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Aspiration

The act of aspirating; the pronunciation of a letter with a full or strong emission of breath; an aspirated sound.

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Ambition 76% connected

The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.

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Ambitiousness 76% connected

The quality of being ambitious; ambition; pretentiousness.

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Articulation 76% connected

A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.

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Breath 76% connected

The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration; air which, in the process of respiration, has parted with oxygen and has received carbonic acid, aqueous…

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Desire 76% connected

To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.

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Drag 76% connected

A confection; a comfit; a drug.

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Emulation 76% connected

The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry.

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Gasp 76% connected

To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently.

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Nationalism 76% connected

The state of being national; national attachment; nationality.

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Pant 76% connected

To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.

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Puff 76% connected

A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.

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Pull 76% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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Aspirate 74% connected

To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant.

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Aspirate 74% connected

To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant.

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Aspire 74% connected

To desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after, and rarely by at; as, to aspire to…

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Aspire 74% connected

To desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after, and rarely by at; as, to aspire to…

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Inhale 74% connected

To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; -- opposed to exhale.

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Inhale 74% connected

To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; -- opposed to exhale.

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Inspire 74% connected

To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

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Inspire 74% connected

To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

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Breathing 70% connected

of Breathe

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Respiration 70% connected

The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's breath.

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Ventilation 70% connected

The act of ventilating, or the state of being ventilated; the art or process of replacing foul air by that which is pure, in any inclosed place, as a…

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Ambition 92% connected

The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.

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Dream 92% connected

The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.

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Inhalation 92% connected

The act of inhaling; also, that which is inhaled.

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Inspiration 92% connected

The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the ches…

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Intake 92% connected

The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; -- opposed to outlet.

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