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Work

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

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Verb group 46

Act 84% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Act 84% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Bring 84% connected

To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.

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Bring 84% connected

To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.

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Crop 84% connected

The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

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Crop 84% connected

The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

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Cultivate 84% connected

To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.

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Cultivate 84% connected

To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.

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Exercise 84% connected

The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…

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Exercise 84% connected

The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…

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Exploit 84% connected

A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great.

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Exploit 84% connected

A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great.

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Ferment 84% connected

That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer.

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Ferment 84% connected

That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer.

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Forge 84% connected

A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., wh…

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Forge 84% connected

A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., wh…

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form 84% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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form 84% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Function 84% connected

The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

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Function 84% connected

The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

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Go 84% connected

Gone.

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Go 84% connected

Gone.

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Knead 84% connected

To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, as the mater…

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Knead 84% connected

To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, as the mater…

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Make 84% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Make 84% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Mold 84% connected

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

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Mold 84% connected

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

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Mould 84% connected

Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

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Mould 84% connected

Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

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Operate 84% connected

To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

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Operate 84% connected

To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

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Play 84% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Play 84% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Process 84% connected

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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Process 84% connected

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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Shape 84% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Shape 84% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Sour 84% connected

Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.

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Sour 84% connected

Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.

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Turn 84% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Turn 84% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Wreak 84% connected

To reck; to care.

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Wreak 84% connected

To reck; to care.

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Acquisition 76% connected

The act or process of acquiring.

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Acquit 76% connected

Acquitted; set free; rid of.

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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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…

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Affect 76% connected

To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

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Apply 76% connected

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

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Bear 76% connected

To support or sustain; to hold up.

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Becharm 76% connected

To charm; to captivate.

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Become 76% connected

of Become

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Beguile 76% connected

To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.

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Behave 76% connected

To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.

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Bewitch 76% connected

To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery.

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Business 76% connected

That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or…

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Captivate 76% connected

To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.

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Capture 76% connected

The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal.

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Care 76% connected

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

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Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Catch 76% connected

To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

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Charm 76% connected

A melody; a song.

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Comport 76% connected

To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.

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Conduct 76% connected

The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

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Convert 76% connected

To cause to turn; to turn.

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Create 76% connected

Created; composed; begotten.

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Deal 76% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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Deport 76% connected

To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.

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Displace 76% connected

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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Employ 76% connected

To inclose; to infold.

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Enamor 76% connected

To inflame with love; to charm; to captivate; -- with of, or with, before the person or thing; as, to be enamored with a lady; to be enamored of book…

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Enchant 76% connected

To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites.

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Energy 76% connected

Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing energies may suffer the…

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Entrance 76% connected

The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of pro…

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Excite 76% connected

To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…

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Execute 76% connected

To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform.

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Exert 76% connected

To thrust forth; to emit; to push out.

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Fascinate 76% connected

To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant.

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Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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Get 76% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Handle 76% connected

To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

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Impact 76% connected

To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.

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Job 76% connected

A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

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Learning 76% connected

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Manage 76% connected

The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.

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Manipulate 76% connected

To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate…

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Occupation 76% connected

The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use;…

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Operate 76% connected

To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

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Output 76% connected

The amount of coal or ore put out from one or more mines, or the quantity of material produced by, or turned out from, one or more furnaces or mills,…

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Perform 76% connected

To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.

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Prepare 76% connected

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

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Proceed 76% connected

To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey.

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Product 76% connected

Anything that is produced, whether as the result of generation, growth, labor, or thought, or by the operation of involuntary causes; as, the product…

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Production 76% connected

The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of a witness.

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Ready 76% connected

Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement o…

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Run 76% connected

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Stimulate 76% connected

To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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Stir 76% connected

To change the place of in any manner; to move.

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Succeed 76% connected

To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds sum…

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Touch 76% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Trance 76% connected

A tedious journey.

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Transform 76% connected

To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly.

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Transmute 76% connected

To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; to transform.

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Transubstantiate 76% connected

To change into another substance.

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Understand 76% connected

To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a pro…

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Use 76% connected

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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Utilize 76% connected

To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.

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Win 76% connected

To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to w…

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Action 76% connected

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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Aid 76% connected

To support, either by furnishing strength or means in cooperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.

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Attention 76% connected

The act or state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; exclusive or specia…

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Bakehouse 76% connected

A house for baking; a bakery.

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Bakery 76% connected

The trade of a baker.

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Beehive 76% connected

A hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively.

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Booking 76% connected

of Book

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Brokerage 76% connected

The business or employment of a broker.

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Caning 76% connected

of Cane

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Care 76% connected

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

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Central 76% connected

Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center; equidistant o…

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Chef-d'oeuvre 76% connected

A masterpiece; a capital work in art, literature, etc.

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Coaching 76% connected

of Coach

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Colliery 76% connected

The place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the buildings, etc., belonging to it.

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Creamery 76% connected

A place where butter and cheese are made, or where milk and cream are put up in cans for market.

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Duty 76% connected

That which is due; payment.

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Engagement 76% connected

The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.

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Exchange 76% connected

The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.

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Farm 76% connected

The rent of land, -- originally paid by reservation of part of its products.

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Fishery 76% connected

The business or practice of catching fish; fishing.

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Forge 76% connected

A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., wh…

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Handcraft 76% connected

Same as Handicraft.

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Handicraft 76% connected

A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.

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Handiwork 76% connected

Work done by the hands; hence, any work done personally.

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Housekeeping 76% connected

The state of occupying a dwelling house as a householder.

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Housewifery 76% connected

The business of the mistress of a family; female management of domestic concerns.

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Housework 76% connected

The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like.

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Investigation 76% connected

The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; a…

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Ironing 76% connected

of Iron

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Ironwork 76% connected

Anything made of iron; -- a general name of such parts or pieces of a building, vessel, carriage, etc., as consist of iron.

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Job 76% connected

A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

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Lab 76% connected

To prate; to gossip; to babble; to blab.

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Labor 76% connected

Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

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Laboratory 76% connected

The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science; as, a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory.…

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Labour 76% connected

productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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Laundry 76% connected

A laundering; a washing.

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Lavation 76% connected

A washing or cleansing.

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Location 76% connected

The act or process of locating.

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Logging 76% connected

of Log

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Masterpiece 76% connected

Anything done or made with extraordinary skill; a capital performance; a chef-d'oeuvre; a supreme achievement.

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Ministry 76% connected

The act of ministering; ministration; service.

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Mission 76% connected

The act of sending, or the state of being sent; a being sent or delegated by authority, with certain powers for transacting business; comission.

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Navigation 76% connected

The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.

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Openwork 76% connected

Anything so constructed or manufactured (in needlework, carpentry, metal work, etc.) as to show openings through its substance; work that is perforat…

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Operation 76% connected

The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

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Piecework 76% connected

Work done by the piece or job; work paid for at a rate based on the amount of work done, rather than on the time employed.

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Piscary 76% connected

The right or privilege of fishing in another man's waters.

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Pit 76% connected

A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation

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Polishing 76% connected

of Polish

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Polychrome 76% connected

Esculin; -- so called in allusion to its fluorescent solutions.

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Procedure 76% connected

The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct.

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Project 76% connected

The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.

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Publication 76% connected

The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulg…

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Ropewalk 76% connected

A long, covered walk, or a low, level building, where ropes are manufactured.

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Roundhouse 76% connected

A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house.

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Sailing 76% connected

of Sail

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Seafaring 76% connected

Following the business of a mariner; as, a seafaring man.

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Service 76% connected

Alt. of Service

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Shining 76% connected

of Shine

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Shipyard 76% connected

A yard, place, or inclosure where ships are built or repaired.

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Shop 76% connected

imp. of Shape. Shaped.

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Smithy 76% connected

The workshop of a smith, esp. a blacksmith; a smithery; a stithy.

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Studio 76% connected

The working room of an artist.

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Tannery 76% connected

A place where the work of tanning is carried on.

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Task 76% connected

Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.

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Tending 76% connected

of Tend

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Toil 76% connected

A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural.

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Undertaking 76% connected

of Undertake

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Wash 76% connected

To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or…

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Washing 76% connected

of Wash

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Wicker 76% connected

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

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Wickerwork 76% connected

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

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Woodwork 76% connected

Work made of wood; that part of any structure which is wrought of wood.

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Workshop 76% connected

A shop where any manufacture or handiwork is carried on.

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Writing 76% connected

of Write

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Answer 76% connected

To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

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Assist 76% connected

To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor.

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Avail 76% connected

To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.

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Bank 76% connected

A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.

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Be 76% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

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Beat 76% connected

of Beat

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Beaver 76% connected

An amphibious rodent, of the genus Castor.

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Blackjack 76% connected

exert pressure on someone through threats

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Blackleg 76% connected

A notorious gambler.

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Blackmail 76% connected

A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to certain men who were allied…

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boondoggle 76% connected

A pointless or wasteful activity

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Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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Busy 76% connected

Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a…

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Carpenter 76% connected

An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc.

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Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Carve 76% connected

To cut.

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Cast 76% connected

of Cast

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Chip 76% connected

To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.

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Claw 76% connected

A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

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Clerk 76% connected

A clergyman or ecclesiastic.

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Coil 76% connected

To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.

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Color 76% connected

A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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Colour 76% connected

See Color.

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Cooperate 76% connected

To act or operate jointly with another or others; to concur in action, effort, or effect.

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Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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Dig 76% connected

To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, o…

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Divide 76% connected

To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

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Dominate 76% connected

To predominate over; to rule; to govern.

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Double 76% connected

Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc.

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Drive 76% connected

To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

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Drudge 76% connected

To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue.

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Electioneer 76% connected

To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts for securing the election of a candidate.

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Exercise 76% connected

The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…

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Exploit 76% connected

A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great.

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Fag 76% connected

A knot or coarse part in cloth.

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Farm 76% connected

The rent of land, -- originally paid by reservation of part of its products.

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Feed 76% connected

of Fee

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Fill 76% connected

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

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Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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Follow 76% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Grind 76% connected

To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.

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Guess 76% connected

To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.

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Help 76% connected

To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man…

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Hill 76% connected

A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a mountain.

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Imprint 76% connected

To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.

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Infer 76% connected

To bring on; to induce; to occasion.

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Intern 76% connected

Internal.

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Job 76% connected

A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

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Jostle 76% connected

To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against.

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Labor 76% connected

Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

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Labour 76% connected

productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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Layer 76% connected

One who, or that which, lays.

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Machine 76% connected

In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmi…

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Man 76% connected

A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

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Manipulate 76% connected

To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate…

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Masticate 76% connected

To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food.

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Militate 76% connected

To make war; to fight; to contend; -- usually followed by against and with.

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Minister 76% connected

A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.

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Model 76% connected

A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.

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Moil 76% connected

To daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile.

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Mold 76% connected

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

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Monkey 76% connected

In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs.

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Moonlight 76% connected

The light of the moon.

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Mould 76% connected

Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

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Mound 76% connected

A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmount…

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Occupy 76% connected

To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.

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Overwork 76% connected

To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or too long; to tire excessively; as, to overwork a horse.

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Page 76% connected

A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in Engl…

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Persuade 76% connected

To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives.

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Play 76% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Potter 76% connected

One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels.

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Preform 76% connected

To form beforehand, or for special ends.

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Prejudice 76% connected

Foresight.

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Prepossess 76% connected

To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of.

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Pressure 76% connected

The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.

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Prey 76% connected

Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.

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Proof 76% connected

Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.

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Puddle 76% connected

A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool.

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Putter 76% connected

One who puts or plates.

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Rack 76% connected

Same as Arrack.

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Rat 76% connected

One of several species of small rodents of the genus Mus and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the N…

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Remold 76% connected

Alt. of Remould

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Reshape 76% connected

To shape again.

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Resolve 76% connected

To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.

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Retread 76% connected

To tread again.

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Riddle 76% connected

A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from san…

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Ride 76% connected

To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

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Roll 76% connected

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

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Roughcast 76% connected

To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish.

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Scab 76% connected

An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part.

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Scant 76% connected

Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisi…

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Sculpture 76% connected

The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, t…

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Separate 76% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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Serve 76% connected

To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, a…

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Service 76% connected

Alt. of Service

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Sinter 76% connected

Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals.

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Skimp 76% connected

To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.

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Skipper 76% connected

One who, or that which, skips.

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Slave 76% connected

See Slav.

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Specialize 76% connected

To mention specially; to particularize.

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Stamp 76% connected

To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

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Stir 76% connected

To change the place of in any manner; to move.

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Strike 76% connected

To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

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Subcontract 76% connected

A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract.

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Swage 76% connected

See Assuage.

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Sway 76% connected

To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter.

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Swing 76% connected

To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Throw 76% connected

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

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Till 76% connected

A vetch; a tare.

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Tinker 76% connected

A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware.

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Toil 76% connected

A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural.

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Tool 76% connected

An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by…

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Travail 76% connected

Labor with pain; severe toil or exertion.

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Upset 76% connected

To set up; to put upright.

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Use 76% connected

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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Volunteer 76% connected

One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will.

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Wait 76% connected

To watch; to observe; to take notice.

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Waitress 76% connected

A female waiter or attendant; a waiting maid or waiting woman.

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Whore 76% connected

A woman who practices unlawful sexual commerce with men, especially one who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a harlot.

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Derivationally related 8

Mold 74% connected

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

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Mold 74% connected

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

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Process 74% connected

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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Process 74% connected

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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Workable 74% connected

Capable of being worked, or worth working; as, a workable mine; workable clay.

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Workable 74% connected

Capable of being worked, or worth working; as, a workable mine; workable clay.

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Worker 74% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Worker 74% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Causes 4

Exercise 72% connected

The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…

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Ferment 72% connected

That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer.

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Sour 72% connected

Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.

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Turn 72% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Entails 1

Reason 72% connected

A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered…

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Synonym 28

Act 92% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Bring 92% connected

To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.

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Crop 92% connected

The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cultivate 92% connected

To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.

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Employment 92% connected

The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Exercise 92% connected

The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Exploit 92% connected

A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ferment 92% connected

That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Forge 92% connected

A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., wh…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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form 92% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Function 92% connected

The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

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Go 92% connected

Gone.

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Influence 92% connected

A flowing in or upon; influx.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Knead 92% connected

To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, as the mater…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lick 92% connected

To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Make 92% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mold 92% connected

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mould 92% connected

Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Operate 92% connected

To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Play 92% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Process 92% connected

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Run 92% connected

of Run

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Shape 92% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Solve 92% connected

To explain; to resolve; to unfold; to clear up (what is obscure or difficult to be understood); to work out to a result or conclusion; as, to solve a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sour 92% connected

Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Study 92% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Turn 92% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wreak 92% connected

To reck; to care.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Idle 94% connected

Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.

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Idle 94% connected

Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.

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