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Re-formation

The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as, the reformation of a column of troops into a hollow square.

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Reconstruction 76% connected

The act of constructing again; the state of being reconstructed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Regeneration 92% connected

The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Abacus noun · 78% connection

The uppermost member or division of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave. See Column.

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Acre noun · 78% connection

A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of t…

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Anew adverb · 78% connection

Over again; another time; in a new form; afresh; as, to arm anew; to create anew.

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Architrave noun · 78% connection

The lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column, esp. in classical architecture. See Column.

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Are noun · 78% connection

The unit of superficial measure, being a square of which each side is ten meters in length; 100 square meters, or about 119.6 square y…

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Backbone noun · 78% connection

The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.

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Battalion noun · 78% connection

A body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array.

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Biquadrate noun · 78% connection

The fourth power, or the square of the square. Thus 4x4=16, the square of 4, and 16x16=256, the biquadrate of 4.

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Capital noun · 78% connection

The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. Se…

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Column noun · 78% connection

Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air,…

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Columnar adjective · 78% connection

Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns; like the shaft of a column.

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Deploy v. t. & i. · 78% connection

To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the re…

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Dyne noun · 78% connection

The unit of force, in the C. G. S. (Centimeter Gram Second) system of physical units; that is, the force which, acting on a gram for a…

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Epichordal adjective · 78% connection

Upon or above the notochord; -- applied esp. to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguis…

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Footing noun · 78% connection

The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.

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Formation noun · 78% connection

The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc.

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Guide verb · 78% connection

A noncommissioned officer or soldier placed on the directiug flank of each subdivision of a column of troops, or at the end of a line,…

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Harmonics noun · 78% connection

Secondary and less distinct tones which accompany any principal, and apparently simple, tone, as the octave, the twelfth, the fifteent…

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