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Alternate
adjective · 78% connection
Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, turns, heels, over, head.
Ballotade
verb · 78% connection
A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, turns, heels, over, head.
Capriole
verb · 78% connection
A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, turns, heels, over, head.
Cord
noun · 78% connection
A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four fee…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, turns, heels, over, head.
Deflection
noun · 78% connection
The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; devi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, turns, heels, over, head.
Dextrorotatory
adjective · 78% connection
Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand; as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, turns, heels, over, head.
Facing
noun · 78% connection
The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about; -- chiefly in the pl.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, turns, heels, over, head.
Haggis
noun · 78% connection
A Scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of a sheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc., highly seasoned,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, turns, heels, over, head.
Head
noun · 78% connection
The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, turns, heels, over, head.
Hearse
noun · 78% connection
A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy be…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, turns, heels, over, head.
Heel
verb · 78% connection
To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, turns, heels, over, head.
Hermes
noun · 78% connection
Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or head and sho…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, turns, heels, over, head.
Hop
noun · 78% connection
A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, turns, heels, over, head.
Insult
verb · 78% connection
To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, turns, heels, over, head.
Jump
verb · 78% connection
To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air; to spring; to bound…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, turns, heels, over, head.
Kitchen middens
unknown · 78% connection
Relics of neolithic man found on the coast of Denmark, consisting of shell mounds, some of which are ten feet high, one thousand feet…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, turns, heels, over, head.
Lamplighter
noun · 78% connection
One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, turns, heels, over, head.
Leap
verb · 78% connection
To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, turns, heels, over, head.
