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Narrower term 45

Aggregate 76% connected

To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil."

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Artefact 76% connected

a man-made object taken as a whole

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Artifact 76% connected

a man-made object taken as a whole

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Assembly 76% connected

A company of persons collected together in one place, and usually for some common purpose, esp. for deliberation and legislation, for worship, or for…

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Ban 76% connected

A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.

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Bit 76% connected

The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened.

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Carat 76% connected

The weight by which precious stones and pearls are weighed.

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Chain 76% connected

A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornam…

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Combination 76% connected

The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things.

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Company 76% connected

The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse.

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Congener 76% connected

A thing of the same genus, species, or kind; a thing allied in nature, character, or action.

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Couple 76% connected

That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

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Crew 76% connected

The Manx shearwater.

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Den 76% connected

A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; esp., a cave used by a wild beast for shelter or concealment; as, a lion's den;…

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Denier 76% connected

One who denies; as, a denier of a fact, or of the faith, or of Christ.

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Diopter 76% connected

Alt. of Dioptra

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Dioptre 76% connected

A unit employed by oculists in numbering glasses according to the metric system; a refractive power equal to that of a glass whose principal focal di…

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Dit 76% connected

A word; a decree.

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Emu 76% connected

A large Australian bird, of two species (Dromaius Novae-Hollandiae and D. irroratus), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly,…

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Family 76% connected

The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as…

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Force 76% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Gang 76% connected

To go; to walk.

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Group 76% connected

A cluster, crowd, or throng; an assemblage, either of persons or things, collected without any regular form or arrangement; as, a group of men or of…

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Hart 76% connected

A stag; the male of the red deer. See the Note under Buck.

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Home 76% connected

See Homelyn.

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House 76% connected

A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a d…

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Household 76% connected

Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family.

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Instrumentality 76% connected

The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency.

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Item 76% connected

Also; as an additional article.

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Member 76% connected

To remember; to cause to remember; to mention.

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Menage 76% connected

See Manage.

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Metric 76% connected

Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.

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Molecule 76% connected

One of the very small invisible particles of which all matter is supposed to consist.

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One 76% connected

Being a single unit, or entire being or thing, and no more; not multifold; single; individual.

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Outfit 76% connected

A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; thin…

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Radical 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the root; proceeding directly from the root.

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Side 76% connected

The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distin…

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Squad 76% connected

A small party of men assembled for drill, inspection, or other purposes.

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Sum 76% connected

The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added t…

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Team 76% connected

A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter.

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Total 76% connected

Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss.

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Totality 76% connected

The quality or state of being total; as, the totality of an eclipse.

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Troop 76% connected

A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.

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Weight 76% connected

The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially wh…

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Component 76% connected

Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent.

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Constituent 76% connected

Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.

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Object 76% connected

To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

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Organization 76% connected

The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Portion 76% connected

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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Thing 76% connected

Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.

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Whole 76% connected

Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar s…

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Unite 74% connected

To put together so as to make one; to join, as two or more constituents, to form a whole; to combine; to connect; to join; to cause to adhere; as, to…

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Unite 74% connected

To put together so as to make one; to join, as two or more constituents, to form a whole; to combine; to connect; to join; to cause to adhere; as, to…

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Whole 74% connected

Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar s…

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Whole 74% connected

Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar s…

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Component part 5

Part 70% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Piece 70% connected

A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

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Portion 70% connected

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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Section 70% connected

The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.

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Segment 70% connected

One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion; as, a segment of an orange;…

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Synonym 1

Whole 92% connected

Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar s…

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