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Streak

To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.

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Band 76% connected

A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or con…

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Banding 76% connected

of Band

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Stria 76% connected

A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the striae, or groovings, produced on…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Striation 76% connected

The quality or condition of being striated.

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Characteristic 76% connected

Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; di…

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Color 76% connected

A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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Colour 76% connected

See Color.

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Flash 76% connected

To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

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Marking 76% connected

of Mark

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Succession 76% connected

The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succe…

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Blotch 74% connected

A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also Fig.; as, a moral blotch.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Blotch 74% connected

A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also Fig.; as, a moral blotch.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Streaky 74% connected

Same as Streaked, 1.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Streaky 74% connected

Same as Streaked, 1.

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Synonym 5

Bar 92% connected

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Blotch 92% connected

A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also Fig.; as, a moral blotch.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mottle 92% connected

To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Run 92% connected

of Run

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stripe 92% connected

A line, or long, narrow division of anything of a different color or structure from the ground; hence, any linear variation of color or structure; as…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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