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Anadromous
adjective · 78% connection
Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, strip, wood, curved, upwards.
Anamorphosis
noun · 78% connection
A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain poin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, strip, wood, curved, upwards.
Antero-
unknown · 78% connection
A combining form meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, strip, wood, curved, upwards.
Batten
n . · 78% connection
A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, strip, wood, curved, upwards.
Boomerang
noun · 78% connection
A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, strip, wood, curved, upwards.
Busk
noun · 78% connection
A thin, elastic strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, strip, wood, curved, upwards.
Caesura
noun · 78% connection
A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, strip, wood, curved, upwards.
Cam
noun · 78% connection
A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, strip, wood, curved, upwards.
Centreboard
noun · 78% connection
A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, strip, wood, curved, upwards.
Coasting
noun · 78% connection
Sliding down hill; sliding on a sled upon snow or ice.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, strip, wood, curved, upwards.
Concave
adjective · 78% connection
Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surfac…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, strip, wood, curved, upwards.
Countermarch
noun · 78% connection
An evolution by which a body of troops change front or reverse the direction of march while retaining the same men in the front rank;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, strip, wood, curved, upwards.
Dismantle
verb · 78% connection
To strip of furniture and equipments, guns, etc.; to unrig; to strip of walls or outworks; to break down; as, to dismantle a fort, a t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, strip, wood, curved, upwards.
Fillet
noun · 78% connection
A thin strip or ribbon; esp.: (a) A strip of metal from which coins are punched. (b) A strip of card clothing. (c) A thin projecting b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, strip, wood, curved, upwards.
Flat foot
unknown · 78% connection
A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground; also, the deformity, us…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, strip, wood, curved, upwards.
Foot
noun · 78% connection
The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extrem…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, strip, wood, curved, upwards.
Front
verb · 78% connection
To adorn in front; to supply a front to; as, to front a house with marble; to front a head with laurel.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, strip, wood, curved, upwards.
Gouge
noun · 78% connection
A chisel, with a hollow or semicylindrical blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.; a similar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, strip, wood, curved, upwards.
