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Series

A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as, a continuous series of calamitous events.

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Bimonthly 76% connected

Occurring, done, or coming, once in two months; as, bimonthly visits; bimonthly publications.

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Biweekly 76% connected

Occurring or appearing once every two weeks; fortnightly.

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Blizzard 76% connected

A gale of piercingly cold wind, usually accompanied with fine and blinding snow; a furious blast.

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Chain 76% connected

A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornam…

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Concatenation 76% connected

A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.

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Convergence 76% connected

Alt. of Convergency

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Convergency 76% connected

The condition or quality of converging; tendency to one point.

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Cordon 76% connected

A cord or ribbon bestowed or borne as a badge of honor; a broad ribbon, usually worn after the manner of a baldric, constituting a mark of a very hig…

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Course 76% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Cycle 76% connected

An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.

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Divergence 76% connected

Alt. of Divergency

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Divergency 76% connected

A receding from each other in moving from a common center; the state of being divergent; as, an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines.

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Hierarchy 76% connected

Dominion or authority in sacred things.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Monthly 76% connected

Continued a month, or a performed in a month; as, the monthly revolution of the moon.

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Nexus 76% connected

Connection; tie.

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Progression 76% connected

The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course; motion onward.

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Quarterly 76% connected

Containing, or consisting of, a fourth part; as, quarterly seasons.

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Rash 76% connected

To pull off or pluck violently.

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Semimonthly 76% connected

Coming or made twice in a month; as, semimonthly magazine; a semimonthly payment.

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Semiweekly 76% connected

Coming, or made, or done, once every half week; as, a semiweekly newspaper; a semiweekly trip.

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Sequence 76% connected

The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.

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String 76% connected

A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larg…

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Succession 76% connected

The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succe…

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Tetralogy 76% connected

A group or series of four dramatic pieces, three tragedies and one satyric, or comic, piece (or sometimes four tragedies), represented consequently o…

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Train 76% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Weekly 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a week, or week days; as, weekly labor.

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Broadcast 76% connected

A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.

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Competition 76% connected

The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for supe…

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Connection 76% connected

The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.

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Connexion 76% connected

Connection. See Connection.

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Contest 76% connected

To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.

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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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Multinomial 76% connected

Same as Polynomial.

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Order 76% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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Ordering 76% connected

of Order

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Ordination 76% connected

The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc.

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Periodical 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by periods.

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Polynomial 76% connected

An expression composed of two or more terms, connected by the signs plus or minus; as, a2 - 2ab + b2.

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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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Derivationally related 2

Serial 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication.

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Serial 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication.

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Episode 70% connected

A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digr…

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Installment 70% connected

The act of installing; installation.

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Instalment 70% connected

the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes"

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Issue 70% connected

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…

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Number 70% connected

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

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Synonym 1

Serial 92% connected

Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication.

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