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Snowflake

A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow.

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Bunting 76% connected

A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillidae).

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Crystal 76% connected

The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces…

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Snow 70% connected

A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.

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Snow 70% connected

A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.

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Water 70% connected

The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.

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Flake 92% connected

A paling; a hurdle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Snowbird 92% connected

An arctic finch (Plectrophenax, / Plectrophanes, nivalis) common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large flock…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Light noun · 85% connection

(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window"

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Stress noun · 85% connection

(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of a…

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Visible light noun · 85% connection

(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window"

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Visible radiation noun · 85% connection

(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window"

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Meteor noun · 85% connection

a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid…

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Overstrain noun · 85% connection

too much strain

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Shooting star noun · 85% connection

a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid…

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Sun noun · 85% connection

the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind"

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Sunlight noun · 85% connection

the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind"

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Sunshine noun · 85% connection

the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind"

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Twilight noun · 85% connection

the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth

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Aureole noun · 84% connection

the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse

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Corona noun · 84% connection

an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere

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Corposant noun · 84% connection

an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere

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Ferromagnetism noun · 78% connection

phenomenon exhibited by materials like iron (nickel or cobalt) that become magnetized in a magnetic field and retain their magnetism w…

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Phase change noun · 78% connection

a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition

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Phase transition noun · 78% connection

a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition

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Physical change noun · 78% connection

a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition

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Acetanilide noun · 78% connection

a solid odourless chemical of leaf or flake-like appearance; used in rubber accelerator, dye, and camphor synthesis; metabolised to pa…

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Atomic mass noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units

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Atomic weight noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units

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Avalanche noun · 78% connection

A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.

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Ball verb · 78% connection

To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls.

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Besnow verb · 78% connection

To cover with snow; to whiten with snow, or as with snow.

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Depression noun · 78% connection

an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"

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Drift noun · 78% connection

A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or water;…

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Drizzly adjective · 78% connection

Characterized by small rain, or snow; moist and disagreeable.

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Filminess noun · 78% connection

State of being filmy.

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Fine superl. · 78% connection

Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread.

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Flaked imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Flake

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Flaking p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Flake

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