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Radiate

To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.

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Similar meaning 6

Compound 84% connected

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

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Compound 84% connected

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

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Symmetric 84% connected

Symmetrical.

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Symmetric 84% connected

Symmetrical.

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Symmetrical 84% connected

Involving or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building.

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Symmetrical 84% connected

Involving or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building.

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Appear 76% connected

To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

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Breathe 76% connected

To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Egress 76% connected

The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure.

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Emerge 76% connected

To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from…

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Emit 76% connected

To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits s…

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Experience 76% connected

Trial, as a test or experiment.

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Extend 76% connected

To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

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Feel 76% connected

To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Issue 76% connected

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…

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Lead 76% connected

One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

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Look 76% connected

To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Seem 76% connected

To appear, or to appear to be; to have a show or semblance; to present an appearance; to look; to strike one's apprehension or fancy as being; to be…

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Vary 76% connected

To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to var…

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Blink 76% connected

To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

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Flash 76% connected

To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

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Gleam 76% connected

To disgorge filth, as a hawk.

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Glimmer 76% connected

To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp.

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Glow 76% connected

To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.

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Twinkle 76% connected

To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.

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Wink 76% connected

To nod; to sleep; to nap.

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Winkle 76% connected

Any periwinkle.

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Derivationally related 12

Radiance 74% connected

Alt. of Radiancy

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Radiance 74% connected

Alt. of Radiancy

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Radiancy 74% connected

The quality of being radiant; brilliancy; effulgence; vivid brightness; as, the radiance of the sun.

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Radiancy 74% connected

The quality of being radiant; brilliancy; effulgence; vivid brightness; as, the radiance of the sun.

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Radiant 74% connected

Emitting or proceeding as from a center; resembling rays; radiating; radiate.

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Radiant 74% connected

Emitting or proceeding as from a center; resembling rays; radiating; radiate.

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Radiation 74% connected

The act of radiating, or the state of being radiated; emission and diffusion of rays of light; beamy brightness.

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Radiation 74% connected

The act of radiating, or the state of being radiated; emission and diffusion of rays of light; beamy brightness.

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Radiator 74% connected

That which radiates or emits rays, whether of light or heat; especially, that part of a heating apparatus from which the heat is radiated or diffused…

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Radiator 74% connected

That which radiates or emits rays, whether of light or heat; especially, that part of a heating apparatus from which the heat is radiated or diffused…

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Shine 74% connected

To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by…

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Shine 74% connected

To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by…

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Synonym 7

Beam 92% connected

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

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Diversify 92% connected

To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects.

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Glow 92% connected

To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.

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Radial 92% connected

Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like, radii or rays; radiated; as, (Bot.) radial projections; (Zool.) radial vessels or canals…

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Ray 92% connected

To array.

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Shine 92% connected

To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by…

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Stellate 92% connected

Alt. of Stellated

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