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Science

Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts.

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Ability 76% connected

The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in…

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Bailiwick 76% connected

The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.

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Discipline 76% connected

The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, menta…

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Field 76% connected

Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.

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Power 76% connected

Same as Poor, the fish.

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Study 76% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Subject 76% connected

Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

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Agronomy 76% connected

The management of land; rural economy; agriculture.

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Architectonics 76% connected

The science of architecture.

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Cryptography 76% connected

The act or art of writing in secret characters; also, secret characters, or cipher.

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Cryptology 76% connected

Secret or enigmatical language.

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Linguistics 76% connected

The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology.

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Math 76% connected

A mowing, or that which is gathered by mowing; -- chiefly used in composition; as, an aftermath.

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Mathematics 76% connected

That science, or class of sciences, which treats of the exact relations existing between quantities or magnitudes, and of the methods by which, in ac…

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Metallurgy 76% connected

The art of working metals, comprehending the whole process of separating them from other matters in the ore, smelting, refining, and parting them; so…

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Metrology 76% connected

The science of, or a system of, weights and measures; also, a treatise on the subject.

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Nose 76% connected

The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, an…

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Nutrition 76% connected

In the broadest sense, a process or series of processes by which the living organism as a whole (or its component parts or organs) is maintained in i…

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Psychology 76% connected

The science of the human soul; specifically, the systematic or scientific knowledge of the powers and functions of the human soul, so far as they are…

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Strategics 76% connected

Strategy.

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Tectonics 76% connected

The science, or the art, by which implements, vessels, dwellings, or other edifices, are constructed, both agreeably to the end for which they are de…

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Thanatology 76% connected

A description, or the doctrine, of death.

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Virtuosity 76% connected

The quality or state of being a virtuoso; in a bad sense, the character of one in whom mere artistic feeling or aesthetic cultivation takes the place…

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Scientist 74% connected

One learned in science; a scientific investigator; one devoted to scientific study; a savant.

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Scientist 74% connected

One learned in science; a scientific investigator; one devoted to scientific study; a savant.

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Skill 92% connected

Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.

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