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Wicker

A small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork and the like; a withe.

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Wood 76% connected

Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious; frantic.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Caning 92% connected

of Cane

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wickerwork 92% connected

A texture of osiers, twigs, or rods; articles made of such a texture.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Aggregate noun · 78% connection

material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster

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aggregate demand noun · 78% connection

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Business noun · 78% connection

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"

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Business cycle noun · 78% connection

recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline

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Crying adjective · 78% connection

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a gl…

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Cycle noun · 78% connection

a periodically repeated sequence of events; "a cycle of reprisal and retaliation"

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Demand noun · 78% connection

the act of demanding; "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money"

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Depression noun · 78% connection

a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

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Domestic adjective · 78% connection

of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction"

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a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

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steady growth in the productive capacity of the economy (and so a growth of national income)

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Fiscal policy noun · 78% connection

a government policy for dealing with the budget (especially with taxation and borrowing)

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GDP noun · 78% connection

the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and…

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Global demand noun · 78% connection

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Gross domestic product noun · 78% connection

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Birdlime noun · 78% connection

An extremely adhesive viscid substance, usually made of the middle bark of the holly, by boiling, fermenting, and cleansing it. When a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, pliant, twig, osier, making.
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Cheveril adjective · 78% connection

Made of cheveril; pliant.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, pliant, twig, osier, making.
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Chibouk noun · 78% connection

A Turkish pipe, usually with a mouthpiece of amber, a stem, four or five feet long and not pliant, of some valuable wood, and a bowl o…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, pliant, twig, osier, making.
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Compliant adjective · 78% connection

Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, pliant, twig, osier, making.
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Cornel noun · 78% connection

Any species of the genus Cornus, as C. florida, the flowering cornel; C. stolonifera, the osier cornel; C. Canadensis, the dwarf corne…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, pliant, twig, osier, making.
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Crail noun · 78% connection

A creel or osier basket.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, pliant, twig, osier, making.
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Creel noun · 78% connection

An osier basket, such as anglers use.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, pliant, twig, osier, making.
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Cringle noun · 78% connection

A withe for fastening a gate.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, pliant, twig, osier, making.
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Facile adjective · 78% connection

Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, pliant, twig, osier, making.
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Flexile adjective · 78% connection

Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, pliant, twig, osier, making.
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Hank noun · 78% connection

A rope or withe for fastening a gate.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, pliant, twig, osier, making.
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Hoop noun · 78% connection

A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, pliant, twig, osier, making.
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