th…

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Extrinsical adjective · 78% connection

Extrinsic.

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Extrinsicalness noun · 78% connection

The state or quality of being extrinsic.

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Foreign adjective · 78% connection

Not native or belonging to a certain country; born in or belonging to another country, nation, sovereignty, or locality; as, a foreign…

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Foreigner noun · 78% connection

A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or…

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