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Seal

Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae.

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Broader term 26

Accolade 76% connected

A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword.

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Affix 76% connected

To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrume…

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Award 76% connected

To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrator…

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Close 76% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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Coat 76% connected

An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.

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Coating 76% connected

of Coat

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Decide 76% connected

To cut off; to separate.

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Determine 76% connected

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

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Device 76% connected

That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

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Fastener 76% connected

One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.

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Fastening 76% connected

of Fasten

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Fixing 76% connected

of Fix

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Fur 76% connected

The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser.

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Holdfast 76% connected

Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support.

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Honor 76% connected

Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.

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Honour 76% connected

a woman's virtue or chastity

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Hunt 76% connected

To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for s…

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Impression 76% connected

The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.

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Pelt 76% connected

The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell.

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Pinnatiped 76% connected

Having the toes bordered by membranes; fin-footed, as certain birds.

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Pinniped 76% connected

One of the Pinnipedia; a seal.

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Sailor 76% connected

One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel…

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Shut 76% connected

of Shut

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Stamp 76% connected

To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

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Surface 76% connected

The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, t…

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Narrower term 6

Bulla 76% connected

A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid.

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Cachet 76% connected

A seal, as of a letter.

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Gasket 76% connected

A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called als…

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Signet 76% connected

A seal; especially, in England, the seal used by the sovereign in sealing private letters and grants that pass by bill under the sign manual; -- call…

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Undercoat 76% connected

A coat worn under another; a light coat, as distinguished from an overcoat, or a greatcoat.

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Washer 76% connected

One who, or that which, washes.

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Manner of action 5

Calk 76% connected

To drive tarred oakum into the seams between the planks of (a ship, boat, etc.), to prevent leaking. The calking is completed by smearing the seams w…

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Caulk 76% connected

See Calk.

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Pack 76% connected

A pact.

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Shellac 76% connected

See the Note under 2d Lac.

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Waterproof 76% connected

Proof against penetration or permeation by water; impervious to water; as, a waterproof garment; a waterproof roof.

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Derivationally related 8

Sealer 74% connected

One who seals; especially, an officer whose duty it is to seal writs or instruments, to stamp weights and measures, or the like.

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Sealer 74% connected

One who seals; especially, an officer whose duty it is to seal writs or instruments, to stamp weights and measures, or the like.

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Sealing wax 74% connected

A compound of the resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as a material for seals, as for letters, documents, etc.

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Sealing wax 74% connected

A compound of the resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as a material for seals, as for letters, documents, etc.

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Varnish 74% connected

A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied th…

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Varnish 74% connected

A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied th…

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Varnisher 74% connected

One who varnishes; one whose occupation is to varnish.

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Varnisher 74% connected

One who varnishes; one whose occupation is to varnish.

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Entails 3

Fasten 72% connected

To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.

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Fix 72% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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Secure 72% connected

Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

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Substance part 1

Lac 70% connected

Alt. of Lakh

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Synonym 4

Cachet 92% connected

A seal, as of a letter.

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Sealing wax 92% connected

A compound of the resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as a material for seals, as for letters, documents, etc.

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Stamp 92% connected

To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

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Varnish 92% connected

A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied th…

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Antonym 2

Unseal 94% connected

To break or remove the seal of; to open, as what is sealed; as, to unseal a letter.

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Unseal 94% connected

To break or remove the seal of; to open, as what is sealed; as, to unseal a letter.

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