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Blubber

A bubble.

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Narrower term 9

Adiposeness 76% connected

Alt. of Adiposity

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Adiposity 76% connected

The state of being fat; fatness.

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Corpulency 76% connected

Excessive fatness; fleshiness; obesity.

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Fattiness 76% connected

State or quality of being fatty.

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Fleshiness 76% connected

The state of being fleshy; plumpness; corpulence; grossness.

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Greasiness 76% connected

The quality or state of being greasy, oiliness; unctuousness; grossness.

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Obesity 76% connected

The state or quality of being obese; incumbrance of flesh.

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Oiliness 76% connected

The quality of being oily.

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Cry 76% connected

To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.

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Mouth 76% connected

The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…

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Speak 76% connected

To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to…

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Talk 76% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Verbalize 76% connected

To convert into a verb; to verbify.

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Weep 76% connected

The lapwing; the wipe; -- so called from its cry.

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Fat 74% connected

A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

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Fat 74% connected

A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

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Fatten 74% connected

To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.

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Fatten 74% connected

To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.

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Avoirdupois 92% connected

Goods sold by weight.

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Blub 92% connected

To swell; to puff out, as with weeping.

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Fat 92% connected

A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

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Fatness 92% connected

The quality or state of being fat, plump, or full-fed; corpulency; fullness of flesh.

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Sniffle 92% connected

To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh.

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Snivel 92% connected

To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.

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Snuffle 92% connected

To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.

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