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Satellite

An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful person; hence, an obsequious dependent.

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Outer 84% connected

Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or position regarded as a center or st…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Outer 84% connected

Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or position regarded as a center or st…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 7

Air 76% connected

The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Beam 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broadcast 76% connected

A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Equipment 76% connected

The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Follower 76% connected

One who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; a dependent associate; a retainer.

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Send 76% connected

To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Transmit 76% connected

To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Galilean 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Galileo; as, the Galilean telescope. See Telescope.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Moon 76% connected

The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to…

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Planet 92% connected

A celestial body which revolves about the sun in an orbit of a moderate degree of eccentricity. It is distinguished from a comet by the absence of a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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