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A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.

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Similar meaning 22

Acceptable 84% connected

Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable prese…

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Acceptable 84% connected

Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable prese…

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Authoritative 84% connected

Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled to obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding.

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Authoritative 84% connected

Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled to obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding.

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Basic 84% connected

Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.

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Basic 84% connected

Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.

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Canonic 84% connected

Alt. of Cannonical

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Canonic 84% connected

Alt. of Cannonical

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Classical 84% connected

Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.

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Classical 84% connected

Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.

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Common 84% connected

Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.

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Common 84% connected

Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.

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Definitive 84% connected

Determinate; positive; final; conclusive; unconditional; express.

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Definitive 84% connected

Determinate; positive; final; conclusive; unconditional; express.

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Modular 84% connected

Of or pertaining to mode, modulation, module, or modius; as, modular arrangement; modular accent; modular measure.

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Modular 84% connected

Of or pertaining to mode, modulation, module, or modius; as, modular arrangement; modular accent; modular measure.

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Regular 84% connected

Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular…

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Regular 84% connected

Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular…

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Regulation 84% connected

The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.

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Regulation 84% connected

The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.

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Stock 84% connected

The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.

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Stock 84% connected

The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.

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Benchmark 76% connected

A comparison point used to judge performance.

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Bimetallism 76% connected

The legalized use of two metals (as gold and silver) in the currency of a country, at a fixed relative value; -- in opposition to monometallism.

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Control 76% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Era 76% connected

A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned.

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Gauge 76% connected

To measure or determine with a gauge.

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Monometallism 76% connected

The legalized use of one metal only, as gold, or silver, in the standard currency of a country, or as a standard of money values. See Bimetallism.

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Norm 76% connected

A rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type.

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Oriflamme 76% connected

The ancient royal standard of France.

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Scale 76% connected

The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when ap…

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Yardstick 76% connected

A stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure of cloth, etc.

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Broader term 5

Flag 76% connected

To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

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Ideal 76% connected

Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge.

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Metric 76% connected

Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.

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Post 76% connected

Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.

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Value 76% connected

The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; wor…

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Standardize 74% connected

To reduce to a normal standard; to calculate or adjust the strength of, by means of, and for uses in, analysis.

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Standardize 74% connected

To reduce to a normal standard; to calculate or adjust the strength of, by means of, and for uses in, analysis.

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Amount 66% connected

To go up; to ascend.

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Amount 66% connected

To go up; to ascend.

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Measure 66% connected

A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and s…

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Measure 66% connected

A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and s…

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Quantity 66% connected

To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate.

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Quantity 66% connected

To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate.

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See also 4

Normal 66% connected

According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal;…

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Normal 66% connected

According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal;…

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Orthodox 66% connected

Sound in opinion or doctrine, especially in religious doctrine; hence, holding the Christian faith; believing the doctrines taught in the Scriptures;…

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Orthodox 66% connected

Sound in opinion or doctrine, especially in religious doctrine; hence, holding the Christian faith; believing the doctrines taught in the Scriptures;…

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Banner 92% connected

A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.

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Criterion 92% connected

A standard of judging; any approved or established rule or test, by which facts, principles opinions, and conduct are tried in forming a correct judg…

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Measure 92% connected

A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and s…

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Received 92% connected

of Receive

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Stock 92% connected

The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.

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Touchstone 92% connected

Lydian stone; basanite; -- so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak which is left upon the stone when it is rubbed…

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