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Summery

Of or pertaining to summer; like summer; as, a summery day.

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Aestival 84% connected

Of or belonging to the summer; as, aestival diseases.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Aestival 84% connected

Of or belonging to the summer; as, aestival diseases.

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Estival 84% connected

Alt. of Estivation

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Estival 84% connected

Alt. of Estivation

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Summer 74% connected

One who sums; one who casts up an account.

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Summer 74% connected

One who sums; one who casts up an account.

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Autumnal 94% connected

Of, belonging to, or peculiar to, autumn; as, an autumnal tint; produced or gathered in autumn; as, autumnal fruits; flowering in autumn; as, an autu…

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Autumnal 94% connected

Of, belonging to, or peculiar to, autumn; as, an autumnal tint; produced or gathered in autumn; as, autumnal fruits; flowering in autumn; as, an autu…

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Vernal 94% connected

Of or pertaining to the spring; appearing in the spring; as, vernal bloom.

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Vernal 94% connected

Of or pertaining to the spring; appearing in the spring; as, vernal bloom.

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Aestivate verb · 78% connection

To spend the summer.

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Aestivation noun · 78% connection

The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation.

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Allhallown adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows. [Obs.] "Allhallown summer." Shak. (i. e., late summer; "Indian Summer").

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Alternation noun · 78% connection

The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performa…

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Amadavat noun · 78% connection

The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estrelda amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive brown; t…

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Amber room unknown · 78% connection

A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber w…

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Autumn noun · 78% connection

The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called "the fall." Astronomically, it begins in the north…

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Breastsummer noun · 78% connection

A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a long lintel;…

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Cancer noun · 78% connection

The fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The first point is the northern limit of the sun's course in summer; hence, the sign of…

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Chalet noun · 78% connection

A summer cottage or country house in the Swiss mountains; any country house built in the style of the Swiss cottages.

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Colza noun · 78% connection

A variety of cabbage (Brassica oleracea), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil valued for illuminating and lubricating purpose…

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Cymbling noun · 78% connection

A scalloped or "pattypan" variety of summer squash.

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Dog days unknown · 78% connection

A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the early part of July and the early par…

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Ermine noun · 78% connection

A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus Mustela (M. erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat. It is found in the northern parts of…

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Fallow noun · 78% connection

The plowing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season; as, summer fallow, properly conducted, has ever been found a sure meth…

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Fallow deer unknown · 78% connection

A European species of deer (Cervus dama), much smaller than the red deer. In summer both sexes are spotted with white. It is common in…

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Fervent adjective · 78% connection

Hot; glowing; boiling; burning; as, a fervent summer.

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Fimble hemp unknown · 78% connection

Light summer hemp, that bears no seed.

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