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Grimace

A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary aad occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face.

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Communicate 76% connected

To share in common; to participate in.

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Intercommunicate 76% connected

To communicate mutually; to hold mutual communication.

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Frown 76% connected

To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or sternness; to scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look.

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Glower 76% connected

to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl.

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Lour 76% connected

An Asiatic sardine (Clupea Neohowii), valued for its oil.

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Lower 76% connected

Compar. of Low, a.

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Mop 76% connected

A made-up face; a grimace.

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Mow 76% connected

A wry face.

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Pout 76% connected

The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl.

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Smile 76% connected

To express amusement, pleasure, moderate joy, or love and kindness, by the features of the face; to laugh silently.

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Squinch 76% connected

A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower;…

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Squint 76% connected

Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2.

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Wince 76% connected

To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back.

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Narrower term 1

Pout 76% connected

The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl.

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Face 74% connected

The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which…

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Face 74% connected

The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which…

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Face 92% connected

The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which…

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