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Breather

One who breathes. Hence: (a) One who lives.(b) One who utters. (c) One who animates or inspires.

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Relief 76% connected

The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which…

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Respite 76% connected

A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.

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Rest 76% connected

To arrest.

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Rest 74% connected

To arrest.

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Rest 74% connected

To arrest.

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Sub 70% connected

A subordinate; a subaltern.

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Submarine 70% connected

Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants.

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Breath 92% 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…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Animate verb · 78% connection

To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: breathes, hence, lives, utters, animates.
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Animater noun · 78% connection

One who animates.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: breathes, hence, lives, utters, animates.
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Animator noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, animates; an animater.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: breathes, hence, lives, utters, animates.
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Broacher noun · 78% connection

One who broaches, opens, or utters; a first publisher or promoter.

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Character witness noun · 78% connection

a witness who testifies under oath as to the good reputation of another person in the community where that person lives

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Come along verb · 78% connection

come into being or existence, or appear on the scene; "Then the computer came along and changed our lives"; "Homo sapiens appeared mil…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: breathes, hence, lives, utters, animates.
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Cynic noun · 78% connection

One of a sect or school of philosophers founded by Antisthenes, and of whom Diogenes was a disciple. The first Cynics were noted for a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: breathes, hence, lives, utters, animates.
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Divinity adjective · 78% connection

Something divine or superhuman; supernatural power or virtue; something which inspires awe.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: breathes, hence, lives, utters, animates.
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Enlivener noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, enlivens, animates, or invigorates.

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Faith noun · 78% connection

The assent of the mind to the statement or proposition of another, on the ground of the manifest truth of what he utters; firm and ear…

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Fish noun · 78% connection

An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost e…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: breathes, hence, lives, utters, animates.
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Giber noun · 78% connection

One who utters gibes.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: breathes, hence, lives, utters, animates.
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Heartener noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, heartens, animates, or stirs up.

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Hermit noun · 78% connection

A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.

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Heteroscian noun · 78% connection

One who lives either north or south of the tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them; -- so called because a…

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Home noun · 78% connection

One's own dwelling place; the house in which one lives; esp., the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one'…

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Home ground noun · 78% connection

the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: breathes, hence, lives, utters, animates.
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Informant verb · 78% connection

One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies.

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