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Shutter

One who shuts or closes.

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Blind 76% connected

Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight.

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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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Screen 76% connected

Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire s…

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Shut 76% connected

of Shut

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Deadlight 76% connected

A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm.

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Jalousie 76% connected

A Venetian or slatted inside window blind.

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Shut 74% connected

of Shut

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Shut 74% connected

of Shut

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Camera 70% connected

A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The camera obscura when used in photography. See Camera, and Camera obscura.

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Aperture noun · 78% connection

an man-made opening; usually small

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Composing noun · 78% connection

the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole; "harmonious composition is es…

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Composition noun · 78% connection

the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole; "harmonious composition is es…

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Documentary adjective · 78% connection

(of film, television, radio, or photography) depicting a real-life event using images or interviews with people involved in the event

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Exposure noun · 78% connection

the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate; "he used the wrong exposure"

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Landscape verb · 78% connection

do landscape gardening; "My sons landscapes for corporations and earns a good living"

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Lens noun · 78% connection

a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images

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Lens system noun · 78% connection

a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images

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Lense noun · 78% connection

a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images

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Photograph verb · 78% connection

record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"

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Photographic camera noun · 78% connection

equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)

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Photography noun · 78% connection

the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies

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Portrait noun · 78% connection

a word picture of a person's appearance and character

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Portraiture noun · 78% connection

a word picture of a person's appearance and character

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Portrayal noun · 78% connection

a word picture of a person's appearance and character

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Shoot verb · 78% connection

record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"

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Snap verb · 78% connection

record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"

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Adductor noun · 78% connection

A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed t…

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Batten verb · 78% connection

The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.

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Benediction noun · 78% connection

The short prayer which closes public worship; as, to give the benediction.

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Breechblock noun · 78% connection

The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdraw…

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Clam noun · 78% connection

burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness

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Closer noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot.

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Closure verb · 78% connection

That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.

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Constrictor noun · 78% connection

A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter.

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Couple-close noun · 78% connection

A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of its surface. Couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, an…

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Doorcase noun · 78% connection

The surrounding frame into which a door shuts.

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Epiglottis noun · 78% connection

A cartilaginous lidlike appendage which closes the glottis while food or drink is passing while food or drink is passing through the p…

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Gate noun · 78% connection

An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens a passage. Also, fig…

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Gatepost noun · 78% connection

A post against which a gate closes; -- called also shutting post.

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Head noun · 78% connection

The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an an…

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Obstruent noun · 78% connection

Anything that obstructs or closes a passage; esp., that which obstructs natural passages in the body; as, a medicine which acts as an…

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Obturator noun · 78% connection

That which closes or stops an opening.

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Occludent noun · 78% connection

That which closes or shuts up.

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Scuttle noun · 78% connection

The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like.

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