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Affront
verb · 78% connection
To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lying, back, face, upward, opposed.
Ambuscade
verb · 78% connection
A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situatio…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lying, back, face, upward, opposed.
Ascent
unknown · 78% connection
The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lying, back, face, upward, opposed.
Back
noun · 78% connection
The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lying, back, face, upward, opposed.
Backplate
noun · 78% connection
A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lying, back, face, upward, opposed.
Bond
noun · 78% connection
The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lying, back, face, upward, opposed.
Camber
noun · 78% connection
An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See Hogback.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lying, back, face, upward, opposed.
Confront
verb · 78% connection
To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lying, back, face, upward, opposed.
Correct
verb · 78% connection
To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lying, back, face, upward, opposed.
Crown
noun · 78% connection
To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine pulley.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lying, back, face, upward, opposed.
Dorsiferous
unknown · 78% connection
Bearing, or producing, on the back; -- applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, the ova…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lying, back, face, upward, opposed.
Doublet
adjective · 78% connection
Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as, to throw doublets.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lying, back, face, upward, opposed.
Face
noun · 78% connection
Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face of, in the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or against th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lying, back, face, upward, opposed.
Feature
noun · 78% connection
The make, cast, or appearance of the human face, and especially of any single part of the face; a lineament. (pl.) The face, the count…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lying, back, face, upward, opposed.
Grovel
adverb · 78% connection
To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie fia…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lying, back, face, upward, opposed.
Groveling
adjective · 78% connection
Lying prone; low; debased.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lying, back, face, upward, opposed.
Indorsement
noun · 78% connection
That which is written on the back of a note, bill, or other paper, as a name, an order for, or a receipt of, payment, or the return of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lying, back, face, upward, opposed.
Lift
noun · 78% connection
plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lying, back, face, upward, opposed.
