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Preparation

The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready; as, the preparation of land for a crop of wheat; the preparation of troops for a campaign.

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Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Cerebration 76% connected

Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious.

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Compound 76% connected

In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.

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Harmony 76% connected

The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things, or things intended to form a connected whole; such…

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Intellection 76% connected

A mental act or process; especially: (a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition. Bentley. (b) A creation of the mind itsel…

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State 76% connected

The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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Thinking 76% connected

of Think

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Thought 76% connected

of Think

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Agreement 76% connected

State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the mem…

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Alert 76% connected

Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.

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Arrangement 76% connected

The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

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Baking 76% connected

of Bake

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Boiling 76% connected

of Boil

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Broil 76% connected

A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state.

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Broiling 76% connected

of Broil

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Browning 76% connected

of Brown

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Calculation 76% connected

The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate.

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Cleaner 76% connected

One who, or that which, cleans.

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Cleanser 76% connected

One who, or that which, cleanses; a detergent.

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Cuisine 76% connected

The kitchen or cooking department.

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Deliberation 76% connected

The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.

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Deployment 76% connected

The act of deploying; a spreading out of a body of men in order to extend their front.

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Discipline 76% connected

The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, menta…

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Drill 76% connected

To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.

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Exercise 76% connected

The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…

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Forethought 76% connected

Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate.

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Frying 76% connected

of Fry

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Grilling 76% connected

of Grill

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Groundwork 76% connected

That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle.

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mens rea 76% connected

The guilty state of mind required for some crimes.

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Nebula 76% connected

A faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars. True nebulae are gaseous; but very distant star cl…

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Percolation 76% connected

The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered dr…

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Planning 76% connected

of Plan

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Poaching 76% connected

of Poach

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Polish 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.

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Practice 76% connected

Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

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Premeditation 76% connected

The act of meditating or contriving beforehand; previous deliberation; forethought.

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Priming 76% connected

of Prime

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Prolusion 76% connected

A trial before the principal performance; a prelude; hence, an introductory essay or exercise.

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Qui vive 76% connected

The challenge of a French sentinel, or patrol; -- used like the English challenge: "Who comes there?"

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Ready 76% connected

Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement o…

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Recitation 76% connected

The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences.

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Roasting 76% connected

of Roast

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Schooling 76% connected

of School

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Simmering 76% connected

of Simmer

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Starch 76% connected

Stiff; precise; rigid.

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Stewing 76% connected

of Stew

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Toasting 76% connected

of Toast

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Groom 74% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

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Groom 74% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

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Make 74% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Make 74% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Prepare 74% connected

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

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Prepare 74% connected

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

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Ready 74% connected

Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement o…

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Ready 74% connected

Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement o…

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Train 74% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Train 74% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Containing whole 5

Didactics 70% connected

The art or science of teaching.

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Education 70% connected

The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act o…

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Instruction 70% connected

The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.

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Pedagogy 70% connected

Pedagogics; pedagogism.

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Teaching 70% connected

of Teach

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Seasoning 70% connected

of Season

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Attribute 4

Ready 66% connected

Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement o…

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Ready 66% connected

Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement o…

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Unready 66% connected

Not ready or prepared; not prompt; slow; awkward; clumsy.

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Unready 66% connected

Not ready or prepared; not prompt; slow; awkward; clumsy.

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Synonym 8

Cookery 92% connected

The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat.

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Cooking 92% connected

of Cook

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Formulation 92% connected

The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.

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Grooming 92% connected

of Groom

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Planning 92% connected

of Plan

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Provision 92% connected

The act of providing, or making previous preparation.

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Readiness 92% connected

The state or quality of being ready; preparation; promptness; aptitude; willingness.

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Training 92% connected

of Train

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Resolution 94% connected

The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) The act of…

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Resolution 94% connected

The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) The act of…

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