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Sauce

A composition of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten with food as a relish; especially, a dressing for meat or fish or for puddings; as, mint sauce; sweet sauce, etc.

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Acquit 76% connected

Acquitted; set free; rid of.

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Bear 76% connected

To support or sustain; to hold up.

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Behave 76% connected

To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.

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Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Comport 76% connected

To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.

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Condiment 76% connected

Something used to give relish to food, and to gratify the taste; a pungment and appetizing substance, as pepper or mustard; seasoning.

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Conduct 76% connected

The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

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Deport 76% connected

To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.

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Flavor 76% connected

That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.

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Flavour 76% connected

(physics) the six kinds of quarks

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Season 76% connected

One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., ca…

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Allemande 76% connected

A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in the reign of Louis XIV.; -- now mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of Bach and…

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Bechamel 76% connected

A rich, white sauce, prepared with butter and cream.

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Dressing 76% connected

of Dress

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Gravy 76% connected

The juice or other liquid matter that drips from flesh in cooking, made into a dressing for the food when served up.

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Mole 76% connected

A spot; a stain; a mark which discolors or disfigures.

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Containing whole 1

Dish 70% connected

A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.

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