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The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem.

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Adult 76% connected

Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age.

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Block 76% connected

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

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Character 76% connected

A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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graph 76% connected

A diagram representing data or a set of equations

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Identify 76% connected

To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider…

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Kind 76% connected

Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

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Sort 76% connected

Chance; lot; destiny.

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Symbol 76% connected

A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emb…

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Variety 76% connected

The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness.

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Write 76% connected

To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the charact…

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Breed 76% connected

To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.

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Case 76% connected

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cove…

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Edition 76% connected

A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare.

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Face 76% connected

The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which…

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Font 76% connected

A complete assortment of printing type of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, points, accents,…

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Fount 76% connected

A font.

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Kern 76% connected

A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; -- distinguished from gallowglass, and often used as a term of contempt.

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Nature 76% connected

The existing system of things; the world of matter, or of matter and mind; the creation; the universe.

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Quad 76% connected

Alt. of Quade

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Space 76% connected

Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible.

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Variant 76% connected

Varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.

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Variation 76% connected

The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation…

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Version 76% connected

A change of form, direction, or the like; transformation; conversion; turning.

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Manner of action 1

Shift 76% connected

To divide; to distribute; to apportion.

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Case 74% connected

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cove…

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Case 74% connected

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cove…

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Typewriting 74% connected

The act or art of using a typewriter; also, a print made with a typewriter.

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Typewriting 74% connected

The act or art of using a typewriter; also, a print made with a typewriter.

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Synonym 4

Case 92% connected

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cove…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Character 92% connected

A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Eccentric 92% connected

Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to deviation from the center o…

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Typewrite 92% connected

To write with a typewriter.

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Antonym 2

Antitype 94% connected

That of which the type is the pattern or representation; that which is represented by the type or symbol.

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Antitype 94% connected

That of which the type is the pattern or representation; that which is represented by the type or symbol.

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