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Handicap

An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like.

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Advantage 76% connected

Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantag…

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Bias 76% connected

A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.

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Difficulty 76% 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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Disadvantage 76% connected

Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or inj…

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Disfavor 76% connected

Want of favor of favorable regard; disesteem; disregard.

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Injure 76% connected

To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to…

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Softness 76% connected

The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.

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Vantage 76% connected

superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.

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Wound 76% connected

of Wind

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Albatross 76% connected

A web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there are several species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long-continued flight, an…

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Amputation 76% connected

The act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the body.

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Bind 76% connected

To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

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Bowleg 76% connected

A crooked leg.

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Disintegration 76% connected

The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated.

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Drag 76% connected

A confection; a comfit; a drug.

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Knock-knee 76% connected

A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee.

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Millstone 76% connected

One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance.

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Obstacle 76% connected

That which stands in the way, or opposes; anything that hinders progress; a hindrance; an obstruction, physical or moral.

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Obstruction 76% connected

The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.

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Penalty 76% connected

Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commissio…

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Prolapse 76% connected

The falling down of a part through the orifice with which it is naturally connected, especially of the uterus or the rectum.

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Prolapsus 76% connected

Prolapse.

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Scratch 76% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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Hock 76% connected

A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines.

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Bond 74% connected

That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a m…

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Bond 74% connected

That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a m…

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Hinder 74% connected

Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.

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Hinder 74% connected

Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.

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Invalid 74% connected

Of no force, weight, or cogency; not valid; weak.

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Invalid 74% connected

Of no force, weight, or cogency; not valid; weak.

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Balk 92% 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 92% connected

See Balk.

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Check 92% 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 92% connected

Serving to deter.

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Disability 92% connected

State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like.

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Disable 92% connected

Lacking ability; unable.

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Disablement 92% connected

Deprivation of ability; incapacity.

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Hamper 92% connected

A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which…

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Hinder 92% connected

Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.

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Hinderance 92% connected

Same as Hindrance.

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Hindrance 92% connected

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

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Impairment 92% connected

The state of being impaired; injury.

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Impediment 92% connected

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

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Incapacitate 92% connected

To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age incapacitated him for war.

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Invalid 92% connected

Of no force, weight, or cogency; not valid; weak.

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