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Duck

A pet; a darling.

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Broader term 13

Avoid 76% connected

To empty.

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Cloth 76% connected

A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made…

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Dip 76% connected

To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.

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Dive 76% connected

To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid.

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Douse 76% connected

To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse.

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Fabric 76% connected

The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric.

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Material 76% connected

Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Plunge 76% connected

To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…

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Poultry 76% connected

Domestic fowls reared for the table, or for their eggs or feathers, such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and geese.

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Score 76% connected

A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

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Souse 76% connected

A corrupt form of Sou.

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Textile 76% connected

Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.

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Beg 76% connected

A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.

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Quibble 76% connected

A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

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Bluebill 76% connected

A duck of the genus Fuligula. Two American species (F. marila and F. affinis) are common. See Scaup duck.

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Broadbill 76% connected

A wild duck (Aythya, / Fuligula, marila), which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; -- called also bluebil…

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Bufflehead 76% connected

One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow.

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Butterball 76% connected

The buffel duck.

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Canvasback 76% connected

A Species of duck (Aythya vallisneria), esteemed for the delicacy of its flesh. It visits the United States in autumn; particularly Chesapeake Bay an…

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Dabbler 76% connected

One who dabbles.

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Dipper 76% connected

One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to dip water or other liquid; a ladle.

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Drake 76% connected

The male of the duck kind.

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Duckling 76% connected

A young or little duck.

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Mallard 76% connected

A drake; the male of Anas boschas.

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Muscovy duck 76% connected

A duck (Cairina moschata), larger than the common duck, often raised in poultry yards. Called also musk duck. It is native of tropical America, from…

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Pintail 76% connected

A northern duck (Dafila acuta), native of both continents. The adult male has a long, tapering tail. Called also gray duck, piketail, piket-tail, spi…

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Pochard 76% connected

See Poachard.

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Redhead 76% connected

A person having red hair.

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Scaup 76% connected

A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp.

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Sea duck 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of ducks which frequent the seacoasts and feed mainly on fishes and mollusks. The scoters, eiders, old squaw, and ruddy d…

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Sheldrake 76% connected

Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. (T. cornuta,…

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Shoveler 76% connected

One who, or that which, shovels.

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Teal 76% connected

Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the genus Anas and the subgenera Querquedula and Nettion. The male is handsomely colored, an…

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Whistler 76% connected

One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a whistling sound.

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Widgeon 76% connected

Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially those belonging to the subgenus Mareca, of the genus Anas. The common European widgeon (A…

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Wigeon 76% connected

A widgeon.

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Duckling 74% connected

A young or little duck.

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Duckling 74% connected

A young or little duck.

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Immersion 74% connected

The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx.

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Immersion 74% connected

The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx.

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Circumvent 92% connected

To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.

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Dip 92% connected

To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.

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Dodge 92% connected

To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.

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Douse 92% connected

To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse.

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Elude 92% connected

To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an…

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Evade 92% connected

To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pur…

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Fudge 92% connected

A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; -- often an exclamation of contempt.

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Hedge 92% connected

A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrub…

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Parry 92% connected

To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm.

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Skirt 92% connected

The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.

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