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Vent

Sale; opportunity to sell; market.

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Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cleft 76% connected

of Cleave

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Crack 76% connected

To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Crevice 76% connected

A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Evince 76% connected

To conquer; to subdue.

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Express 76% connected

Exactly representing; exact.

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Fissure 76% connected

A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.

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Freshen 76% connected

To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salt; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hole 76% connected

Whole.

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Opening 76% connected

of Open

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Orifice 76% connected

A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Porta 76% connected

The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilus.

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Refresh 76% connected

To make fresh again; to restore strength, spirit, animation, or the like, to; to relieve from fatigue or depression; to reinvigorate; to enliven anew…

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Scissure 76% connected

A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.

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Show 76% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

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Slit 76% connected

3d. pers. sing. pres. of Slide.

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Ventilate 74% connected

To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to air; as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Ventilate 74% connected

To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to air; as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 7

Air 92% connected

The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Blowhole 92% connected

A cavern in a cliff, at the water level, opening to the air at its farther extremity, so that the waters rush in with each surge and rise in a lofty…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Outlet 92% connected

The place or opening by which anything is let out; a passage out; an exit; a vent.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Release 92% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Venthole 92% connected

A touchhole; a vent.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ventilate 92% connected

To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to air; as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Volcano 92% connected

A mountain or hill, usually more or less conical in form, from which lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases, and the like, are ejected; -- often popular…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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