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A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.

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Quiz 84% connected

A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.

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Quiz 84% connected

A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.

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Broader term 23

Ascertain 76% connected

To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.

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Attempt 76% connected

To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.

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Check 76% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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Communicating 76% connected

of Communicate

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Communication 76% connected

The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.

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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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Covering 76% connected

of Cover

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Determine 76% connected

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

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Effort 76% connected

An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle…

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Endeavor 76% connected

To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.

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Evaluate 76% connected

To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

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Examine 76% connected

To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection o…

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Experiment 76% connected

Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something doubtful; esp., one under conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or o…

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Experimentation 76% connected

The act of experimenting; practice by experiment.

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Judge 76% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

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Learn 76% connected

To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…

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Score 76% connected

A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

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See 76% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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Show 76% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

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Submit 76% connected

To let down; to lower.

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Try 76% connected

To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…

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Watch 76% connected

The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or pre…

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Narrower term 11

Assay 76% connected

Trial; attempt; essay.

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Audition 76% connected

The act of hearing or listening; hearing.

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clinical trial 76% connected

A study that tests a treatment or healthcare approach in people.

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Comprehensive 76% connected

Including much; comprising many things; having a wide scope or a full view.

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Final 76% connected

Pertaining to the end or conclusion; last; terminating; ultimate; as, the final day of a school term.

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Fitting 76% connected

of Fit

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Mot 76% connected

of Mot

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Oral 76% connected

Uttered by the mouth, or in words; spoken, not written; verbal; as, oral traditions; oral testimony; oral law.

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Quiz 76% connected

A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.

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Tripos 76% connected

A tripod.

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Viva voce 76% connected

By word of mouth; orally.

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Manner of action 3

Control 76% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Float 76% connected

Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, somet…

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Verify 76% connected

To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.

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Derivationally related 10

Examinee 74% connected

A person examined.

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Examinee 74% connected

A person examined.

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Quizzer 74% connected

One who quizzes; a quiz.

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Quizzer 74% connected

One who quizzes; a quiz.

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Run 74% connected

of Run

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Run 74% connected

of Run

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Trial 74% connected

The act of trying or testing in any manner.

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Trial 74% connected

The act of trying or testing in any manner.

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Synonym 9

Essay 92% connected

An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend.

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Examination 92% connected

The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Examine 92% connected

To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection o…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prove 92% connected

To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the conte…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Quiz 92% connected

A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Run 92% connected

of Run

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Screen 92% 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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Trial 92% connected

The act of trying or testing in any manner.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Try 92% connected

To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…

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