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Vehicle

That in or on which any person or thing is, or may be, carried, as a coach, carriage, wagon, cart, car, sleigh, bicycle, etc.; a means of conveyance; specifically, a means of conveyance upon land.

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Conveyance 76% connected

The act of conveying, carrying, or transporting; carriage.

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Medium 76% connected

That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean.

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Object 76% connected

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

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Substance 76% connected

That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

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Transport 76% connected

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

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Craft 76% connected

Strength; might; secret power.

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Projectile 76% connected

Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force.

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Rocket 76% connected

A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad.

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Sled 76% connected

A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice; -- in England called sledge.

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Sledge 76% connected

A strong vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned up at one end, used for transporting…

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Sleigh 76% connected

Sly.

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Vehicular 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a vehicle; serving as a vehicle; as, a vehicular contrivance.

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Vehicular 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a vehicle; serving as a vehicle; as, a vehicular contrivance.

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Dashboard 70% connected

A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vehicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- i…

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Splashboard 70% connected

A guard in the front part of vehicle, to prevent splashing by a mud or water from the horse's heels; -- in the United States commonly called dashboar…

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Splasher 70% connected

One who, or that which, splashes.

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