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Base pair
noun · 78% connection
one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA mole…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yarn, thread, stuff, strands, rope.
Bobbin
noun · 78% connection
A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its len…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yarn, thread, stuff, strands, rope.
Clue
noun · 78% connection
A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yarn, thread, stuff, strands, rope.
Contline
noun · 78% connection
The space between the strands on the outside of a rope.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yarn, thread, stuff, strands, rope.
Cop
noun · 78% connection
A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yarn, thread, stuff, strands, rope.
Cord
noun · 78% connection
A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yarn, thread, stuff, strands, rope.
Darn
verb · 78% connection
To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yarn, thread, stuff, strands, rope.
Farce
verb · 78% connection
To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled ingredients; to fill full; to stuff.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yarn, thread, stuff, strands, rope.
Fid
noun · 78% connection
A pin of hard wood, tapering to a point, used to open the strands of a rope in splicing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yarn, thread, stuff, strands, rope.
Grist
noun · 78% connection
In rope making, a given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yarn, thread, stuff, strands, rope.
Guy
noun · 78% connection
A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yarn, thread, stuff, strands, rope.
Hank
noun · 78% connection
A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yarn, thread, stuff, strands, rope.
Hasp
noun · 78% connection
A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yarn, thread, stuff, strands, rope.
Hawser
noun · 78% connection
A large rope made of three strands each containing many yarns.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yarn, thread, stuff, strands, rope.
Hyalonema
noun · 78% connection
A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together l…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yarn, thread, stuff, strands, rope.
Knit
verb · 78% connection
To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of needles, either by hand…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yarn, thread, stuff, strands, rope.
Lay
verb · 78% connection
To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them; as, to lay a cable or rope.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yarn, thread, stuff, strands, rope.
Loop
noun · 78% connection
A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hook…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yarn, thread, stuff, strands, rope.
