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Underlying

Lying under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the underlying strata of a locality; underlying principles.

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Basic 84% connected

Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.

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Basic 84% connected

Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.

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Implicit 84% connected

Infolded; entangled; complicated; involved.

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Implicit 84% connected

Infolded; entangled; complicated; involved.

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Inexplicit 84% connected

Not explicit; not clearly stated; indefinite; vague.

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Inexplicit 84% connected

Not explicit; not clearly stated; indefinite; vague.

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Subjacent 84% connected

Lying under or below.

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Subjacent 84% connected

Lying under or below.

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Fundamental 92% connected

Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementar…

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Inherent 92% connected

Permanently existing in something; inseparably attached or connected; naturally pertaining to; innate; inalienable; as, polarity is an inherent quali…

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Rudimentary 92% connected

Of or pertaining to rudiments; consisting in first principles; elementary; initial; as, rudimental essays.

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Ambuscade verb · 78% connection

A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situatio…

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Application noun · 78% connection

Hence, in specific uses: (a) That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied t…

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Atmosphere noun · 78% connection

The portion of air in any locality, or affected by a special physical or sanitary condition; as, the atmosphere of the room; a moist o…

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Batman noun · 78% connection

A weight used in the East, varying according to the locality; in Turkey, the greater batman is about 157 pounds, the lesser only a fou…

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Beneath preposition · 78% connection

Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy…

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Brocatel noun · 78% connection

A marble, clouded and veined with white, gray, yellow, and red, in which the yellow usually prevails. It is also called Siena marble,…

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Cellulitis noun · 78% connection

An inflammantion of the cellular or areolar tissue, esp. of that lying immediately beneath the skin.

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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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Element noun · 78% connection

One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers…

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Fundamental law noun · 78% connection

law determining the fundamental political principles of a government

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Habitat verb · 78% connection

The natural abode, locality or region of an animal or plant.

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Inframundane adjective · 78% connection

Lying or situated beneath the world.

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Institute adjective · 78% connection

Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognized as established and authoritative; usually in the p…

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Liberalism noun · 78% connection

Liberal principles; the principles and methods of the liberals in politics or religion; specifically, the principles of the Liberal pa…

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Magna Charta unknown · 78% connection

Hence, a fundamental constitution which guaranties rights and privileges.

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Nether adjective · 78% connection

Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower; under; --…

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Organic law noun · 78% connection

law determining the fundamental political principles of a government

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Physicist noun · 78% connection

A believer in the theory that the fundamental phenomena of life are to be explained upon purely chemical and physical principles; -- o…

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