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Yankee-Doodle

The name of a tune adopted popularly as one of the national airs of the United States.

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American 76% connected

Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians.

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Yank 92% connected

A jerk or twitch.

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Yankee 92% connected

A nickname for a native or citizen of New England, especially one descended from old New England stock; by extension, an inhabitant of the Northern S…

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Appellative noun · 78% connection

A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…

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Attune verb · 78% connection

To tune or put in tune; to make melodious; to adjust, as one sound or musical instrument to another; as, to attune the voice to a harp.

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Bluebonnet noun · 78% connection

low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock pois…

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Catfish noun · 78% connection

A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the bind cat (Gronias n…

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Choral noun · 78% connection

A hymn tune; a simple sacred tune, sung in unison by the congregation; as, the Lutheran chorals.

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Circuit noun · 78% connection

(law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different lo…

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Claret noun · 78% connection

The name first given in England to the red wines of Medoc, in France, and afterwards extended to all the red Bordeaux wines. The name…

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Confederate adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establish an inde…

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Constitutional Convention noun · 78% connection

the convention of United States statesmen who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787

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Dives noun · 78% connection

The name popularly given to the rich man in our Lord's parable of the "Rich Man and Lazarus" (Luke xvi. 19-31). Hence, a name for a ri…

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Dover's Powder unknown · 78% connection

A powder of ipecac and opium, compounded, in the United States, with sugar of milk, but in England (as formerly in the United States)…

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Dump verb · 78% connection

A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.

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Fed noun · 78% connection

the central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commerc…

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Federal Reserve noun · 78% connection

the central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commerc…

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Federal Reserve System noun · 78% connection

the central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commerc…

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FRS noun · 78% connection

the central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commerc…

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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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Gross domestic product 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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