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Rink

The smooth and level extent of ice marked off for the game of curling.

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Building 76% connected

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Edifice 76% connected

A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehou…

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Ice 76% connected

Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, britt…

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Altar noun · 86% connection

a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made

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Arcade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Arch noun · 86% connection

(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

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Area noun · 86% connection

a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"

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Arena noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Balance noun · 86% connection

equality of distribution

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Balcony noun · 86% connection

a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet

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Bascule noun · 86% connection

a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)

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Boarding noun · 86% connection

a structure of boards

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Body noun · 86% connection

the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"

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Bowl noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Bridge noun · 86% connection

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

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Catchment noun · 86% connection

a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)

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Coil noun · 86% connection

a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"

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Colonnade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Column noun · 86% connection

a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

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Complex noun · 86% connection

a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures

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Construction noun · 86% connection

a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair i…

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Air level unknown · 78% connection

Spirit level. See Level.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: smooth, level, extent, marked, game.
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Beach comber unknown · 78% connection

A long, curling wave rolling in from the ocean. See Comber.

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Buckling adjective · 78% connection

Wavy; curling, as hair.

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Calamistration noun · 78% connection

The act or process of curling the hair.

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Cat noun · 78% connection

An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according to th…

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Comb noun · 78% connection

The curling crest of a wave.

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Comber noun · 78% connection

A long, curling wave.

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Crisp adjective · 78% connection

Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.

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Crispation noun · 78% connection

The act or process of curling, or the state of being curled.

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Curl verb · 78% connection

To play at the game called curling.

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Curler noun · 78% connection

A player at the game called curling.

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Curling noun · 78% connection

The act or state of that which curls; as, the curling of smoke when it rises; the curling of a ringlet; also, the act or process of on…

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Curly adjective · 78% connection

Curling or tending to curl; having curls; full of ripples; crinkled.

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Even verb · 78% connection

To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth.

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