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Planer

One who, or that which, planes; a planing machine; esp., a machine for planing wood or metals.

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Plane 74% connected

Any tree of the genus Platanus.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Plane 74% connected

Any tree of the genus Platanus.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Plane 92% connected

Any tree of the genus Platanus.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stress noun · 78% connection

Distress.

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Fabrication noun · 78% connection

The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a governmen…

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Fluid mechanics noun · 78% connection

study of the mechanics of fluids

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Hydraulics noun · 78% connection

That branch of science, or of engineering, which treats of fluids in motion, especially of water, its action in rivers and canals, the…

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Manufacture noun · 78% connection

The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.

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Manufacturing p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Manufacture

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Alloy verb · 78% connection

Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. B…

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Amalgamator noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in…

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Antiparallels n. pl. · 78% connection

Straight lines or planes which make angles in some respect opposite in character to those made by parallel lines or planes.

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Attachment noun · 78% connection

The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an/ passion of affection that binds a p…

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Azoth noun · 78% connection

The first principle of metals, i. e., mercury, which was formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to be extractable from them.

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Barker's mill unknown · 78% connection

A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from aper…

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Beetle verb · 78% connection

A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.

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Bevelled unknown · 78% connection

of Bevel

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Bevelment noun · 78% connection

The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes.

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Breaker noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, breaks.

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Comparator noun · 78% connection

An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be measured with a standard measure; -- applied especially to a machine for compari…

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Coordinate adjective · 78% connection

Equal in rank or order; not subordinate.

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Creeper noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing.

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Crossgrained adjective · 78% connection

Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely an irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing.

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Cutter noun · 78% connection

One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one who cuts out garments.

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Dome noun · 78% connection

A building; a house; an edifice; -- used chiefly in poetry.

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File noun · 78% connection

An orderly succession; a line; a row

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Fissile adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals.

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