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Horny

Having horns or hornlike projections.

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Similar meaning 4

Hard 84% connected

Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Hard 84% connected

Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Horned 84% connected

Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped like a horn.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Horned 84% connected

Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped like a horn.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Horn 74% connected

A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Horn 74% connected

A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Aroused 92% connected

of Arouse

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ruttish 92% connected

Inclined to rut; lustful; libidinous; salacious.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Steamy 92% connected

Consisting of, or resembling, steam; full of steam; vaporous; misty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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