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Mush

Meal (esp. Indian meal) boiled in water; hasty pudding; supawn.

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Drive 76% connected

To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Journey 76% connected

The travel or work of a day.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Journeying 76% connected

of Journey

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mass 76% connected

The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sentimentalism 76% connected

The quality of being sentimental; the character or behavior of a sentimentalist; sentimentality.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sled 76% connected

A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice; -- in England called sledge.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sleigh 76% connected

Sly.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hasty pudding 76% connected

A thick batter pudding made of Indian meal stirred into boiling water; mush.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Polenta 76% connected

Pudding made of Indian meal; also, porridge made of chestnut meal.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pulp 74% connected

A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Pulp 74% connected

A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Pulpy 74% connected

Like pulp; consisting of pulp; soft; fleshy; succulent; as, the pulpy covering of a nut; the pulpy substance of a peach or a cherry.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Pulpy 74% connected

Like pulp; consisting of pulp; soft; fleshy; succulent; as, the pulpy covering of a nut; the pulpy substance of a peach or a cherry.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Pulp 92% connected

A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slop 92% connected

Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Treacle 92% connected

A remedy against poison. See Theriac, 1.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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