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BASE |
Important part |
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GIST |
Important part |
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PITH |
Important part |
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MEAT |
Most important part |
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MAJOR |
Most important part |
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FOREHAND |
The chief or most important part. |
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OVERPART |
To give too important or difficult a part to. |
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MUTILATE |
Deprived of, or having lost, an important part;
mutilated. |
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MAIN |
The chief or principal part; the main or most important
thing. |
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CORE |
The most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the core
of a subject. |
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SUBSTANCE |
The most important element in any existence; the
characteristic and essential components of anything; the main part;
essential import; purport. |
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STOCK |
The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a musket or
like firearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular piece of wood,
which is an important part of several forms of gun carriage. |
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GOTH |
One of an ancient Teutonic race, who dwelt between the Elbe
and the Vistula in the early part of the Christian era, and who overran
and took an important part in subverting the Roman empire. |
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POLYPHONY |
Composition in mutually related, equally important parts
which share the melody among them; contrapuntal composition; -- opposed
to homophony, ... |
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PENDANT |
... used in
the later styles of Gothic architecture, where it is of stone, and an
important part of the construction. There are imitations in plast... |
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PROTEID |
...rt of animal tissues and
organs. They are also important constituents of vegetable tissues. See
2d Note under Food. ... |
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APOSTLE |
...th in any
part of the world; also, one who initiates any great moral reform, or
first advocates any important belief; one who has extraordinary ... |
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HEAD |
The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an
inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head
of an animal; oft... |