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FESTIVITY- a festive celebration or occasion
FESTOON- a fabric suspended, draped, and bound at intervals to form graceful loops or scalloped folds
FESTAL- pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion |
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RADICAL- of or going to the root or origin
RADICLE- the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root
RADIX- a number taken as the base of a system of numbers, logarithms, or the like |
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RAMUS- a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc
RAMIFICATION- the act or process of ramifying
RAMADA- an open shelter, often having a dome-shaped thatched roof, and installed especially on beaches and picnic grounds |
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LEGAL- in compliance with the law
LEGITIMATE- according to law; lawful
LEGISLATOR- a person who gives or makes laws |
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CLAUSTROPHOBIA- an abnormal fear of being in enclosed or narrow places
CLOSURE- the act of closing; the state of being closed
CLUSTER- a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch |
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ERGOGRAPH- an instrument that records the amount of work done when a muscle contracts
ERGONOMICS- human engineering
ERGOMETER- a device designed to measure muscle power |
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