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Ridge

The back, or top of the back; a crest.

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Appendage 76% connected

Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.

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Beam 76% connected

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

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Continue 76% connected

To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

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Convexity 76% connected

The state of being convex; the exterior surface of a convex body; roundness.

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Elevation 76% connected

The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the ele…

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Extend 76% connected

To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Formation 76% connected

The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.

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Loft 76% connected

That which is lifted up; an elevation.

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Outgrowth 76% connected

That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence.

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Plough 76% connected

See Plow.

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Plow 76% connected

Alt. of Plough

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Process 76% connected

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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Shape 76% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Spade 76% connected

A hart or stag three years old.

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Throw 76% connected

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Bank 76% connected

A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.

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Bar 76% connected

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

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Corrugation 76% connected

The act corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves.

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Dune 76% connected

A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds.

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Esker 76% connected

See Eschar.

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Hogback 76% connected

An upward curve or very obtuse angle in the upper surface of any member, as of a timber laid horizontally; -- the opposite of camber.

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Horseback 76% connected

The back of a horse.

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Ledge 76% connected

A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in…

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Raphe 76% connected

A line, ridge, furrow, or band of fibers, especially in the median line; as, the raphe of the tongue.

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Reef 76% connected

A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under Coral.

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Rhaphe 76% connected

The continuation of the seed stalk along the side of an anatropous ovule or seed, forming a ridge or seam.

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Shelf 76% connected

A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament.

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Containing whole 1

Saddleback 70% connected

Same as Saddle-backed.

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Synonym 2

Ridgepole 92% connected

The timber forming the ridge of a roof, into which the rafters are secured.

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Rooftree 92% connected

The beam in the angle of a roof; hence, the roof itself.

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