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Sausage

An article of food consisting of meat (esp. pork) minced and highly seasoned, and inclosed in a cylindrical case or skin usually made of the prepared intestine of some animal.

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Black pudding 76% connected

A kind of sausage made of blood, suet, etc., thickened with meal.

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Bologna 76% connected

A city of Italy which has given its name to various objects.

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Dog 76% connected

A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).

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Frank 76% connected

A pigsty.

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Souse 76% connected

A corrupt form of Sou.

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Dirigible 76% connected

Capable of being directed; steerable; as, a dirigible balloon.

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Meat 76% connected

Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an…

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the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

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the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

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El Nino noun · 78% connection

(oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas ti…

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Environmental science noun · 78% connection

the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

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the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans

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the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans

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Aboriginal noun · 78% connection

an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scr…

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the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); "a high level of biodiversity is desirabl…

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Bionomic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

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Community noun · 78% connection

(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

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of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Ecological adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Ecological niche noun · 78% connection

(ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)

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a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment

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Accusative adjective · 78% connection

Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influenc…

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Barbecue noun · 78% connection

meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce

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Canister noun · 78% connection

A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; -- called al…

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Capsule noun · 78% connection

A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed.

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Case noun · 78% connection

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridg…

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Chuet noun · 78% connection

Minced meat.

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Cockaleekie noun · 78% connection

A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes.

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Counterbore noun · 78% connection

A flat-bottomed cylindrical enlargement of the mouth of a hole, usually of slight depth, as for receiving a cylindrical screw head.

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Cro-quette noun · 78% connection

A ball of minced meat, fowl, rice, or other ingredients, highly seasoned, and fried.

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Croquette noun · 78% connection

minced cooked meats (or vegetables) in thick white sauce; breaded and deep-fried

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Cylinder noun · 78% connection

The space inclosed by any cylindrical surface. The space may be limited or unlimited in length.

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Cylindraceous adjective · 78% connection

Cylindrical, or approaching a cylindrical form.

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