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Scheme

A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system.

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Body 76% connected

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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Bubble 76% connected

A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.

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Contrivance 76% connected

The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.

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Dodge 76% connected

To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.

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Dragnet 76% connected

A net to be drawn along the bottom of a body of water, as in fishing.

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Economy 76% connected

The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a car…

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ecosystem 76% connected

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment

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Game 76% connected

Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.

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Judicatory 76% connected

Pertaining to the administration of justice; dispensing justice; judicial; as, judicatory tribunals.

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Judicature 76% connected

The state or profession of those employed in the administration of justice; also, the dispensing or administration of justice.

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Judiciary 76% connected

Of or pertaining to courts of judicature, or legal tribunals; judicial; as, a judiciary proceeding.

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Machinery 76% connected

Machines, in general, or collectively.

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Network 76% connected

A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes…

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Organism 76% connected

Organic structure; organization.

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Playbook 76% connected

A book of dramatic compositions; a book of the play.

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Plot 76% connected

A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.

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Shebang 76% connected

A jocosely depreciative name for a dwelling or shop.

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Stratagem 76% connected

An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination.

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Structure 76% connected

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

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Syntax 76% connected

Connected system or order; union of things; a number of things jointed together; organism.

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Web 76% connected

A weaver.

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Wheeze 76% connected

To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.

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Falsehood 76% connected

Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity.

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Falsity 76% connected

The quality of being false; coutrariety or want of conformity to truth.

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Group 76% connected

A cluster, crowd, or throng; an assemblage, either of persons or things, collected without any regular form or arrangement; as, a group of men or of…

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Grouping 76% connected

of Group

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Plan 76% connected

A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation o…

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Plot 76% connected

A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.

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Program 76% connected

Same as Programme.

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Programme 76% connected

That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order…

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Representation 76% connected

The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

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Untruth 76% connected

The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty.

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Collusion 74% connected

A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.

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Collusion 74% connected

A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.

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Plotter 74% connected

One who plots or schemes; a contriver; a conspirator; a schemer.

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Plotter 74% connected

One who plots or schemes; a contriver; a conspirator; a schemer.

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Schematic 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a scheme or a schema.

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Schematic 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a scheme or a schema.

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Schematize 74% connected

To form a scheme or schemes.

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Schematize 74% connected

To form a scheme or schemes.

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Hierarchy 70% connected

Dominion or authority in sacred things.

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Synonym 8

Connive 92% connected

To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.

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Dodge 92% connected

To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.

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Dodging 92% connected

of Dodge

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Intrigue 92% connected

To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.

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Outline 92% connected

The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.

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Schema 92% connected

An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind; as, five dots in a line are…

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Strategy 92% connected

The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship.

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System 92% connected

An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects…

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