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Breast

The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse.

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Attain 76% connected

To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.

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Confront 76% connected

To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.

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Converge 76% connected

To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge.

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Face 76% connected

The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which…

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Gain 76% connected

A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

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Helping 76% connected

of Help

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Hit 76% connected

It.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Mamma 76% connected

Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity.

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Meet 76% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

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Portion 76% connected

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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Reach 76% connected

To retch.

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Serving 76% connected

of Serve

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Bosom 76% connected

The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.

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Front 74% connected

The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

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Front 74% connected

The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

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Top 74% connected

A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…

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Top 74% connected

A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…

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Areola 70% connected

An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers composing organs or vesse…

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Containing whole 5

Chest 70% connected

A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.

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Chicken 70% connected

A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.

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Pectus 70% connected

The breast of a bird.

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Thorax 70% connected

The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal verteb…

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Turkey 70% connected

An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.

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Synonym 7

Bosom 92% connected

The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.

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Chest 92% connected

A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Front 92% connected

The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

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Knocker 92% connected

One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance.

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Summit 92% connected

The top; the highest point.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tit 92% connected

A small horse.

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Titty 92% connected

A little teat; a nipple.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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