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Elbow

The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.

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Articulation 76% connected

A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.

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Bend 76% connected

To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Curve 76% connected

Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

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Ginglymus 76% connected

A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle.

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Joint 76% connected

The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or ju…

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Jostle 76% connected

To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against.

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Nudge 76% connected

To touch gently, as with the elbow, in order to call attention or convey intimation.

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Pipage 76% connected

Transportation, as of petroleum oil, by means of a pipe conduit; also, the charge for such transportation.

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Pipe 76% connected

A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pi…

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Piping 76% connected

of Pipe

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Prod 76% connected

A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc.

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Shove 76% connected

To drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; to push; especially, to push (a body) so as to make it move along the surface of…

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Arm 70% connected

The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

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Sleeve 70% connected

See Sleave, untwisted thread.

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