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Surface

The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body.

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Appear 76% connected

To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

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Artefact 76% connected

a man-made object taken as a whole

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Artifact 76% connected

a man-made object taken as a whole

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Ascend 76% connected

To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.

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Aspect 76% connected

The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance.

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Bound 76% connected

of Bind

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Boundary 76% connected

That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit.

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Device 76% connected

That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

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Facet 76% connected

A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond.

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Layer 76% connected

One who, or that which, lays.

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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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Board 76% connected

A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.

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Elevator 76% connected

One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything

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Empyrean 76% connected

The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist.

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End 76% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

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Exterior 76% connected

External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; -- opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere.

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Face 76% connected

The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which…

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Firmament 76% connected

Fixed foundation; established basis.

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Flap 76% connected

Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.

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Floor 76% connected

The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.

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Ground 76% connected

of Grind

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Inside 76% connected

Within the sides of; in the interior; contained within; as, inside a house, book, bottle, etc.

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Interior 76% connected

Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner; -- opposed to exterior, or superficial; as, the interior apartments of a h…

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Level 76% 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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Meniscus 76% connected

A crescent.

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Miter 76% connected

Alt. of Mitre

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Mitre 76% connected

A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries. It has been made in many forms, the present form being a lofty cap with two…

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Outside 76% connected

The external part of a thing; the part, end, or side which forms the surface; that which appears, or is manifest; that which is superficial; the exte…

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Palate 76% connected

The roof of the mouth.

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Photosphere 76% connected

A sphere of light; esp., the luminous envelope of the sun.

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Plaster 76% connected

An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adh…

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Plasterwork 76% connected

Plastering used to finish architectural constructions, exterior or interior, especially that used for the lining of rooms. Ordinarly, mortar is used…

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Rudder 76% connected

A riddle or sieve.

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Screen 76% connected

Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire s…

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Side 76% connected

The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distin…

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Skin 76% connected

The external membranous integument of an animal.

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Spandrel 76% connected

The irregular triangular space between the curve of an arch and the inclosing right angle; or the space between the outer moldings of two contiguous…

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Sphere 76% connected

A body or space contained under a single surface, which in every part is equally distant from a point within called its center.

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Spoiler 76% connected

One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler.

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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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Superficies 76% connected

The surface; the exterior part, superficial area, or face of a thing.

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Tread 76% connected

To set the foot; to step.

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Welkin 76% connected

The visible regions of the air; the vault of heaven; the sky.

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Wing 76% connected

One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the cas…

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Cement 76% connected

Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.

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Copper 76% connected

A common metal of a reddish color, both ductile and malleable, and very tenacious. It is one of the best conductors of heat and electricity. Symbol C…

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Crumb 76% connected

A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off.

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Daub 76% connected

To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear.

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Dredge 76% connected

Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iro…

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Egg 76% connected

The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the "white" or album…

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Emerge 76% connected

To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from…

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Encrust 76% connected

To incrust. See Incrust.

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Enrobe 76% connected

To invest or adorn with a robe; to attire.

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Finish 76% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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Foliate 76% connected

Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk.

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Galvanize 76% connected

To affect with galvanism; to subject to the action of electrical currents.

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Gelatinize 76% connected

To convert into gelatin or jelly. Same as Gelatinate, v. t.

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Glaze 76% connected

To become glazed of glassy.

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Grit 76% connected

Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.

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Incrust 76% connected

To cover or line with a crust, or hard coat; to form a crust on the surface of; as, iron incrusted with rust; a vessel incrusted with salt; a sweetme…

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Intumesce 76% connected

To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe.

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Macadamize 76% connected

To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.

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Metal 76% connected

An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmet…

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Metallize 76% connected

To impart metallic properties to; to impregnate with a metal.

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Paint 76% connected

To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.

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Pave 76% connected

The pavement.

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Plaster 76% connected

An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adh…

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Plate 76% connected

A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel…

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Platinize 76% connected

To cover or combine with platinum.

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Rubber 76% connected

One who, or that which, rubs.

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Seal 76% connected

Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae.

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Size 76% connected

Six.

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Skim 76% connected

To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; t…

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Soot 76% connected

A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, and adheres to the sides…

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Stucco 76% connected

Plaster of any kind used as a coating for walls, especially, a fine plaster, composed of lime or gypsum with sand and pounded marble, used for intern…

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Swell 76% connected

To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the le…

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Tar 76% connected

A sailor; a seaman.

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Varnish 76% connected

A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied th…

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Well 76% connected

An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.

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Zinc 76% connected

An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite, calamine, and franklinite, as a…

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Rise 74% connected

To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

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Rise 74% connected

To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

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Gap 70% connected

An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or…

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Opening 70% connected

of Open

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Water 70% connected

The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.

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Coat 92% connected

An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.

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Open 92% connected

Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

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Rise 92% connected

To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

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Overhead 94% connected

Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the story or upon the floor above; in the zenith.

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Overhead 94% connected

Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the story or upon the floor above; in the zenith.

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