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Chilly

Moderately cold; cold and raw or damp so as to cause shivering; causing or feeling a disagreeable sensation of cold, or a shivering.

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Cold 84% connected

Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.

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Cold 84% connected

Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.

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Unfriendly 84% connected

Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor.

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Unfriendly 84% connected

Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor.

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Cayenne 76% connected

Cayenne pepper.

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Chill 74% connected

A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering.

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Chill 74% connected

A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering.

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Chilliness 74% connected

A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness.

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Chilliness 74% connected

A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness.

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Cayenne 70% connected

Cayenne pepper.

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Chili 92% connected

A kind of red pepper. See Capsicum

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Chilli 92% connected

See Chili.

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Cold 90% connected

Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.

general 74% interchangeable

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After damp unknown · 78% connection

An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid.

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Aguish adjective · 78% connection

Having the qualities of an ague; somewhat cold or shivering; chilly; shaky.

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Air noun · 78% connection

A particular state of the atmosphere, as respects heat, cold, moisture, etc., or as affecting the sensations; as, a smoky air, a damp…

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Bite verb · 78% connection

To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent; as, it bites like pepper or mustard.

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Clammy Compar. · 78% connection

Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a cold perspiration.

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Coldness noun · 78% connection

the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"

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Cool superl. · 78% connection

Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.

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Coolness noun · 78% connection

the property of being moderately cold; "the chilliness of early morning"

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Damp noun · 78% connection

To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.

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Dampish adjective · 78% connection

Moderately damp or moist.

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Displease verb · 78% connection

To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed…

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Displeasing adjective · 78% connection

Causing displeasure or dissatisfaction; offensive; disagreeable.

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Feel verb · 78% connection

To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those…

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Freeze verb · 78% connection

To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.

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Frigorifical adjective · 78% connection

Causing cold; producing or generating cold.

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Heat noun · 78% connection

The sensation caused by the force or influence of heat when excessive, or above that which is normal to the human body; the bodily fee…

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Horror noun · 78% connection

A shaking, shivering, or shuddering, as in the cold fit which precedes a fever; in old medical writings, a chill of less severity than…

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Inhaler noun · 78% connection

A contrivance to filter, as air, in order to protect the lungs from inhaling damp or cold air, noxious gases, dust, etc.; also, the re…

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