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Relevant

Relieving; lending aid or support.

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Applicable 84% connected

Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration.

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Applicable 84% connected

Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration.

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Germane 84% connected

Literally, near akin; hence, closely allied; appropriate or fitting; relevant.

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Germane 84% connected

Literally, near akin; hence, closely allied; appropriate or fitting; relevant.

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Pertinent 84% connected

Belonging or related to the subject or matter in hand; fit or appropriate in any way; adapted to the end proposed; apposite; material; relevant; as,…

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Pertinent 84% connected

Belonging or related to the subject or matter in hand; fit or appropriate in any way; adapted to the end proposed; apposite; material; relevant; as,…

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Relevance 74% connected

Alt. of Relevancy

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Relevance 74% connected

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Relevancy 74% connected

The quality or state of being relevant; pertinency; applicability.

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Relevancy 74% connected

The quality or state of being relevant; pertinency; applicability.

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Robust adjective · 81% connection

Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust heal…

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Credible adjective · 80% connection

Capable of being credited or believed; worthy of belief; entitled to confidence; trustworthy.

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Reliable adjective · 80% connection

Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependance or reliance; trustworthy.

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Valid adjective · 80% connection

Strong; powerful; efficient.

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Accumulator noun · 78% connection

A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.

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Acopic adjective · 78% connection

Relieving weariness; restorative.

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Allege verb · 78% connection

To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.

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Amelioration noun · 78% connection

the act of relieving ills and changing for the better

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Antiphthisic adjective · 78% connection

Relieving or curing phthisis, or consumption.

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Antiphysical adjective · 78% connection

Relieving flatulence; carminative.

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Assistant adjective · 78% connection

Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.

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Assistive adjective · 78% connection

Lending aid, helping.

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Bank noun · 78% connection

a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities; "he cashed a check at the bank"; "that b…

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Banking company noun · 78% connection

a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities; "he cashed a check at the bank"; "that b…

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Banking concern noun · 78% connection

a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities; "he cashed a check at the bank"; "that b…

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Base noun · 78% connection

The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that on which something rests for support; the foundation; as, the base of a sta…

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Base rate noun · 78% connection

the interest rate set by the Bank of England for lending to other banks

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Bechic unknown · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or relieving, a cough.

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Betterment noun · 78% connection

the act of relieving ills and changing for the better

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Depository financial institution noun · 78% connection

a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities; "he cashed a check at the bank"; "that b…

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Discharge verb · 78% connection

The act of discharging; the act of relieving of a charge or load; removal of a load or burden; unloading; as, the discharge of a ship;…

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Discount verb · 78% connection

To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days.

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