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Treadle

The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.

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Narrower term 5

Accelerator 76% connected

One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.; as, accelerator nerves.

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Clutch 76% connected

A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp.

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Gas 76% connected

An aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as…

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Gun 76% connected

of Gin

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Throttle 76% connected

The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.

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Broader term 5

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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Lever 76% connected

More agreeable; more pleasing.

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Operate 76% connected

To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

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Trample 76% connected

To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass or flowers.

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Tread 76% connected

To set the foot; to step.

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Containing whole 5

Bicycle 70% connected

A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranks or levers.

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Bike 70% connected

A nest of wild bees, wasps, or ants; a swarm.

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Cycle 70% connected

An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.

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Organ 70% connected

An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers…

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Wheel 70% connected

A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or na…

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Synonym 1

Pedal 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglio…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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