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A floor or story of a house.

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Narrower term 27

Acme 76% connected

The top or highest point; the culmination.

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Apogee 76% connected

That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.

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Apron 76% connected

An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or…

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Chapter 76% connected

A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.

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Climax 76% connected

Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.

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Culmination 76% connected

The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.

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Elevation 76% connected

The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the ele…

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Extent 76% connected

Extended.

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Forestage 76% connected

A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters.

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Generation 76% connected

The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals.

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Height 76% connected

The condition of being high; elevated position.

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Incubation 76% connected

A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process.

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Ladder 76% connected

A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds…

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Meridian 76% connected

Being at, or pertaining to, midday; belonging to, or passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in his diurnal course.

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Peak 76% connected

A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.

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Pinnacle 76% connected

An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in a small spire, -- used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where…

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Plane 76% connected

Any tree of the genus Platanus.

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Proscenium 76% connected

The part where the actors performed; the stage.

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Quickening 76% connected

of Quicken

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Resultant 76% connected

Resulting or issuing from a combination; existing or following as a result or consequence.

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Seedtime 76% connected

The season proper for sowing.

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Setting 76% connected

of Set

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Summit 76% connected

The top; the highest point.

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Superlative 76% connected

Lifted up to the highest degree; most eminent; surpassing all other; supreme; as, superlative wisdom or prudence; a woman of superlative beauty; the…

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Tiptop 76% connected

The highest or utmost degree; the best of anything.

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Top 76% connected

A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…

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Wing 76% 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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Broader term 16

Coach 76% connected

A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated…

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Dramaturgy 76% connected

The art of dramatic composition and representation.

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Four-in-hand 76% connected

Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-hand coach.

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Initiate 76% connected

To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.

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Period 76% connected

A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…

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Pioneer 76% connected

A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.

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Platform 76% connected

A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively.

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Re-create 76% connected

To create or form anew.

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Recreate 76% connected

To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to…

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Scene 76% connected

The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the st…

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State 76% connected

The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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Theater 76% connected

Alt. of Theatre

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Theatre 76% connected

An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in…

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Traveling 76% connected

of Travel

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Travelling 76% connected

of Travel

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Manner of action 4

Localize 76% connected

To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.

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Phase 76% connected

That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same o…

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Derivationally related 6

Arrange 74% connected

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

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Arrange 74% connected

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

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Demonstration 74% connected

The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason.

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Demonstration 74% connected

The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason.

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Represent 74% connected

To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

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Represent 74% connected

To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

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Containing whole 5

House 70% connected

A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a d…

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Journey 70% connected

The travel or work of a day.

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Theater 70% connected

Alt. of Theatre

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Theatre 70% connected

An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in…

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Synonym 9

Arrange 92% connected

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

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Degree 92% connected

A step, stair, or staircase.

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Leg 92% connected

A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and…

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Level 92% connected

A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface…

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Phase 92% connected

That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same o…

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Point 92% connected

To appoint.

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Present 92% connected

Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

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Represent 92% connected

To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

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Stagecoach 92% connected

A coach that runs regularly from one stage, station, or place to another, for the conveyance of passengers.

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