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Anchor
noun · 78% connection
A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a…
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Architect
noun · 78% connection
A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of bui…
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Argillite
noun · 78% connection
Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc.
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Berna fly
unknown · 78% connection
A Brazilian dipterous insect of the genus Trypeta, which lays its eggs in the nostrils or in wounds of man and beast, where the larvae…
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Better
noun · 78% connection
One who bets or lays a wager.
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Burghmaster
noun · 78% connection
An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workmen; -- called also bailiff, and barmaster.
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Cowbird
noun · 78% connection
The cow blackbird (Molothrus ater), an American starling. Like the European cuckoo, it builds no nest, but lays its eggs in the nests…
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Cribbing
noun · 78% connection
A vicious habit of a horse; crib-biting. The horse lays hold of the crib or manger with his teeth and draws air into the stomach with…
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Desolater
noun · 78% connection
One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste.
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Founder
noun · 78% connection
One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
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Gauge
noun · 78% connection
That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tile…
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Girdler
noun · 78% connection
An American longicorn beetle (Oncideres cingulatus) which lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch by g…
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Joiner
noun · 78% connection
One whose occupation is to construct articles by joining pieces of wood; a mechanic who does the woodwork (as doors, stairs, etc.) nec…
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Lay
verb · 78% connection
To cause to lie down, to be prostrate, or to lie against something; to put or set down; to deposit; as, to lay a book on the table; to…
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Layer
noun · 78% connection
One who, or that which, lays.
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Laying
noun · 78% connection
The act of one who, or that which, lays.
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Martinet
noun · 78% connection
In military language, a strict disciplinarian; in general, one who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or t…
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Monotremata
n. pl. · 78% connection
A subclass of Mammalia, having a cloaca in which the ducts of the urinary, genital, and alimentary systems terminate, as in birds. The…
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