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Portmanteau

A bag or case, usually of leather, for carrying wearing apparel, etc., on journeys.

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Bag 76% connected

A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Coinage 76% connected

The act or process of converting metal into money.

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Grip 76% connected

The griffin.

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Neologism 76% connected

The introduction of new words, or the use of old words in a new sense.

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Neology 76% connected

The introduction of a new word, or of words or significations, into a language; as, the present nomenclature of chemistry is a remarkable instance of…

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Blend 92% connected

To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguis…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gladstone 92% connected

A four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two inside seats, calash top, and seats for driver and footman.

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Accent noun · 86% connection

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…

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Acronym noun · 86% connection

a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word; "‘NATO’ is an initialism for North…

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Admixture noun · 86% connection

the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"

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Attachment noun · 86% connection

the act of attaching or affixing something

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Back-formation noun · 86% connection

a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it

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Blending noun · 86% connection

the act of blending components together thoroughly

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Caesura noun · 86% connection

a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line

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Classifier noun · 86% connection

a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted i…

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Combination noun · 86% connection

the act of combining things to form a new whole

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Combining noun · 86% connection

the act of combining things to form a new whole

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Compound noun · 86% connection

a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also c…

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Compounding noun · 86% connection

the act of combining things to form a new whole

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Conversion noun · 86% connection

interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition

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Derivation noun · 86% connection

(historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase

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Deriving noun · 86% connection

(historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase

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Enjambement noun · 86% connection

the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause

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Enjambment noun · 86% connection

the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause

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Abrasion noun · 78% connection

The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: case, leather, carrying, wearing, apparel.
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Accusative adjective · 78% connection

Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influenc…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: case, leather, carrying, wearing, apparel.
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Appareled imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Apparel

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: case, leather, carrying, wearing, apparel.
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Appareling p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Apparel

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Apparelled unknown · 78% connection

of Apparel

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Bombard noun · 78% connection

A large drinking vessel or can, or a leather bottle, for carrying liquor or beer.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: case, leather, carrying, wearing, apparel.
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Bouget noun · 78% connection

A charge representing a leather vessel for carrying water; -- also called water bouget.

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budgerow noun · 78% connection

A large and commodious, but generally cumbrous and sluggish boat, used for journeys on the Ganges.

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Calf noun · 78% connection

Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf.

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Case noun · 78% connection

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridg…

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Chamois noun · 78% connection

A soft leather made from the skin of the chamois, or from sheepskin, etc.; -- called also chamois leather, and chammy or shammy leathe…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: case, leather, carrying, wearing, apparel.
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Cordwain noun · 78% connection

A term used in the Middle Ages for Spanish leather (goatskin tanned and dressed), and hence, any leather handsomely finished, colored,…

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Escort noun · 78% connection

To attend with a view to guard and protect; to accompany as safeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to; -- used esp. wi…

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Genitive adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It corresponds to th…

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