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Quarter

One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, of a yard, of an hour, etc.

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Accommodate 76% connected

To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.

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Back 76% connected

A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, hol…

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Clemency 76% connected

Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy.

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Coin 76% connected

A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin.

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Divide 76% connected

To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

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Division 76% connected

The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

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Fraction 76% connected

The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.

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Individual 76% connected

Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city.

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Kill 76% connected

A kiln.

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Lodge 76% connected

A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge.

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Mercy 76% connected

Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adver…

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Mortal 76% connected

Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.

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Orientation 76% connected

The act or process of orientating; determination of the points of the compass, or the east point, in taking bearings.

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Period 76% connected

A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…

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Person 76% connected

A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic represe…

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Rear 76% connected

Early; soon.

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Section 76% connected

The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.

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Segment 76% connected

One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion; as, a segment of an orange;…

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Session 76% connected

The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.

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Somebody 76% connected

A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person.

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Soul 76% connected

Sole.

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Ghetto 76% connected

The Jews'quarter in an Italian town or city.

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Derivationally related 6

Billet 74% connected

A small paper; a note; a short letter.

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Billet 74% connected

A small paper; a note; a short letter.

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Quarterly 74% connected

Containing, or consisting of, a fourth part; as, quarterly seasons.

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Quarterly 74% connected

Containing, or consisting of, a fourth part; as, quarterly seasons.

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Component part 5

Bushel 70% connected

A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.

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Escutcheon 70% connected

The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is…

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Pound 70% connected

To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

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Skeg 70% connected

A sort of wild plum.

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Stone 70% connected

Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded…

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Containing whole 8

Cental 70% connected

A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; -- called in many parts of the United States a Hundredweight.

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Centner 70% connected

A weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then into smaller parts.

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Hour 70% connected

The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.

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Hundredweight 70% connected

A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the legal standard of England it…

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Play 70% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Quintal 70% connected

A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used. Cf. Cental.

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Ship 70% connected

Pay; reward.

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Upper 70% connected

Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a…

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Synonym 8

Billet 92% connected

A small paper; a note; a short letter.

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Canton 92% connected

A song or canto

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Draw 92% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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Fourth 92% connected

Next in order after the third; the ordinal of four.

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Poop 92% connected

See 2d Poppy.

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Quartern 92% connected

A quarter. Specifically: (a) The fourth part of a pint; a gill. (b) The fourth part of a peck, or of a stone (14 ibs.).

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Stern 92% connected

The black tern.

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Tail 92% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

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