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Discovery 76% connected

The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Drafting 76% connected

of Draft

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Drawing 76% connected

of Draw

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Find 76% connected

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Uncovering 76% connected

of Uncover

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Delineate 74% connected

Delineated; portrayed.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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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…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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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…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Trace 92% 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…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Draftsmanship noun · 85% connection

the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"

Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Painting and drawing, Visual art.
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Water-color noun · 85% connection

the art or technique of painting with watercolors

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Water-colour noun · 85% connection

the art or technique of painting with watercolors

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Watercolor noun · 85% connection

the art or technique of painting with watercolors

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Watercolour noun · 85% connection

the art or technique of painting with watercolors

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Pyrography noun · 84% connection

the act of producing drawings on wood or leather by using heated tools or a fine flame

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Art noun · 78% connection

the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he s…

Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Visual art.
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Artistic creation noun · 78% connection

the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he s…

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Artistic production noun · 78% connection

the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he s…

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Painting noun · 78% connection

creating a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years"

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Brush verb · 78% connection

touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly"

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Canvas noun · 78% connection

an oil painting on canvas fabric

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Canvass noun · 78% connection

an oil painting on canvas fabric

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Charcoal noun · 78% connection

a stick of black carbon material used for drawing

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Fusain noun · 78% connection

a stick of black carbon material used for drawing

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Linear perspective noun · 78% connection

the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer

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Oil noun · 78% connection

oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist

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Oil color noun · 78% connection

oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist

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Affiliate verb · 78% connection

To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: trace.
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Begin verb · 78% connection

To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a beginning of.

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Catch noun · 78% connection

A slight remembrance; a trace.

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Delve verb · 78% connection

To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom.

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Derive verb · 78% connection

To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon.

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Describe verb · 78% connection

To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch wav…

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Design noun · 78% connection

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: trace.
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Draw verb · 78% connection

To trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term.

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Entirely adverb · 78% connection

In an entire manner; wholly; completely; fully; as, the trace is entirely lost.

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Etymologize verb · 78% connection

To give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive, as a word.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: trace.
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Follow verb · 78% connection

follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba"; "tra…

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Footprint noun · 78% connection

The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark; as, "Footprints of the Creator."

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Generate verb · 78% connection

To trace out, as a line, figure, or solid, by the motion of a point or a magnitude of inferior order.

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Graphite noun · 78% connection

Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a…

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Greensand noun · 78% connection

A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green c…

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Investigate verb · 78% connection

To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into w…

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Larva noun · 78% connection

Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts s…

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Lithograph verb · 78% connection

To trace on stone by the process of lithography so as to transfer the design to paper by printing; as, to lithograph a design; to lith…

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