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University

The universe; the whole.

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Body 76% connected

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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Establishment 76% connected

The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

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Gown 76% connected

A loose, flowing upper garment

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Containing whole 1

Academe 70% connected

An academy.

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College 70% connected

A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar righ…

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Altar noun · 86% connection

a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made

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Arcade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Arch noun · 86% connection

(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

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Area noun · 86% connection

a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"

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Arena noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Balance noun · 86% connection

equality of distribution

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Balcony noun · 86% connection

a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet

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Bascule noun · 86% connection

a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)

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Boarding noun · 86% connection

a structure of boards

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Bowl noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Bridge noun · 86% connection

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

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Building noun · 86% connection

a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corne…

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Catchment noun · 86% connection

a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)

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Coil noun · 86% connection

a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"

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Colonnade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Column noun · 86% connection

a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

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Complex noun · 86% connection

a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures

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Construction noun · 86% connection

a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair i…

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Acosmist noun · 78% connection

One who denies the existence of the universe, or of a universe as distinct from God.

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All adjective · 78% connection

The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the…

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Analysis noun · 78% connection

an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole

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Astronomy noun · 78% connection

the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole

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Caboodle noun · 78% connection

The whole collection; the entire quantity or number; -- usually in the phrase the whole caboodle.

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CBR noun · 78% connection

(cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperatur…

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CMB noun · 78% connection

(cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperatur…

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CMBR noun · 78% connection

(cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperatur…

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Comprehension noun · 78% connection

A figure by which the name of a whole is put for a part, or that of a part for a whole, or a definite number for an indefinite.

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Conservation of parity noun · 78% connection

(physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a…

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Cosmic background radiation noun · 78% connection

(cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperatur…

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Cosmic microwave background noun · 78% connection

(cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperatur…

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Cosmic microwave background radiation noun · 78% connection

(cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperatur…

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Cosmogeny noun · 78% connection

the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe

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