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Pole

A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.

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Anode 76% connected

The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; --…

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Boom 76% connected

A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc.

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Caber 76% connected

A pole or beam used in Scottish games for tossing as a trial of strength.

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Mast 76% connected

The fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts; acorns.

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Polack 76% connected

A Polander.

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Spar 76% connected

An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was especially used in…

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Stilt 76% connected

A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is sometimes lashed to the leg, and somet…

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Contact 76% connected

A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

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Deoxidize 76% connected

To deprive of oxygen; to reduce from the state of an oxide.

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End 76% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

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European 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants.

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Impel 76% connected

To drive or urge forward or on; to press on; to incite to action or motion in any way.

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Opinion 76% connected

That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less strong than positive knowledge; sett…

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Persuasion 76% connected

The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or inclines t…

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Propel 76% connected

To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder.

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Reduce 76% connected

To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.

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Rod 76% connected

A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).

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Sentiment 76% connected

A thought prompted by passion or feeling; a state of mind in view of some subject; feeling toward or respecting some person or thing; disposition pro…

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Support 76% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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Sustain 76% connected

To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.

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Tangency 76% connected

The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.

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Terminal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.

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Thought 76% connected

of Think

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View 76% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Polar 74% connected

Of or pertaining to one of the poles of the earth, or of a sphere; situated near, or proceeding from, one of the poles; as, polar regions; polar seas…

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Polar 74% connected

Of or pertaining to one of the poles of the earth, or of a sphere; situated near, or proceeding from, one of the poles; as, polar regions; polar seas…

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Punt 74% connected

To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble.

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Punt 74% connected

To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble.

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Punter 74% connected

One who punts; specifically, one who plays against the banker or dealer, as in baccara and faro.

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Punter 74% connected

One who punts; specifically, one who plays against the banker or dealer, as in baccara and faro.

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Force 72% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Push 72% connected

A pustule; a pimple.

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Containing whole 3

Battery 70% connected

The act of battering or beating.

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Furlong 70% connected

A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods; two hundred and twenty yards.

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Magnet 70% connected

The loadstone; a species of iron ore (the ferrosoferric or magnetic ore, Fe3O4) which has the property of attracting iron and some of its ores, and,…

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Component part 2

Pace 70% connected

A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.

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Yard 70% connected

A rod; a stick; a staff.

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Synonym 4

Perch 92% connected

Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flav…

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Punt 92% connected

To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble.

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Rod 92% connected

A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).

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Terminal 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.

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