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Hump

A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.

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Neck 84% connected

The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk.

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Neck 84% connected

The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk.

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Belly 76% connected

That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen.

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Caput 76% connected

The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.

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Mogul 76% connected

A person of the Mongolian race.

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Nub 76% connected

To push; to nudge; also, to beckon.

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Nubble 76% connected

To beat or bruise with the fist.

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Snag 76% connected

A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.

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Wart 76% connected

A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papillae, and thickening of the epidermis which covers them.

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Copulate 76% connected

Joined; associated; coupled.

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Couple 76% connected

That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

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Mate 76% connected

The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, a…

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Pair 76% connected

A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Fou…

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Projection 76% connected

The act of throwing or shooting forward.

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Manner of action 3

Fornicate 76% connected

Alt. of Fornicated

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have 76% connected

of Have

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Derivationally related 6

Excrescent 74% connected

Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity.

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Excrescent 74% connected

Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity.

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Hunch 74% connected

A hump; a protuberance.

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Hunch 74% connected

A hump; a protuberance.

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Lover 74% connected

One who loves; one who is in love; -- usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex.

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Lover 74% connected

One who loves; one who is in love; -- usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex.

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Bend 72% connected

To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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Flex 72% connected

To bend; as, to flex the arm.

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Synonym 15

Bang 92% connected

To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.

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Bed 92% connected

An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction fro…

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Bulge 92% connected

The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bump 92% connected

To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.

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Excrescence 92% connected

An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a tr…

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Extrusion 92% connected

The act of thrusting or pushing out; a driving out; expulsion.

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Hunch 92% connected

A hump; a protuberance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Jut 92% connected

To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Know 92% connected

Knee.

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Love 92% connected

A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preeminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderne…

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Prominence 92% connected

Alt. of Prominency

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Protrusion 92% connected

The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit.

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Protuberance 92% connected

That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or kno…

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Screw 92% connected

A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to l…

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Swelling 92% connected

of Swell

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