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To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.

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Narrower term 34

Ancestress 76% connected

A female ancestor.

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Birthplace 76% connected

The town, city, or country, where a person is born; place of origin or birth, in its more general sense.

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Calamus 76% connected

The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.

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Carrot 76% connected

An umbelliferous biennial plant (Daucus Carota), of many varieties.

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Cassava 76% connected

A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc.

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Chicory 76% connected

A branching perennial plant (Cichorium Intybus) with bright blue flowers, growing wild in Europe, Asia, and America; also cultivated for its roots an…

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Cradle 76% connected

A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in t…

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Derivation 76% connected

A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.

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Father 76% connected

One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent.

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Forbear 76% connected

An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.

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Forebear 76% connected

An ancestor. See Forbear.

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Forefather 76% connected

One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor.

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Foremother 76% connected

A female ancestor.

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Ginseng 76% connected

A plant of the genus Aralia, the root of which is highly valued as a medicine among the Chinese. The Chinese plant (Aralia Schinseng) has become so r…

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Head 76% connected

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

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Headspring 76% connected

Fountain; source.

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Home 76% connected

See Homelyn.

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Mandrake 76% connected

A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore s…

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Manioc 76% connected

The tropical plants (Manihot utilissima, and M. Aipi), from which cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava.

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Orris 76% connected

A plant of the genus Iris (I. Florentina); a kind of flower-de-luce. Its rootstock has an odor resembling that of violets.

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Parsnip 76% connected

The aromatic and edible spindle-shaped root of the cultivated form of the Pastinaca sativa, a biennial umbelliferous plant which is very poisonous in…

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Pneumatophore 76% connected

One of the Pneumonophora.

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Primogenitor 76% connected

The first ancestor; a forefather.

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Progenitor 76% connected

An ancestor in the direct line; a forefather.

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Radish 76% connected

The pungent fleshy root of a well-known cruciferous plant (Raphanus sativus); also, the whole plant.

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Rootlet 76% connected

A radicle; a little root.

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Salsify 76% connected

See Oyster plant (a), under Oyster.

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Senega 76% connected

Seneca root.

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Sire 76% connected

A lord, master, or other person in authority. See Sir.

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Spring 76% connected

To leap; to bound; to jump.

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Taproot 76% connected

The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.

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Taro 76% connected

A name for several aroid plants (Colocasia antiquorum, var. esculenta, Colocasia macrorhiza, etc.), and their rootstocks. They have large ovate-sagit…

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Wellhead 76% connected

A source, spring, or fountain.

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Wellspring 76% connected

A fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply.

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Become 76% connected

of Become

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Delve 76% connected

To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade.

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Dig 76% connected

To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, o…

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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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Grow 76% connected

To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said…

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Number 76% connected

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

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Plant 76% connected

A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though c…

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Relation 76% connected

The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.

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Relative 76% connected

Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Support 76% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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Manner of action 1

Roost 76% connected

Roast.

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Derivationally related 4

Rootlet 74% connected

A radicle; a little root.

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Rootlet 74% connected

A radicle; a little root.

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Component part 2

Bark 70% connected

To strip the bark from; to peel.

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Cement 70% connected

Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.

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Containing whole 3

Hair 70% connected

The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of…

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Nail 70% connected

the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.

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Tooth 70% connected

One of the hard, bony appendages which are borne on the jaws, or on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx of most vertebrates, and which u…

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Substance part 1

Parenchyma 70% connected

The soft celluar substance of the tissues of plants and animals, like the pulp of leaves, to soft tissue of glands, and the like.

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Synonym 15

Ancestor 92% connected

One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.

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Antecedent 92% connected

Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.

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Ascendant 92% connected

Ascent; height; elevation.

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Ascendent 92% connected

Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon.

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Base 92% connected

Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

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Beginning 92% connected

of Begin

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Etymon 92% connected

An original form; primitive word; root.

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Origin 92% connected

The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.

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Radical 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the root; proceeding directly from the root.

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Rout 92% connected

To roar; to bellow; to snort; to snore loudly.

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Settle 92% connected

A seat of any kind.

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Solution 92% connected

The act of separating the parts of any body, or the condition of undergoing a separation of parts; disruption; breach.

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Source 92% connected

The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.

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Stem 92% connected

Alt. of Steem

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Theme 92% connected

A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.

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