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Qualifier

One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains.

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Adjective 76% connected

Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence.

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Adverb 76% connected

A word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it; as, he writes well; paper extremely wh…

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Intensifier 76% connected

One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; in photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture.

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Intensive 76% connected

Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified.

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Contestant 76% connected

One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one who claims that which has been awarded to another.

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Qualify 74% connected

To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the k…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Qualify 74% connected

To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the k…

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Containing whole 1

Phrase 70% connected

A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as,…

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Modifier 92% connected

One who, or that which, modifies.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Active noun · 78% connection

a person who is a participating member of an organization; "the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees"

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Active voice noun · 78% connection

the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the v…

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Adjunct noun · 78% connection

a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence

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Adverbial adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to or functioning as an adverb; "adverbial syntax"

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Complement noun · 78% connection

a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction

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Constituent noun · 78% connection

(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction

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Dependent adjective · 78% connection

(of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or…

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Direct verb · 78% connection

plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

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Direct object noun · 78% connection

the object that receives the direct action of the verb

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Engineer verb · 78% connection

plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

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Grammatical constituent noun · 78% connection

(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction

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Head noun · 78% connection

(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

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Head word noun · 78% connection

(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

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Indirect adjective · 78% connection

extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insu…

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Indirect object noun · 78% connection

the object that is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb

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Mastermind verb · 78% connection

plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

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Modifier gene noun · 78% connection

a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene

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Object noun · 78% connection

(grammar) a constituent that is acted upon; "the object of the verb"

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Adjuvant noun · 78% connection

An ingredient, in a prescription, which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient.

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Antihypertensive noun · 78% connection

a drug that reduces high blood pressure

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Belt noun · 78% connection

That which restrains or confines as a girdle.

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Bit verb · 78% connection

Fig.: Anything which curbs or restrains.

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Bound noun · 78% connection

The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or within which somet…

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Bridler noun · 78% connection

One who bridles; one who restrains and governs, as with a bridle.

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Compatibility noun · 78% connection

The quality or power of being compatible or congruous; congruity; as, a compatibility of tempers; a compatibility of properties.

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Conciator adjective · 78% connection

The person who weighs and proportions the materials to be made into glass, and who works and tempers them.

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Confiner noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, limits or restrains.

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Constraint noun · 78% connection

The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; n…

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Curb noun · 78% connection

That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a…

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Dispose verb · 78% connection

make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this job"

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