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Eccentric

Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to deviation from the center or from true circular motion.

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Acentric 84% connected

Not centered; without a center.

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Acentric 84% connected

Not centered; without a center.

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Broader term 4

Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Adult 76% connected

Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Crank 76% connected

A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also…

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Nut 76% connected

The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing…

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Nutter 76% connected

A gatherer of nuts.

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wacko 76% connected

Crazy or eccentric in a fun way

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Eccentricity 74% connected

The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.

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Eccentricity 74% connected

The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.

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Bizarre 92% connected

Odd in manner or appearance; fantastic; whimsical; extravagant; grotesque.

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Case 92% connected

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cove…

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Character 92% connected

A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.

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Flake 92% connected

A paling; a hurdle.

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Flaky 92% connected

Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.

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Freakish 92% connected

Apt to change the mind suddenly; whimsical; capricious.

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Outlandish 92% connected

Foreign; not native.

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Outre 92% connected

Being out of the common course or limits; extravagant; bizarre.

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Type 92% connected

The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem.

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