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Handless

Without a hand.

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Maladroit 84% connected

Of a quality opposed to adroitness; clumsy; awkward; unskillful.

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Maladroit 84% connected

Of a quality opposed to adroitness; clumsy; awkward; unskillful.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Bungling 92% connected

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Left-handed 92% connected

Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right.

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Ambidextral adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining equally to the right-hand side and the left-hand side.

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Back noun · 78% connection

The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back…

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Bluff verb · 78% connection

To deter (an opponent) from taking the risk of betting on his hand of cards, as the bluffer does by betting heavily on his own hand al…

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Bow hand unknown · 78% connection

The hand that holds the bow, i. e., the left hand.

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Certify verb · 78% connection

To testify to in writing; to make a declaration concerning, in writing, under hand, or hand and seal.

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Circulate verb · 78% connection

To pass from place to place, from person to person, or from hand to hand; to be diffused; as, money circulates; a story circulates.

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Close verb · 78% connection

To grapple; to engage in hand-to-hand fight.

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Clubhand noun · 78% connection

A short, distorted hand; also, the deformity of having such a hand.

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Currency noun · 78% connection

The state or quality of being current; general acceptance or reception; a passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circula…

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Current adjective · 78% connection

Passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulating through the community; generally received; common; as, a current coin…

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Dexter adjective · 78% connection

On the right-hand side of a shield, i. e., towards the right hand of its wearer. To a spectator in front, as in a pictorial representa…

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Dextrorotatory adjective · 78% connection

Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand; as…

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Finger noun · 78% connection

One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb.

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Fist noun · 78% connection

The hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; the closed hand, especially as clinched tightly for the purpose of striking a blow.

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Fling verb · 78% connection

To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into th…

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Folio noun · 78% connection

The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand.

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Four-in-hand adjective · 78% connection

Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-…

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Free-hand adjective · 78% connection

Done by the hand, without support, or the guidance of instruments; as, free-hand drawing. See under Drawing.

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