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Stratum

A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds of other kinds. Also used figuratively.

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Agriculture 76% connected

The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; fa…

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Bed 76% connected

An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction fro…

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Bourgeoisie 76% connected

The French middle class, particularly such as are concerned in, or dependent on, trade.

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Brotherhood 76% connected

The state of being brothers or a brother.

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Cambium 76% connected

A series of formative cells lying outside of the wood proper and inside of the inner bark. The growth of new wood takes place in the cambium, which i…

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Caste 76% connected

One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindoos are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism.

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Center 76% connected

A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…

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Centre 76% connected

To be placed in a center; to be central.

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Commonalty 76% connected

The common people; those classes and conditions of people who are below the rank of nobility; the commons.

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Commons 76% connected

The mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled classes or nobility; the commonalty; the common people.

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Corium 76% connected

Armor made of leather, particularly that used by the Romans; used also by Enlish soldiers till the reign of Edward I.

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Craft 76% connected

Strength; might; secret power.

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Cuticle 76% connected

The scarfskin or epidermis. See Skin.

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Demimonde 76% connected

Persons of doubtful reputation; esp., women who are kept as mistresses, though not public prostitutes; demireps.

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Derma 76% connected

See Dermis.

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Dermis 76% connected

The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or epidermis; -- called also true skin, derm, derma, corium, cutis, and enderon. See Skin,…

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Domain 76% connected

Dominion; empire; authority.

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Epidermis 76% connected

The outer, nonsensitive layer of the skin; cuticle; scarfskin. See Dermis.

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Estate 76% connected

Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation.

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Fraternity 76% connected

The state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly; brotherhood.

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Horizon 76% connected

The circle which bounds that part of the earth's surface visible to a spectator from a given point; the apparent junction of the earth and sky.

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Labor 76% connected

Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

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Labour 76% connected

productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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Market 76% connected

A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and…

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Paries 76% connected

The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a barnacle.

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Patriciate 76% connected

The patrician class; the aristocracy; also, the office of patriarch.

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Peasantry 76% connected

Peasants, collectively; the body of rustics.

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Proletariat 76% connected

The indigent class in the State; the body of proletarians.

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Seam 76% connected

Grease; tallow; lard.

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Sodality 76% connected

A fellowship or fraternity; a brotherhood.

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Substrate 76% connected

A substratum.

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Substratum 76% connected

That which is laid or spread under; that which underlies something, as a layer of earth lying under another; specifically (Agric.), the subsoil.

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Trade 76% connected

A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort.

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Underworld 76% connected

The lower of inferior world; the world which is under the heavens; the earth.

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Wall 76% connected

A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.

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Woman 76% connected

An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.

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Womanhood 76% connected

The state of being a woman; the distinguishing character or qualities of a woman, or of womankind.

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World 76% connected

The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe.

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Yeomanry 76% connected

The position or rank of a yeoman.

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Broader term 3

Layer 76% connected

One who, or that which, lays.

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People 76% connected

The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.

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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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Stratify 74% connected

To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in strata.

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Stratify 74% connected

To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in strata.

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Society 70% connected

The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company.

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Synonym 3

Class 92% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Layer 92% connected

One who, or that which, lays.

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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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