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Taurus

The Bull; the second in order of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of April; -- marked thus [/] in almanacs.

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Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Bull 92% connected

The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.

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Aquarius noun · 78% connection

The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; -- so called from the rains which p…

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Aries noun · 78% connection

The Ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of March.

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Balance noun · 78% connection

The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, which the sun enters at the equinox in September.

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Blasphemy noun · 78% connection

An indignity offered to God in words, writing, or signs; impiously irreverent words or signs addressed to, or used in reference to, Go…

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Breastplate noun · 78% connection

A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span…

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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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Capricorn noun · 78% connection

The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic.

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Circumflex noun · 78% connection

A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or /]; and in Latin and so…

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Dodecagon noun · 78% connection

A figure or polygon bounded by twelve sides and containing twelve angles.

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Dodecatemory noun · 78% connection

A tern applied to the twelve houses, or parts, of the zodiac of the primum mobile, to distinguish them from the twelve signs; also, an…

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Enter verb · 78% connection

To get admission; to introduce one's self; to penetrate; to form or constitute a part; to become a partaker or participant; to share;…

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Entropy noun · 78% connection

A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remain…

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Existential philosophy noun · 78% connection

(philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for w…

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Existentialism noun · 78% connection

(philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for w…

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Existentialist philosophy noun · 78% connection

(philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for w…

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Gemini n. pl. · 78% connection

A constellation of the zodiac, containing the two bright stars Castor and Pollux; also, the third sign of the zodiac, which the sun en…

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Gross sing. & pl. · 78% connection

The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.

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Horoscope noun · 78% connection

The diagram or scheme of twelve houses or signs of the zodiac, into which the whole circuit of the heavens was divided for the purpose…

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