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Acalephae
n. pl. · 78% connection
A group of Coelenterata, including the Medusae or jellyfishes, and hydroids; -- so called from the stinging power they possess. Someti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tiercel, called, tarsel, tassel.
Aisle
noun · 78% connection
A lateral division of a building, separated from the middle part, called the nave, by a row of columns or piers, which support the roo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tiercel, called, tarsel, tassel.
Angola pea
unknown · 78% connection
A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also pigeo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tiercel, called, tarsel, tassel.
Argas
noun · 78% connection
A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The famous Persian Argas, also called Miana bug, is A. Persicus; that of Centr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tiercel, called, tarsel, tassel.
Arriere-ban
noun · 78% connection
A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tiercel, called, tarsel, tassel.
Avignon berry
unknown · 78% connection
The fruit of the Rhamnus infectorius, eand of other species of the same genus; -- so called from the city of Avignon, in France. It is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tiercel, called, tarsel, tassel.
Backgammon
noun · 78% connection
A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fif…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tiercel, called, tarsel, tassel.
Benne
noun · 78% connection
The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is ex…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tiercel, called, tarsel, tassel.
Blackcoat
noun · 78% connection
A clergyman; -- familiarly so called, as a soldier is sometimes called a redcoat or a bluecoat.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tiercel, called, tarsel, tassel.
Blackcock
noun · 78% connection
The male of the European black grouse (Tetrao tetrix, Linn.); -- so called by sportsmen. The female is called gray hen. See Heath grou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tiercel, called, tarsel, tassel.
Boat bug
unknown · 78% connection
An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; -- so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a littl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tiercel, called, tarsel, tassel.
Bond
noun · 78% connection
That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tiercel, called, tarsel, tassel.
Brass
noun · 78% connection
An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tiercel, called, tarsel, tassel.
Bumkin
noun · 78% connection
A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tiercel, called, tarsel, tassel.
Butternut
noun · 78% connection
An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil contained in the latter. Some…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tiercel, called, tarsel, tassel.
Cammock
noun · 78% connection
A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the Ononis spinosa; -- called also rest-harrow. The Scandix Pecten-Veneris is also called cam…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tiercel, called, tarsel, tassel.
Caterpillar
noun · 78% connection
The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tiercel, called, tarsel, tassel.
Chaja
noun · 78% connection
The crested screamer of Brazil (Palamedea, / Chauna, chavaria), so called in imitation of its notes; -- called also chauna, and faithf…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tiercel, called, tarsel, tassel.
