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Prowess

Distinguished bravery; valor; especially, military bravery and skill; gallantry; intrepidity; fearlessness.

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Aviation 76% connected

The art or science of flying.

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Eristic 76% connected

Alt. of Eristical

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Falconry 76% connected

The art of training falcons or hawks to pursue and attack wild fowl or game.

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Fortification 76% connected

The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places in order to defend them against an enemy.

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Homiletics 76% connected

The art of preaching; that branch of theology which treats of homilies or sermons, and the best method of preparing and delivering them.

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Horology 76% connected

The science of measuring time, or the principles and art of constructing instruments for measuring and indicating portions of time, as clocks, watche…

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Minstrelsy 76% connected

The arts and occupation of minstrels; the singing and playing of a minstrel.

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Oenology 76% connected

Knowledge of wine, scientific or practical.

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Puppetry 76% connected

Action or appearance resembling that of a puppet, or puppet show; hence, mere form or show; affectation.

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Taxidermy 76% connected

The art of preparing, preserving, and mounting the skins of animals so as to represent their natural appearance, as for cabinets.

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Telescopy 76% connected

The art or practice of using or making telescopes.

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Ventriloquism 76% connected

The act, art, or practice of speaking in such a manner that the voice appears to come, not from the person speaking, but from some other source, as f…

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Ventriloquy 76% connected

Same as Ventriloquism.

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Art 92% connected

The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the endi…

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Artistry 92% connected

Works of art collectively.

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