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Pig

A piggin.

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Broader term 13

Bear 76% connected

To support or sustain; to hold up.

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Birth 76% connected

The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.

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Cast 76% connected

of Cast

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Deliver 76% connected

To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or…

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Eat 76% connected

of Eat

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have 76% connected

of Have

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Ingot 76% connected

That in which metal is cast; a mold.

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Live 76% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

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Mold 76% connected

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

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Mould 76% connected

Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

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Officer 76% connected

One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police office…

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Swine 76% connected

Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is kno…

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Vulgarian 76% connected

A vulgar person; one who has vulgar ideas. Used also adjectively.

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Narrower term 4

Porker 76% connected

A hog.

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Slattern 76% connected

A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice.

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Slut 76% connected

An untidy woman; a slattern.

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Trollop 76% connected

A stroller; a loiterer; esp., an idle, untidy woman; a slattern; a slut; a whore.

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Derivationally related 8

Grunt 74% connected

To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound.

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Grunt 74% connected

To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound.

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Raven 74% connected

A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America, and is…

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Raven 74% connected

A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America, and is…

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Slovenly 74% connected

a slovenly manner.

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Slovenly 74% connected

a slovenly manner.

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Squealer 74% connected

One who, or that which, squeals.

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Squealer 74% connected

One who, or that which, squeals.

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Substance part 1

Lard 70% connected

Bacon; the flesh of swine.

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Pork 70% connected

The flesh of swine, fresh or salted, used for food.

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Trotter 70% connected

One that trots; especially, a horse trained to be driven in trotting matches.

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Synonym 12

Bull 92% connected

The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.

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Cop 92% connected

The top of a thing; the head; a crest.

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Copper 92% connected

A common metal of a reddish color, both ductile and malleable, and very tenacious. It is one of the best conductors of heat and electricity. Symbol C…

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Devour 92% connected

To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.

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Farrow 92% connected

A little of pigs.

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Fuzz 92% connected

To make drunk.

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Grunter 92% connected

One who, or that which, grunts; specifically, a hog.

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Guttle 92% connected

To put into the gut; to swallow greedily; to gorge; to gormandize. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

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Hog 92% connected

A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suidae; esp., the domesticated varieties of S. scrofa, kept for their fat and meat, called, respec…

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Raven 92% connected

A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America, and is…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sloven 92% connected

A man or boy habitually negligent of neathess and order; -- the correlative term to slattern, or slut.

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Squealer 92% connected

One who, or that which, squeals.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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