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Ambidextral
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining equally to the right-hand side and the left-hand side.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, short, handle, hand.
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, short, handle, hand.
Bill
noun · 78% connection
A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle; -- used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. When short, called a han…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, short, handle, hand.
Billhook
noun · 78% connection
A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a hand bill;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, short, handle, hand.
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, short, handle, hand.
Bow hand
unknown · 78% connection
The hand that holds the bow, i. e., the left hand.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, short, handle, hand.
Clubhand
noun · 78% connection
A short, distorted hand; also, the deformity of having such a hand.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, short, handle, hand.
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, short, handle, hand.
Dachshund
noun · 78% connection
small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into bu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, short, handle, hand.
Dumb-bell
noun · 78% connection
A weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids, connected by a short bar for a handle; used (often in pairs) for gymnastic exercise.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, short, handle, hand.
Flail
noun · 78% connection
An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stout…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, short, handle, hand.
Haft
noun · 78% connection
A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, swor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, short, handle, hand.
Hand
noun · 78% connection
An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, short, handle, hand.
Handling
noun · 78% connection
A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, short, handle, hand.
Handwheel
noun · 78% connection
Any wheel worked by hand; esp., one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve, car brake, or other part is adjusted.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, short, handle, hand.
Hilt
noun · 78% connection
A handle; especially, the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, short, handle, hand.
Left-hand
adjective · 78% connection
Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-hand road.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, short, handle, hand.
Mallet
noun · 78% connection
A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a long handle, -…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, short, handle, hand.