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Ail

To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental; to trouble; to be the matter with; -- used to express some uneasiness or affection, whose cause is unknown; as, what ails the man? I know not what ails him.

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Broader term 6

Ache 76% connected

A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley.

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Flavoring 76% connected

of Flavor

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Hurt 76% connected

A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

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Seasoner 76% connected

One who, or that which, seasons, or gives a relish; a seasoning.

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Seasoning 76% connected

of Season

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Suffer 76% connected

To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.

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Narrower term 1

Clove 76% connected

of Cleave

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Manner of action 1

Erupt 76% connected

To cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava.

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Derivationally related 8

Ailment 74% connected

Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Ailment 74% connected

Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases.

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Garlicky 74% connected

Like or containing garlic.

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Garlicky 74% connected

Like or containing garlic.

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Pain 74% connected

Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty.

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Pain 74% connected

Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty.

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Containing whole 1

Garlic 70% connected

A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each roo…

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Synonym 3

Garlic 92% connected

A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each roo…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pain 92% connected

Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Trouble 92% connected

To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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