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Continent

Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.

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Chaste 84% connected

Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent.

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Chaste 84% connected

Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent.

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Carry 74% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Carry 74% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Continency 74% connected

Self-restraint; self-command.

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Continency 74% connected

Self-restraint; self-command.

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Continental 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a continent.

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Continental 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a continent.

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Celibate 92% connected

Celibate state; celibacy.

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Incontinent 94% connected

Not continent; uncontrolled; not restraining the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite; indulging unlawful lust; unchaste; lewd.

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Incontinent 94% connected

Not continent; uncontrolled; not restraining the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite; indulging unlawful lust; unchaste; lewd.

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Dry land noun · 85% connection

the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several min…

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Earth noun · 85% connection

the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several min…

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Ground noun · 85% connection

the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several min…

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Land noun · 85% connection

the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several min…

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Solid ground noun · 85% connection

the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several min…

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Terra firma noun · 85% connection

the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several min…

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Archipelago noun · 84% connection

a group of many islands in a large body of water

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Cape noun · 84% connection

a strip of land projecting into a body of water

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Champaign noun · 84% connection

extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"

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Field noun · 84% connection

extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"

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Floor noun · 84% connection

the ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire spared the forest floor"

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Foreland noun · 84% connection

land forming the forward margin of something

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Forest noun · 84% connection

land that is covered with trees and shrubs

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Island noun · 84% connection

a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

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Isthmus noun · 84% connection

a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas

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Mainland noun · 84% connection

the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula

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Neck noun · 84% connection

a narrow elongated projecting strip of land

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Ness noun · 84% connection

a strip of land projecting into a body of water

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Abstentious adjective · 78% connection

Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining.

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Adverse witness noun · 78% connection

a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing party; "a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: serving, restrain, limit, restraining, opposing.
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Arrest verb · 78% connection

The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development.

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Barnacle noun · 78% connection

An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him.

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Bind verb · 78% connection

To exert a binding or restraining influence.

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Bound verb · 78% connection

To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension of; -- said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or form, a bo…

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Boundary noun · 78% connection

That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imagina…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: serving, restrain, limit, restraining, opposing.
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Circumscribe verb · 78% connection

To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: serving, restrain, limit, restraining, opposing.
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Coaction noun · 78% connection

Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling.

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Collar noun · 78% connection

A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding so…

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Conclude verb · 78% connection

To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; -- generally in the passive; as, the defendant is concluded by his own plea; a j…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: serving, restrain, limit, restraining, opposing.
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Confine verb · 78% connection

To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

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