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Cripple

One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled.

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Crookback 76% connected

A crooked back; one who has a crooked or deformed back; a hunchback.

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Humpback 76% connected

A crooked back; a humped back.

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Hunchback 76% connected

A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person.

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Hamstring 76% connected

One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.

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Individual 76% connected

Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city.

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Maim 76% connected

To deprive of the use of a limb, so as to render a person on fighting less able either to defend himself or to annoy his adversary.

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Mortal 76% connected

Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.

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Person 76% connected

A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic represe…

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Somebody 76% connected

A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person.

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Soul 76% connected

Sole.

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Weaken 76% connected

To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weak…

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Lame 92% connected

Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stultify 92% connected

To make foolish; to make a fool of; as, to stultify one by imposition; to stultify one's self by silly reasoning or conduct.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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