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Pisces

The twelfth sign of the zodiac, marked / in almanacs.

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Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Division 76% connected

The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Fish 70% connected

A counter, used in various games.

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Fish 92% connected

A counter, used in various games.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Monad noun · 85% connection

(biology) a single-celled microorganism (especially a flagellate protozoan)

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Amphidiploid noun · 85% connection

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

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Bacteria noun · 85% connection

(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission;…

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Bacterium noun · 85% connection

(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission;…

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Carrier noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not appare…

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Cross noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding pla…

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Crossbreed noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding pla…

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Diploid noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell; i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number

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Haploid noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes

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Heteroploid noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that speci…

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Hybrid noun · 85% connection

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Polyploid noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes

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Animal order noun · 85% connection

the order of animals

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Apostrophe noun · 78% connection

The mark ['] used to denote that a word is contracted (as in ne'er for never, can't for can not), and as a sign of the possessive, sin…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twelfth, sign, zodiac, marked, almanacs.
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Aquarius noun · 78% connection

The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; -- so called from the rains which p…

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Balance noun · 78% connection

The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, which the sun enters at the equinox in September.

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Bush noun · 78% connection

A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern…

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Cancer noun · 78% connection

The fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The first point is the northern limit of the sun's course in summer; hence, the sign of…

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Capricorn noun · 78% connection

The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic.

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Circumflex noun · 78% connection

A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or /]; and in Latin and so…

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Countersign verb · 78% connection

To sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or writing); hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal or superior, in…

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Crouched adjective · 78% connection

Marked with the sign of the cross.

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Crutched adjective · 78% connection

Marked with the sign of the cross; crouched.

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Denote verb · 78% connection

To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the cl…

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Distinct adjective · 78% connection

Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.

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