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Recruitment

The act or process of recruiting; especially, the enlistment of men for an army.

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Accomplishment 76% connected

The act of accomplishing; entire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc.

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Achievement 76% connected

The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his object.

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Draft 74% connected

Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Draft 74% connected

Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

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Enlisting 92% connected

of Enlist

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Accountability noun · 78% connection

responsibility to someone or for some activity

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Answerability noun · 78% connection

responsibility to someone or for some activity

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Answerableness noun · 78% connection

responsibility to someone or for some activity

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Attainment noun · 78% connection

arrival at a new stage; "his attainment of puberty was delayed by malnutrition"

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Education noun · 78% connection

knowledge acquired by learning and instruction; "it was clear that he had a very broad education"

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Financing noun · 78% connection

the act of financing

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Funding noun · 78% connection

the act of financing

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Inspection noun · 78% connection

a formal or official examination; "the platoon stood ready for review"; "we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the ele…

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Policy noun · 78% connection

a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group; "it was a policy of retribution"; "a politician keeps changing his policies"

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Reform verb · 78% connection

change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"

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Advance adjective · 78% connection

Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced; as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army;…

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Agitator noun · 78% connection

One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's time, to look after their interests; -- called also adjutators.

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Agminal adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to an army marching, or to a train.

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Ambulance noun · 78% connection

A field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often us…

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Annoy noun · 78% connection

To molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade.

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Appointment noun · 78% connection

Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of milit…

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Army noun · 78% connection

A body of persons organized for the advancement of a cause; as, the Blue Ribbon Army.

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Army worm unknown · 78% connection

A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and…

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Artillery noun · 78% connection

The men and officers of that branch of the army to which the care and management of artillery are confided.

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Assistant adjective · 78% connection

Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon.

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Augment verb · 78% connection

To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reeforcements; rain augments a…

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Avant noun · 78% connection

The front of an army. [Obs.] See Van.

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Body noun · 78% connection

The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal part, as of…

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Cid noun · 78% connection

the United States Army's principal law enforcement agency responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations for all levels of the…

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Dialect noun · 78% connection

the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he ha…

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Flank noun · 78% connection

The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme right or left; as, to attack…

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Generalissimo adjective · 78% connection

The chief commander of an army; especially, the commander in chief of an army consisting of two or more grand divisions under separate…

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Idiom noun · 78% connection

the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he ha…

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