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Trident

A kind of scepter or spear with three prongs, -- the common attribute of Neptune.

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Lance 76% connected

A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag;…

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Shaft 76% connected

The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.

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Spear 76% connected

A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance.

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Prong 70% connected

A sharp-pointed instrument.

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Attributive adjective · 78% connection

Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning an attribute; of the nature of an attribute.

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Bident noun · 78% connection

An instrument or weapon with two prongs.

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Ceremony noun · 78% connection

A ceremonial symbols; an emblem, as a crown, scepter, garland, etc.

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Clamper noun · 78% connection

An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper.

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Coronel noun · 78% connection

The iron head of a tilting spear, divided into two, three, or four blunt points.

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Cyclops n. sing. & pl. · 78% connection

One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabled…

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Doryphoros noun · 78% connection

A spear bearer; a statue of a man holding a spear or in the attitude of a spear bearer. Several important sculptures of this subject e…

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Emblem noun · 78% connection

A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural ap…

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Exchange noun · 78% connection

The act of substituting one thing in the place of another; as, an exchange of grief for joy, or of a scepter for a sword, and the like…

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Ferula noun · 78% connection

The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.

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Fishgig noun · 78% connection

A spear with barbed prongs used for harpooning fish.

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Fleur-de-lis noun · 78% connection

A conventional flower suggested by the iris, and having a form which fits it for the terminal decoration of a scepter, the ornaments o…

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Fork noun · 78% connection

An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and…

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Hippocampus noun · 78% connection

A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampus brevirostris…

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Lister noun · 78% connection

A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish.

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Major planet noun · 78% connection

(astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercu…

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Neptune noun · 78% connection

The son of Saturn and Ops, the god of the waters, especially of the sea. He is represented as bearing a trident for a scepter.

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Neptunicentric adjective · 78% connection

As seen from Neptune, or having Neptune as a center; as, Neptunicentric longitude or force.

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