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Plummet

A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.

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Bob 76% connected

Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's ta…

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Drop 76% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

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Perpendicular 70% connected

Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the…

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Plumb 92% connected

A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bo…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Plump 92% connected

Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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