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Asperity 76% connected

Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness.

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Balk 76% connected

A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.

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Baulk 76% connected

See Balk.

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Bitch 76% connected

The female of the canine kind, as of the dog, wolf, and fox.

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Check 76% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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Deterrent 76% connected

Serving to deter.

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Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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Grimness 76% connected

Fierceness of look; sternness; crabbedness; forbiddingness.

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Handicap 76% connected

An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additiona…

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Hardness 76% connected

The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively.

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Hardship 76% connected

That which is hard to hear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc.

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Heaviness 76% connected

The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.

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Hinderance 76% connected

Same as Hindrance.

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Hindrance 76% connected

The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.

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Hole 76% connected

Whole.

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Impediment 76% connected

That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect.

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Inconvenience 76% connected

The quality or condition of being inconvenient; want of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of t…

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Jam 76% connected

A kind of frock for children.

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Job 76% connected

A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

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Killer 76% connected

One who deprives of life; one who, or that which, kills.

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Kink 76% connected

A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord.

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Mess 76% connected

Mass; church service.

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Mire 76% connected

An ant.

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Muddle 76% connected

To make turbid, or muddy, as water.

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Niceness 76% connected

Quality or state of being nice.

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Pickle 76% connected

See Picle.

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Pinch 76% connected

To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as be…

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Pitfall 76% connected

A pit deceitfully covered to entrap wild beasts or men; a trap of any kind.

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Plight 76% connected

imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge.

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Predicament 76% connected

A class or kind described by any definite marks; hence, condition; particular situation or state; especially, an unfortunate or trying position or co…

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Problem 76% connected

A question proposed for solution; a matter stated for examination or proof; hence, a matter difficult of solution or settlement; a doubtful case; a q…

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Quandary 76% connected

A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty.

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Rigor 76% connected

Rigidity; stiffness.

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Severity 76% connected

The quality or state of being severe.

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Situation 76% connected

Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

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Snorter 76% connected

One who snorts.

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Strain 76% connected

Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

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Stress 76% connected

Distress.

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Subtlety 76% connected

The quality or state of being subtle, or sly; cunning; craftiness; artfulness.

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Toughness 76% connected

The quality or state of being tough.

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Trouble 76% connected

To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.

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Wall 76% connected

A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.

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Worriment 76% connected

Trouble; anxiety; worry.

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Wrinkle 76% connected

A winkle.

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Broader term 1

Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Difficult 66% connected

Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.

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Difficult 66% connected

Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.

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Hard 66% connected

Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

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Hard 66% connected

Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

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Synonym 1

Difficulty 92% connected

The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a…

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Ease 94% connected

Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.

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Ease 94% connected

Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.

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