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Irrepressible

Not capable of being repressed, restrained, or controlled; as, irrepressible joy; an irrepressible conflict.

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Buoyancy 74% connected

The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compar…

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Buoyancy 74% connected

The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compar…

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Uncontrollable 92% connected

Incapable of being controlled; ungovernable; irresistible; as, an uncontrollable temper; uncontrollable events.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bated adjective · 78% connection

Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath.

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Bind verb · 78% connection

To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.

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Bound noun · 78% connection

The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or within which somet…

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Bridle noun · 78% connection

The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages.

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Broad superl. · 78% connection

Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; -- applied to any subject, and retaining the litera…

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Chainless adjective · 78% connection

Having no chain; not restrained or fettered.

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Checkless adjective · 78% connection

That can not be checked or restrained.

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Conflict verb · 78% connection

be in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!"

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Controllable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command.

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Controlment noun · 78% connection

The power or act of controlling; the state of being restrained; control; restraint; regulation; superintendence.

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Diffuse adjective · 78% connection

Poured out; widely spread; not restrained; copious; full; esp., of style, opposed to concise or terse; verbose; prolix; as, a diffuse…

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Effervesce verb · 78% connection

To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; as, to effervesce with joy or merriment.

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General adjective · 78% connection

Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a loose and general expressi…

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Headstrong adjective · 78% connection

Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn.

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Impracticable adjective · 78% connection

Not to be overcome, presuaded, or controlled by any reasonable method; unmanageable; intractable; not capable of being easily dealt wi…

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Interdict noun · 78% connection

A prohibition of the pope, by which the clergy or laymen are restrained from performing, or from attending, divine service, or from ad…

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Irrepressibly adverb · 78% connection

In a manner or to a degree that can not be repressed.

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Latitudinarian adjective · 78% connection

Not restrained; not confined by precise limits.

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