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Upside

The upper side; the part that is uppermost.

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Crest 76% connected

A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthe…

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Crown 76% connected

of Crow

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Pate 76% connected

See Patte.

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Poll 76% connected

A parrot; -- familiarly so called.

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Tiptop 76% connected

The highest or utmost degree; the best of anything.

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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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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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Top 92% connected

A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…

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Abacus noun · 78% connection

The uppermost member or division of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave. See Column.

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Air noun · 78% connection

In harmonized chorals, psalmody, part songs, etc., the part which bears the tune or melody -- in modern harmony usually the upper part…

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Baleen noun · 78% connection

Plates or blades of "whalebone," from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balaenoidea) are at…

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Behind adjective · 78% connection

On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a…

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Boatbill noun · 78% connection

A wading bird (Cancroma cochlearia) of the tropical parts of South America. Its bill is somewhat like a boat with the keel uppermost.

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Cap noun · 78% connection

The top, or uppermost part; the chief.

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Capital noun · 78% connection

The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. Se…

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Coverlet noun · 78% connection

The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture.

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Cramp noun · 78% connection

A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretche…

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Doublet adjective · 78% connection

Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as, to throw doublets.

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Epitithides noun · 78% connection

The uppermost member of the cornice of an entablature.

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Escutcheon noun · 78% connection

The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the…

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Flatfish noun · 78% connection

any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the…

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Gunwale noun · 78% connection

The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of timber which…

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Head noun · 78% connection

The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an an…

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Heel noun · 78% connection

The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt.

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Hourglass noun · 78% connection

An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the…

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Inclined p. p. & a. · 78% connection

Bent out of a perpendicular position, or into a curve with the convex side uppermost.

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