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Ass

A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is patient, slow, and sure-footed, and has become the type of obstinacy and stupidity. There are several species of wild asses which are swift-footed.

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Coition 76% connected

A coming together; sexual intercourse; copulation.

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Copulation 76% connected

The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.

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Equine 76% connected

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a horse.

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Fool 76% connected

A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.

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Intercourse 76% connected

A commingling; intimate connection or dealings between persons or nations, as in common affairs and civilities, in correspondence or trade; communica…

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Relation 76% connected

The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.

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Sap 76% connected

The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.

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Saphead 76% connected

A weak-minded, stupid fellow; a milksop.

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Tomfool 76% connected

A great fool; a trifler.

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Donkey 76% connected

An ass; or (less frequently) a mule.

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Jack 76% connected

A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves en…

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Jackass 76% connected

The male ass; a donkey.

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Jennet 76% connected

A small Spanish horse; a genet.

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Jenny 76% connected

A familiar or pet form of the proper name Jane.

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Containing whole 3

Body 70% connected

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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Torso 70% connected

The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.

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Trunk 70% connected

The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.

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Arse 92% connected

The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.

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Backside 92% connected

The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of a person or animal.

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Behind 92% connected

On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill.

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Bottom 92% connected

The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page.

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Bum 92% connected

The buttock.

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Butt 92% connected

Alt. of But

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Can 92% connected

an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]

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Fundament 92% connected

Foundation.

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Nates 92% connected

The buttocks.

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Posterior 92% connected

Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior.

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Rear 92% connected

Early; soon.

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Rump 92% connected

The end of the backbone of an animal, with the parts adjacent; the buttock or buttocks.

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Screw 92% connected

A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to l…

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Screwing 92% connected

of Screw

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Seat 92% connected

The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

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Shag 92% connected

Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair.

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Stern 92% connected

The black tern.

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Tail 92% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

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Tush 92% connected

An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it.

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