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Shower

One who shows or exhibits.

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Bathe 76% connected

To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.

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Bathing 76% connected

of Bathe

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Cater 76% connected

A provider; a purveyor; a caterer.

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Consume 76% connected

To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.

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Descent 76% connected

The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.

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Fall 76% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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Impresario 76% connected

The projector, manager, or conductor, of an opera or concert company.

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Party 76% connected

A part or portion.

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Ply 76% connected

To bend.

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Promoter 76% connected

One who, or that which, forwards, advances, or promotes; an encourager; as, a promoter of charity or philosophy.

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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Rain 76% connected

Reign.

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Rainfall 76% connected

A fall or descent of rain; the water, or amount of water, that falls in rain; as, the average annual rainfall of a region.

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Spray 76% connected

A small shoot or branch; a twig.

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Squander 76% connected

To scatter; to disperse.

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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Ware 76% connected

Wore.

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Waste 76% connected

Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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Scattering 76% connected

of Scatter

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Sprinkle 76% connected

To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc.

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Sprinkling 76% connected

of Sprinkle

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Derivationally related 2

Cascade 74% connected

A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract.

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Cascade 74% connected

A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract.

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Synonym 4

Cascade 92% connected

A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract.

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Exhibitioner 92% connected

One who has a pension or allowance granted for support.

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Exhibitor 92% connected

One who exhibits.

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Lavish 92% connected

Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.

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