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Ache
verb · 78% connection
To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: affection, characterized, pain, joint, dependent.
Addison's disease
unknown · 78% connection
A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, and thought, at one time, to be due to disease of the suprar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: affection, characterized, pain, joint, dependent.
Attachment
noun · 78% connection
The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an/ passion of affection that binds a p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: affection, characterized, pain, joint, dependent.
Bind
verb · 78% connection
Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: affection, characterized, pain, joint, dependent.
Chase
noun · 78% connection
A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint, by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of cli…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: affection, characterized, pain, joint, dependent.
Cholaemaa
noun · 78% connection
A disease characterized by severe nervous symptoms, dependent upon the presence of the constituents of the bile in the blood.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: affection, characterized, pain, joint, dependent.
Croup
noun · 78% connection
An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp.,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: affection, characterized, pain, joint, dependent.
Dependent
adjective · 78% connection
Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: affection, characterized, pain, joint, dependent.
Enthymeme
noun · 78% connection
An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: affection, characterized, pain, joint, dependent.
Fit
noun · 78% connection
A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousn…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: affection, characterized, pain, joint, dependent.
Frosty
adjective · 78% connection
Chill in affection; without warmth of affection or courage.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: affection, characterized, pain, joint, dependent.
Gonorrhoea
noun · 78% connection
A contagious inflammatory disease of the genitourinary tract, affecting especially the urethra and vagina, and characterized by a muco…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: affection, characterized, pain, joint, dependent.
Haphazard
adjective · 78% connection
dependent upon or characterized by chance; "a haphazard plan of action"; "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: affection, characterized, pain, joint, dependent.
Help
verb · 78% connection
To furnish with relief, as in pain or disease; to be of avail against; -- sometimes with of before a word designating the pain or dise…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: affection, characterized, pain, joint, dependent.
Idiom
noun · 78% connection
An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural form of a language; in extend use, an expression sanctioned by usag…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: affection, characterized, pain, joint, dependent.
Intend
verb · 78% connection
To fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); to be intent upon; to mean; to design; to plan; to purpose; -- often followed by…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: affection, characterized, pain, joint, dependent.
Joint
noun · 78% connection
A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a nod…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: affection, characterized, pain, joint, dependent.
Lyme arthritis
noun · 78% connection
an acute inflammatory disease characterized by a rash with joint swelling and fever; caused by bacteria carried by the bite of a deer…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: affection, characterized, pain, joint, dependent.