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Revery

A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream.

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Abstractedness 76% connected

The state of being abstracted; abstract character.

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Abstraction 76% connected

The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.

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Dream 76% connected

The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.

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Dreaming 76% connected

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Dream 76% connected

The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.

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Daydream 92% connected

A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.

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Reverie 92% connected

Alt. of Revery

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Blouse noun · 78% connection

A light, loose over-garment, like a smock frock, worn especially by workingmen in France; also, a loose coat of any material, as the u…

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Bohemian noun · 78% connection

A restless vagabond; -- originally, an idle stroller or gypsy (as in France) thought to have come from Bohemia; in later times often a…

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Conciliation noun · 78% connection

any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration

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Contemplation noun · 78% connection

The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study.

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Deep superl. · 78% connection

Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth…

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Deep-sea adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the deeper parts of the sea; as, a deep-sea line (i. e., a line to take soundings at a great depth); deep-sea lead…

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Depth noun · 78% connection

That which is deep; a deep, or the deepest, part or place; the deep; the middle part; as, the depth of night, or of winter.

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Doggerel noun · 78% connection

A sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry.

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Entermise noun · 78% connection

Mediation.

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Flag verb · 78% connection

To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

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Foray noun · 78% connection

A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.

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Geometrical irregularity noun · 78% connection

an irregular asymmetry in shape; an irregular spatial pattern

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Heteroclite noun · 78% connection

A word which is irregular or anomalous either in declension or conjugation, or which deviates from ordinary forms of inflection in wor…

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Idea noun · 78% connection

Hence: Any object apprehended, conceived, or thought of, by the mind; a notion, conception, or thought; the real object that is concei…

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Intercession noun · 78% connection

The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties at variance, with a view to reconcilation; prayer, petition, or entre…

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Interposition noun · 78% connection

The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.

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Intervention noun · 78% connection

Any interference that may affect the interests of others; especially, of one or more states with the affairs of another; mediation.

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Irregular adjective · 78% connection

Not regular; not conforming to a law, method, or usage recognized as the general rule; not according to common form; not conformable t…

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