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A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary.

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Broader term 4

Book 76% connected

A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing c…

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Matter 76% connected

That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of concep…

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Message 76% connected

Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another.

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Passage 76% connected

The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man o…

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Narrower term 17

Column 76% connected

A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and…

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Cookie 76% connected

See Cooky.

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Copy 76% connected

An abundance or plenty of anything.

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Crammer 76% connected

One who crams; esp., one who prepares a pupil hastily for an examination, or a pupil who is thus prepared.

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Draft 76% connected

Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

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Installment 76% connected

The act of installing; installation.

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Instalment 76% connected

the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes"

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Introduction 76% connected

The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.

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Language 76% connected

Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, artic…

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Letter 76% connected

One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Lipogram 76% connected

A writing composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; -- as in the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus there was no A in the first book, no B in th…

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Lyric 76% connected

Alt. of Lyrical

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Missive 76% connected

Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent; as, a letter missive.

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Primer 76% connected

One who, or that which, primes

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Reader 76% connected

One who reads.

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Stanza 76% connected

A number of lines or verses forming a division of a song or poem, and agreeing in meter, rhyme, number of lines, etc., with other divisions; a part o…

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Textual 74% connected

Of, pertaining to, or contained in, the text; as, textual criticism; a textual reading.

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Textual 74% connected

Of, pertaining to, or contained in, the text; as, textual criticism; a textual reading.

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Containing whole 5

Bible 70% connected

A book.

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Book 70% connected

A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing c…

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Publication 70% connected

The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulg…

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Scripture 70% connected

Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription.

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Word 70% connected

The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice…

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Component part 7

Book 70% connected

A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing c…

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Chapter 70% connected

A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.

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Foreword 70% connected

A preface.

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Paragraph 70% connected

Originally, a marginal mark or note, set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, e. g., a change of subject; now, the character /,…

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Passage 70% connected

The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man o…

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Preface 70% connected

Something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay; a proem; an introduction, or series of preliminary re…

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Prolusion 70% connected

A trial before the principal performance; a prelude; hence, an introductory essay or exercise.

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Synonym 1

Schoolbook 92% connected

A book used in schools for learning lessons.

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