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Cat

An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name wild cat is commonly applied to the bay lynx (Lynx rufus) See Wild cat, and Tiger cat.

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Broader term 21

Carnivore 76% connected

One of the Carnivora.

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Egest 76% connected

To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as the indigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to excrete by the lungs, skin,…

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Eliminate 76% connected

To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

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Excitant 76% connected

Tending to excite; exciting.

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Excrete 76% connected

To separate and throw off; to excrete urine.

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Feline 76% connected

Catlike; of or pertaining to the genus Felis, or family Felidae; as, the feline race; feline voracity.

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Flog 76% connected

To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to chastise with repeated blows.

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Gossip 76% connected

A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.

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Gossiper 76% connected

One given to gossip.

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Lash 76% connected

The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

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Lather 76% connected

Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.

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Man 76% connected

A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

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Newsmonger 76% connected

One who deals in news; one who is active in hearing and telling news.

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Slash 76% connected

To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

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Stimulant 76% connected

Serving to stimulate.

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Strap 76% connected

A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging.

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Trounce 76% connected

To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.

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Welt 76% connected

That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it

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Whip 76% connected

To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.

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Woman 76% connected

An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.

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Cheetah 76% connected

A species of leopard (Cynaelurus jubatus) tamed and used for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is C. laneus.

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Chetah 76% connected

See Cheetah.

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Jaguar 76% connected

A large and powerful feline animal (Felis onca), ranging from Texas and Mexico to Patagonia. It is usually brownish yellow, with large, dark, somewha…

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Leopard 76% connected

A large, savage, carnivorous mammal (Felis leopardus). It is of a yellow or fawn color, with rings or roselike clusters of black spots along the back…

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Lion 76% connected

A large carnivorous feline mammal (Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the different coun…

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Ounce 76% connected

A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 437/ grains.

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Panther 76% connected

A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by some zoologists considered a distinct species. It is marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of…

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Tiger 76% connected

A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transv…

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Cattish 74% connected

Catlike; feline

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Cattish 74% connected

Catlike; feline

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Feline 74% connected

Catlike; of or pertaining to the genus Felis, or family Felidae; as, the feline race; feline voracity.

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Feline 74% connected

Catlike; of or pertaining to the genus Felis, or family Felidae; as, the feline race; feline voracity.

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Vomit 74% connected

To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to spew.

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Vomit 74% connected

To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to spew.

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Component part 1

Paw 70% connected

The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc.

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Synonym 19

Cast 92% connected

of Cast

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Caterpillar 92% connected

The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the sawflies, which…

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Chuck 92% connected

To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.

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Disgorge 92% connected

To eject or discharge by the throat and mouth; to vomit; to pour forth or throw out with violence, as if from the mouth; to discharge violently or in…

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Feline 92% connected

Catlike; of or pertaining to the genus Felis, or family Felidae; as, the feline race; feline voracity.

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Guy 92% connected

A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which hold…

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Honk 92% connected

The cry of a wild goose.

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Kat 92% connected

An Arabian shrub Catha edulis) the leaves of which are used as tea by the Arabs.

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Puke 92% connected

To eject the contests of the stomach; to vomit; to spew.

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Purge 92% connected

To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous.

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Quat 92% connected

A pustule.

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Regorge 92% connected

To vomit up; to eject from the stomach; to throw back.

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Regurgitate 92% connected

To throw or pour back, as from a deep or hollow place; to pour or throw back in great quantity.

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Retch 92% connected

To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.

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Sick 92% connected

Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See the Synonym under Illness.

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Sod 92% connected

of Seethe

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Spew 92% connected

To eject from the stomach; to vomit.

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Spue 92% connected

See Spew.

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Vomit 92% connected

To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to spew.

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