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Tracer

One who, or that which, traces.

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Ammunition 76% connected

Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.

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Detective 76% connected

Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.

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Instrument 76% connected

That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical…

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Investigator 76% connected

One who searches diligently into a subject.

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Delineate 74% connected

Delineated; portrayed.

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Delineate 74% connected

Delineated; portrayed.

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Trace 74% connected

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be draw…

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Trace 74% connected

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be draw…

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Deuterium noun · 86% connection

an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen)

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Heavy hydrogen noun · 86% connection

an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen)

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Hydrogen ion noun · 86% connection

a positively charged atom of hydrogen; that is to say, a normal hydrogen atomic nucleus

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isotope noun · 86% connection

one of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons

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Label noun · 86% connection

a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction

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neutron noun · 86% connection

an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton; enters into the structure of the atomic nucleus

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Radioisotope noun · 86% connection

a radioactive isotope of an element; produced either naturally or artificially

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Binding energy noun · 85% connection

the energy required to separate particles from a molecule or atom or nucleus; equals the mass defect

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Bond noun · 85% connection

an electrical force linking atoms

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covalent bond noun · 85% connection

a chemical bond that involves sharing a pair of electrons between atoms in a molecule

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Gamma radiation noun · 85% connection

electromagnetic radiation emitted during radioactive decay and having an extremely short wavelength

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Gamma ray noun · 85% connection

electromagnetic radiation emitted during radioactive decay and having an extremely short wavelength

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ionic bond noun · 85% connection

a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion

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Separation energy noun · 85% connection

the energy required to separate particles from a molecule or atom or nucleus; equals the mass defect

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Valence electron noun · 85% connection

an electron in the outer shell of an atom which can combine with other atoms to form molecules

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Water noun · 84% connection

binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centi…

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Formaldehyde noun · 83% connection

a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol

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Absorbance noun · 78% connection

(physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation

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Bricole noun · 78% connection

A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag and maneuver guns where horses can not be used.

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Cairn noun · 78% connection

A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.

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Genealogist noun · 78% connection

One who traces genealogies or the descent of persons or families.

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Hame noun · 78% connection

One of the two curved pieces of wood or metal, in the harness of a draught horse, to which the traces are fastened. They are fitted up…

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Hodoscope noun · 78% connection

(physics) scientific instrument that traces the path of a charged particle

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Ichnoscopy noun · 78% connection

The search for the traces of anything.

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Indicator noun · 78% connection

An instrument which draws a diagram showing the varying pressure in the cylinder of an engine or pump at every point of the stroke. It…

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Pinite noun · 78% connection

Any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the Pine family.

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Singletree noun · 78% connection

The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces of a harnessed horse are fixed; a whiffletree.

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Swingtree noun · 78% connection

The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened; the whiffletree.

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tracing noun · 78% connection

The act of one who traces; especially, the act of copying by marking on thin paper, or other transparent substance, the lines of a pat…

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Track verb · 78% connection

To follow the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace; to trail; as, to track a deer in the snow.

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