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Treatise

A written composition on a particular subject, in which its principles are discussed or explained; a tract.

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Dissertation 76% connected

A formal or elaborate argumentative discourse, oral or written; a disquisition; an essay; a discussion; as, Dissertations on the Prophecies.

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Monograph 76% connected

A written account or description of a single thing, or class of things; a special treatise on a particular subject of limited range.

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Pamphlet 76% connected

A writing; a book.

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Thesis 76% connected

A position or proposition which a person advances and offers to maintain, or which is actually maintained by argument.

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Tract 76% connected

A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.

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Writing 76% connected

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Allegory noun · 78% connection

A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and…

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Autobiography noun · 78% connection

A biography written by the subject of it; memoirs of one's life written by one's self.

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Catastasis noun · 78% connection

That part of a speech, usually the exordium, in which the orator sets forth the subject matter to be discussed.

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Chersonese noun · 78% connection

A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the Cimbric Ch…

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Confession noun · 78% connection

An admission by a party to whom an act is imputed, in relation to such act. A judicial confession settles the issue to which it applie…

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Constitution noun · 78% connection

The fundamental, organic law or principles of government of men, embodied in written documents, or implied in the institutions and usa…

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Definable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being defined, limited, or explained; determinable; describable by definition; ascertainable; as, definable limits; definab…

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Deliberative noun · 78% connection

A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.

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Demerit noun · 78% connection

the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection; "they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel"; "he knew his ow…

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Dominion noun · 78% connection

That which is governed; territory over which authority is exercised; the tract, district, or county, considered as subject; as, the do…

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Effable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable.

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Encyclopaedia noun · 78% connection

The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various…

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Exordium noun · 78% connection

A beginning; an introduction; especially, the introductory part of a discourse or written composition, which prepares the audience for…

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Fault noun · 78% connection

the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection; "they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel"; "he knew his ow…

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Forest noun · 78% connection

An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland whi…

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General noun · 78% connection

a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular); "he discussed the general but neglected the particular"

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Iatrochemist noun · 78% connection

A physician who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry.

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Index noun · 78% connection

an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed

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