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Amulet
noun · 78% connection
An ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, relic, relics, nature.
Antiquary
noun · 78% connection
One devoted to the study of ancient times through their relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations, statues, c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, relic, relics, nature.
Antique
adjective · 78% connection
In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, relic, relics, nature.
Antiquity
noun · 78% connection
A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the plural.]
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, relic, relics, nature.
Apse
noun · 78% connection
A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, relic, relics, nature.
Archaeology
noun · 78% connection
The science or study of antiquities, esp. prehistoric antiquities, such as the remains of buildings or monuments of an early epoch, in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, relic, relics, nature.
Beastly
adjective · 78% connection
Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, relic, relics, nature.
Character
noun · 78% connection
The peculiar quality, or the sum of qualities, by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others; the stamp impressed by natur…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, relic, relics, nature.
Connatural
adjective · 78% connection
Connected by nature; united in nature; inborn; inherent; natural.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, relic, relics, nature.
Crest
noun · 78% connection
A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it, or separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like. It is a rel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, relic, relics, nature.
Dagoba
noun · 78% connection
A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, relic, relics, nature.
Fenes-tella
noun · 78% connection
Any small windowlike opening or recess, esp. one to show the relics within an altar, or the like.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, relic, relics, nature.
Feretory
noun · 78% connection
A portable bier or shrine, variously adorned, used for containing relics of saints.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, relic, relics, nature.
Heat
noun · 78% connection
A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as man…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, relic, relics, nature.
Homogeneous
adjective · 78% connection
Of the same kind of nature; consisting of similar parts, or of elements of the like nature; -- opposed to heterogeneous; as, homogeneo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, relic, relics, nature.
Kitchen middens
unknown · 78% connection
Relics of neolithic man found on the coast of Denmark, consisting of shell mounds, some of which are ten feet high, one thousand feet…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, relic, relics, nature.
Leavings
n. pl. · 78% connection
Things left; remnants; relics.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, relic, relics, nature.
Material
adjective · 78% connection
Hence: Pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature of man, as distinguished from the mental or moral nature; relating to the bodi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, relic, relics, nature.