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Miss

A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.

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Broader term 13

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Avoid 76% connected

To empty.

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Be 76% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

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Desire 76% connected

To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.

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Exist 76% connected

To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

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Fail 76% connected

To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expect…

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Failure 76% connected

Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.

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Female 76% connected

An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or (in a wider sense) which has an ovary and produces ova.

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Miscarry 76% connected

To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Neglect 76% connected

Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to di…

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Title 76% connected

An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.

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Want 76% connected

The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of p…

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Narrower term 19

Belle 76% connected

A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady.

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Bird 76% connected

Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).

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Chick 76% connected

To sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate.

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Chit 76% connected

The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes.

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Dame 76% connected

A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady.

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Doll 76% connected

A child's puppet; a toy baby for a little girl.

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Flapper 76% connected

One who, or that which, flaps.

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Hoyden 76% connected

Same as Hoiden.

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Lass 76% connected

A youth woman; a girl; a sweetheart.

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Lassie 76% connected

A young girl; a lass.

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Maid 76% connected

An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden.

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Maiden 76% connected

An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid.

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Peri 76% connected

An imaginary being, male or female, like an elf or fairy, represented as a descendant of fallen angels, excluded from paradise till penance is accomp…

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Romp 76% connected

To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in play.

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Rosebud 76% connected

The flower of a rose before it opens, or when but partially open.

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Skirt 76% connected

The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.

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Soubrette 76% connected

A female servant or attendant; specifically, as a term of the theater, a lady's maid, in comedies, who acts the part of an intrigante; a meddlesome,…

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Tomboy 76% connected

A romping girl; a hoiden.

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Wench 76% connected

A young woman; a girl; a maiden.

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Manner of action 12

Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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Exclude 76% connected

To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as,…

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Forget 76% connected

To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory; to cease to have in mind; not to think of; also, to lose the power of; to cease from doing.

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Jump 76% connected

A kind of loose jacket for men.

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Lack 76% connected

Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.

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Lose 76% connected

To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money fro…

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Overlook 76% connected

To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to…

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Overshoot 76% connected

To shoot over or beyond.

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Regret 76% connected

Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or…

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Skip 76% connected

A basket. See Skep.

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Undershoot 76% connected

To shoot short of (a mark).

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Want 76% connected

The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of p…

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Derivationally related 12

Deficiency 74% connected

The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.

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Deficiency 74% connected

The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.

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Escape 74% connected

To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.

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Escape 74% connected

To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.

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Girlhood 74% connected

State or time of being a girl.

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Girlhood 74% connected

State or time of being a girl.

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Omissible 74% connected

Capable of being omitted; that may be omitted.

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Omissible 74% connected

Capable of being omitted; that may be omitted.

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Omission 74% connected

The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.

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Omission 74% connected

The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.

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Omissive 74% connected

Leaving out; omitting.

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Omissive 74% connected

Leaving out; omitting.

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Entails 6

Go 72% connected

Gone.

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Move 72% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Regret 72% connected

Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or…

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Repent 72% connected

Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems.

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Rue 72% connected

A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.

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Travel 72% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Synonym 11

Drop 92% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

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Escape 92% connected

To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.

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Girl 92% connected

A young person of either sex; a child.

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Lack 92% connected

Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.

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Lose 92% connected

To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money fro…

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Missy 92% connected

See Misy.

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Neglect 92% connected

Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to di…

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Omit 92% connected

To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to drop.

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Overleap 92% connected

To leap over or across; hence, to omit; to ignore.

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Overlook 92% connected

To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to…

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Pretermit 92% connected

To pass by; to omit; to disregard.

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Antonym 6

Attend 94% connected

To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard.

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Attend 94% connected

To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard.

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Feature 94% connected

The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.

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Feature 94% connected

The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.

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Strike 94% connected

To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

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Strike 94% connected

To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

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