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Plaque

Any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab, plate, dish, or the like, hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn on the person, as a brooch.

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Dapple 76% connected

One of the spots on a dappled animal.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fleck 76% connected

A flake; also, a lock, as of wool.

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Maculation 76% connected

The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish.

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Memorial 76% connected

Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a memorial building.

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Monument 76% connected

Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial.

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Patch 76% connected

A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a…

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Speckle 76% connected

A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself.

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Spot 76% connected

A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

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Brass 92% connected

An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes cont…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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