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Process

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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Verb group 14

Forge 84% connected

A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., wh…

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Forge 84% connected

A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., wh…

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form 84% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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form 84% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Litigate 84% connected

To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as,…

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Litigate 84% connected

To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as,…

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Mold 84% connected

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

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Mold 84% connected

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

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Mould 84% connected

Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

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Mould 84% connected

Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

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Shape 84% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Shape 84% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Work 84% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Work 84% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Acromion 76% connected

The outer extremity of the shoulder blade.

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Action 76% connected

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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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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Ala 76% connected

A winglike organ, or part.

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Apophysis 76% connected

A marked prominence or process on any part of a bone.

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Appendix 76% connected

Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant.

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Arista 76% connected

An awn.

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Calculation 76% connected

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

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Caruncle 76% connected

Alt. of Caruncula

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Caruncula 76% connected

A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye.

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Cirrus 76% connected

A tendril or clasper.

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Citation 76% connected

An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.

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Computation 76% connected

The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.

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Computing 76% connected

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Condensation 76% connected

The act or process of condensing or of being condensed; the state of being condensed.

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Condition 76% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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Condyle 76% connected

A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of a bone bearing a rounded articular surface; -- sometimes applied also to a concave articul…

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Crest 76% connected

A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthe…

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Decrease 76% connected

To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as…

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Decrement 76% connected

The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss.

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Defence 76% connected

See Defense.

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Defense 76% connected

Alt. of Defence

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Defining 76% connected

of Define

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Degeneration 76% connected

The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration.

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Development 76% connected

The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an ima…

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Devolution 76% connected

The act of rolling down.

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Eminence 76% connected

That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height.

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Enation 76% connected

Any unusual outgrowth from the surface of a thing, as of a petal; also, the capacity or act of producing such an outgrowth.

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Encapsulation 76% connected

The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule.

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Epicondyle 76% connected

A projection on the inner side of the distal end of the numerus; the internal condyle.

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Evolution 76% connected

The act of unfolding or unrolling; hence, in the process of growth; development; as, the evolution of a flower from a bud, or an animal from the egg.

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Excrescence 76% connected

An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a tr…

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Execution 76% connected

The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc.

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Fetlock 76% connected

The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals. Also, the joint…

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Fimbria 76% connected

A fringe, or fringed border.

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Flagellum 76% connected

A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.

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Formula 76% connected

A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said.

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Growth 76% connected

The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity;…

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Hair 76% connected

The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of…

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Horn 76% connected

A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The…

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Increase 76% connected

To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance;…

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Increment 76% connected

The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement.

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Indirection 76% connected

Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness.

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Invalidation 76% connected

The act of inavlidating, or the state of being invalidated.

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Iteration 76% connected

Recital or performance a second time; repetition.

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Loop 76% connected

A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.

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Looping 76% connected

of Loop

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Mapping 76% connected

of Map

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Mastoid 76% connected

Resembling the nipple or the breast; -- applied specifically to a process of the temporal bone behind the ear.

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Mastoidal 76% connected

Same as Mastoid.

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Metaphysis 76% connected

Change of form; transformation.

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Monition 76% connected

Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution.

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Olecranon 76% connected

The large process at the proximal end of the ulna which projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bony prominence of the elbow.

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Operation 76% connected

The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

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Papilla 76% connected

Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papillae of the tongue.

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Performance 76% connected

The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance o…

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Phenomenon 76% connected

An appearance; anything visible; whatever, in matter or spirit, is apparent to, or is apprehended by, observation; as, the phenomena of heat, light,…

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Photography 76% connected

The science which relates to the action of light on sensitive bodies in the production of pictures, the fixation of images, and the like.

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Pseudopod 76% connected

Any protoplasmic filament or irregular process projecting from any unicellular organism, or from any animal or plant call.

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Pseudopodium 76% connected

Same as Pseudopod.

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Ridge 76% connected

The back, or top of the back; a crest.

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Rigmarole 76% connected

A succession of confused or nonsensical statements; foolish talk; nonsense.

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Routine 76% connected

A round of business, amusement, or pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or offical duties regularly or frequently…

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Rule 76% connected

That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

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Shaping 76% connected

of Shape

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Somniloquism 76% connected

The act or habit of talking in one's sleep; somniloquy.

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Somniloquy 76% connected

A talking in sleep; the talking of one in a state of somnipathy.

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Spicule 76% connected

A minute, slender granule, or point.

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Spiculum 76% connected

Same as Spicule.

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Spine 76% connected

A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.

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Stiffening 76% connected

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Style 76% connected

An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded,…

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Tail 76% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

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Tentacle 76% connected

A more or less elongated process or organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or cephalic region of invertebrate animals, being either an o…

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Ticket 76% connected

A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something.

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Trochanter 76% connected

One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small trochanter.

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Tubercle 76% connected

A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the tubercles appearing on th…

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Tuberosity 76% connected

The state of being tuberous.

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Variation 76% connected

The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation…

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Villus 76% connected

One of the minute papillary processes on certain vascular membranes; a villosity; as, villi cover the lining of the small intestines of many animals…

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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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Affect 76% connected

To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

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Calculate 76% connected

To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.

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Care 76% connected

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

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Challenge 76% connected

An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message con…

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Cipher 76% connected

A character [0] which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value tenfold.

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Cognition 76% connected

The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.

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Compute 76% connected

To determine calculation; to reckon; to count.

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Cypher 76% connected

See Cipher.

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Deal 76% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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Deliver 76% connected

To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or…

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Figure 76% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

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Handle 76% connected

To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

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Impact 76% connected

To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.

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Knowledge 76% connected

The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.

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Manage 76% connected

The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.

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Reckon 76% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

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Touch 76% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Transform 76% connected

To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly.

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Transmute 76% connected

To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; to transform.

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Transubstantiate 76% connected

To change into another substance.

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Walk 76% connected

To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate…

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Writ 76% connected

3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth.

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Aerate 76% connected

To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air.

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Beneficiate 76% connected

To reduce (ores).

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Bituminize 76% connected

To prepare, treat, impregnate, or coat with bitumen.

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Bromate 76% connected

A salt of bromic acid.

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Brominate 76% connected

See Bromate, v. t.

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Camphorate 76% connected

To impregnate or treat with camphor.

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Carbonate 76% connected

A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of lead ore, etc.

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Chlorinate 76% connected

To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.

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Chrome 76% connected

Same as Chromium.

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Countermarch 76% connected

To march back, or to march in reversed order.

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Creosote 76% connected

Wood-tar oil; an oily antiseptic liquid, of a burning smoky taste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or brown by impurity or exposure.…

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Curry 76% connected

To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather.

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Debouch 76% connected

To march out from a wood, defile, or other confined spot, into open ground; to issue.

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Digest 76% connected

To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application; as, to digest the laws, etc.

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Dose 76% connected

The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time.

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Expedite 76% connected

Free of impediment; unimpeded.

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File 76% connected

An orderly succession; a line; a row

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Fume 76% connected

Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.

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Fumigate 76% connected

To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke or vapor; to purify, or free from infection, by the use of smoke or vapors.

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Iodize 76% connected

To treat or impregnate with iodine or its compounds; as, to iodize a plate for photography.

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Irradiate 76% connected

To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.

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Malt 76% connected

Barley or other grain, steeped in water and dried in a kiln, thus forcing germination until the saccharine principle has been evolved. It is used in…

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Nitrate 76% connected

A salt of nitric acid.

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Nitrify 76% connected

To combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to convert, by oxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or produce by, nitrification.

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Nitrogenize 76% connected

To combine, or impregnate, with nitrogen or its compounds.

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Overwork 76% connected

To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or too long; to tire excessively; as, to overwork a horse.

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Oxygenate 76% connected

To unite, or cause to combine, with oxygen; to treat with oxygen; to oxidize; as, oxygenated water (hydrogen dioxide).

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Oxygenize 76% connected

To oxidize.

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Parade 76% connected

The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled.

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Promenade 76% connected

A walk for pleasure, display, or exercise.

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Propagate 76% connected

To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or she…

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Rack 76% connected

Same as Arrack.

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Ray 76% connected

To array.

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Refine 76% connected

To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to…

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Retread 76% connected

To tread again.

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Rinse 76% connected

To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing.

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Scald 76% connected

To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid; as, to scald the hand.

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Seed 76% connected

of Seed

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Subpoena 76% connected

A writ commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty; the process by which a defendant in equ…

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Sulfur 76% connected

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Sulphur 76% connected

A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities, either combined as in the sulphides (as pyrites) and sulphates (as gypsum), or native…

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Tank 76% connected

A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.

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Till 76% connected

A vetch; a tare.

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Tool 76% connected

An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by…

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Troop 76% connected

A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.

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Vulcanize 76% connected

To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanization.

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Wash 76% connected

To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or…

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Cite 74% connected

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

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Cite 74% connected

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

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Petitioner 74% connected

One who presents a petition.

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Petitioner 74% connected

One who presents a petition.

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Work 74% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Work 74% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Action 92% connected

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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Appendage 92% connected

Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.

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Litigate 92% connected

To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as,…

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March 92% connected

The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

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Operation 92% connected

The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

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Outgrowth 92% connected

That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence.

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Procedure 92% connected

The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct.

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Serve 92% connected

To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, a…

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Sue 92% connected

To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo.

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Summons 92% connected

The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty.

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Treat 92% connected

To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

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Work 92% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Method 78% connected

An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching languages; a method of improvin…

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A process can occur without being a deliberate method.

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