Thesaurus / dividing
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It lies in the middle of the river, opposite to the dividing line between Calais and Robbinston, Me.
THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS, VOL. II: ACADIA, 1612-1614VARIOUSThese dividing walls were stone, like all the others, but sufficiently narrow to admit of Hannah's leaping them easily.
DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMONDDensity is found by dividing the total population of a state by the total land area of the state.
HALLOWED HERITAGE: THE LIFE OF VIRGINIADOROTHY M. TORPEYA great wall runs through the centre, dividing the long-term from the short-term prisoners.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANAfter his wife's death, the Consul had never succeeded in dividing this duty satisfactorily between them.
SKIPPER WORSEALEXANDER LANGE KIELLANDIt is this air indeed, which, by dividing the ice into many flakes that reflect the light, gives it the white colour.
OUTLINES OF THE EARTH'S HISTORYNATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALERIn truth, the dividing line between man-ape and man was imperceptibly fine.
MAN AND HIS ANCESTORCHARLES MORRISIt is the remnant of a creature significantly on the dividing line between man-ape and man.
MAN AND HIS ANCESTORCHARLES MORRISThe perennials are propagated by dividing the roots or by young cuttings in spring, or by seeds.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 5, SLICE 2VARIOUSHe got up and came to the table where Bud was dividing the money into two equal sums, as nearly as he could make change.
CABIN FEVERB. M. BOWERWORDS RELATED TO DIVIDING
- analysis
- apportionment
- autopsy
- bisection
- breaking
- breaking down
- breaking up
- carving
- contrasting
- cutting up
- demarcation
- departmentalizing
- detaching
- detachment
- diagnosis
- disjunction
- disjuncture
- dismemberment
- disparting
- disseverance
- disseverment
- dissolution
- distinguishing
- distribution
- disunion
- disuniting
- dividing
- divorce
- divorcement
- parceling
- parting
- partition
- reduction
- rending
- rupture
- segmentation
- selection
- separating
- separation
- split
- splitting up
- subdivision
- vivisection
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