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Squadron

Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square.

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Cavalry 76% connected

That part of military force which serves on horseback.

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Wing 70% connected

One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the cas…

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Acre noun · 78% connection

A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of t…

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Adenohypophysis noun · 78% connection

the anterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature

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Anterior pituitary noun · 78% connection

the anterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature

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Anterior pituitary gland noun · 78% connection

the anterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature

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Are noun · 78% connection

The unit of superficial measure, being a square of which each side is ten meters in length; 100 square meters, or about 119.6 square y…

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Bar noun · 78% connection

(meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter; "unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyn…

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Battalion noun · 78% connection

A body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array.

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Biquadrate noun · 78% connection

The fourth power, or the square of the square. Thus 4x4=16, the square of 4, and 16x16=256, the biquadrate of 4.

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Brigantine noun · 78% connection

A two-masted, square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig in that she does not carry a square mainsail.

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Castle verb · 78% connection

To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of co…

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Centare noun · 78% connection

A measure of area, the hundredth part of an are; one square meter, or about 1/ square yards.

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Deploy v. t. & i. · 78% connection

To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the re…

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Echelon noun · 78% connection

An arrangement of a body of troops when its divisions are drawn up in parallel lines each to the right or the left of the one in advan…

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Force noun · 78% connection

Strength or power for war; hence, a body of land or naval combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for action; -- an armament; troo…

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Formation noun · 78% connection

The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc.

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Globe noun · 78% connection

A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans, answering to the modern infa…

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Glycogen noun · 78% connection

one form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body

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Hardy noun · 78% connection

A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.

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