The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word EMPIRICAL
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More clues leading to the result EMPIRICAL
- Very good to be involved in miracle at sea, based on experience
- Very good to be involved in fantastic miracle, it’s found from experience
- Observed sanctimonious dons performing miracle
- Depending on results, group of countries to be reduced by one state
- Strange mice pair – conclusion from pupil derived from observation
- Based on experience of English politician in charge during rail reorganisation
- Pal and I dabbled with crime, as established by trial
- Observed male struggling to contain hollow sound
- Observed government cut by one American state
- Based on experience I nearly telephone leading large organisation, which is pointless
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The straight part
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What does EMPIRICAL mean?
EMPIRICAL adjective- Pertaining to or based on experience.
- Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.
- (philosophy of science) Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.