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Symbolist

One who employs symbols.

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Artist 76% connected

One who practices some mechanic art or craft; an artisan.

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Interpreter 76% connected

One who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; a translator; especially, a person who translates orally between two parties.

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Translator 76% connected

One who translates; esp., one who renders into another language; one who expresses the sense of words in one language by equivalent words in another.

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Symbolism 74% connected

The act of symbolizing, or the state of being symbolized; as, symbolism in Christian art is the representation of truth, virtues, vices, etc., by emb…

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Symbolism 74% connected

The act of symbolizing, or the state of being symbolized; as, symbolism in Christian art is the representation of truth, virtues, vices, etc., by emb…

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Symbolization 74% connected

The act of symbolizing; symbolical representation.

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Symbolization 74% connected

The act of symbolizing; symbolical representation.

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Symbolizer 92% connected

One who symbolizes.

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Agate line noun · 78% connection

space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising

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Art unknown · 78% connection

The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are…

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Artistry noun · 78% connection

Works of art collectively.

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Artwork noun · 78% connection

photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication; "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book"

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Color noun · 78% connection

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

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Coloring p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Color

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Colour noun · 78% connection

See Color.

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Colouring noun · 78% connection

a digestible substance used to give color to food; "food color made from vegetable dyes"

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Composing p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Compose

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Composition noun · 78% connection

The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.

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Creative person noun · 78% connection

a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

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form noun · 78% connection

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Grain v. & n. · 78% connection

See Groan.

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Graphics noun · 78% connection

The art or the science of drawing; esp. of drawing according to mathematical rules, as in perspective, projection, and the like.

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Kind superl. · 78% connection

Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

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Line noun · 78% connection

Flax; linen.

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Medium noun · 78% connection

That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree;…

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Nontextual matter noun · 78% connection

photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication; "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book"

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Algebra noun · 78% connection

That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It is appli…

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Analytic geometry noun · 78% connection

the use of algebra to study geometric properties; operates on symbols defined in a coordinate system

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Analytical geometry noun · 78% connection

the use of algebra to study geometric properties; operates on symbols defined in a coordinate system

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Calculus noun · 78% connection

Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages conn…

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Cardiac massage noun · 78% connection

an emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to t…

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Ceremony noun · 78% connection

Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matter…

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Coordinate geometry noun · 78% connection

the use of algebra to study geometric properties; operates on symbols defined in a coordinate system

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Digit noun · 78% connection

One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger or toe.

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Employer noun · 78% connection

One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen.

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Heart massage noun · 78% connection

an emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to t…

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Hieroglyphic adjective · 78% connection

A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the pictu…

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Hindi noun · 78% connection

The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindoos. In employs the Devanaga…

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Iconolatry noun · 78% connection

The worship of images as symbols; -- distinguished from idolatry, the worship of images themselves.

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Ideographical adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by symbols, independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the word "nine," but the…

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Industry noun · 78% connection

Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to sloth…

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Initiatory adjective · 78% connection

Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step.

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List-processing language noun · 78% connection

a flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists

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Mandate noun · 78% connection

An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.

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