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To whisper.

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Similar meaning 26

Bulbous 84% connected

Having or containing bulbs, or a bulb; growing from bulbs; bulblike in shape or structure.

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Bulbous 84% connected

Having or containing bulbs, or a bulb; growing from bulbs; bulblike in shape or structure.

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Capitate 84% connected

Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers.

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Capitate 84% connected

Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers.

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Discoid 84% connected

Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus.

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Discoid 84% connected

Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus.

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Discoidal 84% connected

Disk-shaped; discoid.

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Discoidal 84% connected

Disk-shaped; discoid.

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Full 84% connected

Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anythin…

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Full 84% connected

Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anythin…

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Globose 84% connected

Having a rounded form resembling that of a globe; globular, or nearly so; spherical.

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Globose 84% connected

Having a rounded form resembling that of a globe; globular, or nearly so; spherical.

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Globular 84% connected

Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical, or nearly so; as, globular atoms.

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Globular 84% connected

Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical, or nearly so; as, globular atoms.

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Inexact 84% connected

Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.

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Inexact 84% connected

Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.

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Orbicular 84% connected

Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular; orbiculate.

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Orbicular 84% connected

Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular; orbiculate.

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Pear-shaped 84% connected

Of the form of a pear.

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Pear-shaped 84% connected

Of the form of a pear.

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Roundish 84% connected

Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure.

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Roundish 84% connected

Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure.

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Spheric 84% connected

Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body.

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Spheric 84% connected

Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body.

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Spherical 84% connected

Alt. of Spheric

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Spherical 84% connected

Alt. of Spheric

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Manner of action 16

Abuse 76% connected

To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to ma…

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Barrage 76% connected

An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile.

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Blackguard 76% connected

The scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who, in a removal from one residence to another, had charge of the kitchen…

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Blister 76% connected

A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fl…

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Bombard 76% connected

A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon.

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Clapperclaw 76% connected

To fight and scratch.

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Claw 76% connected

A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

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Purse 76% connected

A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried o…

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Rip 76% connected

A wicker fish basket.

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Rubbish 76% connected

Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; debris.

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Scald 76% connected

To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid; as, to scald the hand.

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Scorch 76% connected

To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as,…

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Shout 76% connected

To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.

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Vitriol 76% connected

A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster.

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Whang 76% connected

A leather thong.

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Whip 76% connected

To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.

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Broader term 37

Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Ammunition 76% connected

Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.

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Applause 76% connected

The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or ot…

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Articulate 76% connected

Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

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Call 76% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Clapping 76% connected

of Clap

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Course 76% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Criticise 76% connected

To examine and judge as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment upon; as, to criticise an author; to criticise a picture.

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Crosspiece 76% connected

A piece of any structure which is fitted or framed crosswise.

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Division 76% connected

The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

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Enounce 76% connected

To announce; to declare; to state, as a proposition or argument.

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Enunciate 76% connected

To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim; to declare, as a truth.

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Gain 76% connected

A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Golf 76% connected

A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground…

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Habitude 76% connected

Habitual attitude; usual or accustomed state with reference to something else; established or usual relations.

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Helping 76% connected

of Help

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Hone 76% connected

To pine; to lament; to long.

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Interval 76% connected

A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.

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Itinerary 76% connected

Itinerant; traveling; passing from place to place; done on a journey.

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Knock 76% connected

To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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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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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Path 76% connected

A trodden way; a footway.

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Perfect 76% connected

Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and k…

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Portion 76% connected

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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Pronounce 76% connected

To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn…

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Route 76% connected

The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march.

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Say 76% connected

Saw.

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Section 76% connected

The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.

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Serving 76% connected

of Serve

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Shape 76% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Track 76% connected

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Narrower term 4

Bottom 76% connected

The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page.

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Disc 76% connected

A flat round plate

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Disk 76% connected

A discus; a quoit.

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Top 76% connected

A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…

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Derivationally related 12

Assailant 74% connected

Assailing; attacking.

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Assailant 74% connected

Assailing; attacking.

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Circle 74% connected

A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the ce…

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Circle 74% connected

A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the ce…

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Circularity 74% connected

The quality or state of being circular; a circular form.

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Circularity 74% connected

The quality or state of being circular; a circular form.

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Cultivation 74% connected

The art or act of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes; tillage; production by tillage.

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Cultivation 74% connected

The art or act of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes; tillage; production by tillage.

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Rounder 74% connected

One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly.

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Rounder 74% connected

One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly.

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Roundness 74% connected

The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc.

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Roundness 74% connected

The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc.

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Component part 1

Phase 70% connected

That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same o…

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Play 70% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Rocker 70% connected

One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle.

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Around 92% connected

In a circle; circularly; on every side; round.

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Assail 92% connected

To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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Assault 92% connected

A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make as…

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Attack 92% connected

To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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Beat 92% connected

of Beat

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Bout 92% connected

As much of an action as is performed at one time; a going and returning, as of workmen in reaping, mowing, etc.; a turn; a round.

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Circle 92% connected

A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the ce…

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Circular 92% connected

In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round.

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Cycle 92% connected

An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.

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Labialize 92% connected

To modify by contraction of the lip opening.

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Orotund 92% connected

Characterized by fullness, clearness, strength, and smoothness; ringing and musical; -- said of the voice or manner of utterance.

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Pear-shaped 92% connected

Of the form of a pear.

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Polish 92% connected

Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.

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Rhythm 92% connected

In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents, etc., producing an agreeable effec…

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Rotund 92% connected

Round; circular; spherical.

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Rung 92% connected

of Ring

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Snipe 92% connected

Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

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Stave 92% connected

One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure;…

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Troll 92% connected

A supernatural being, often represented as of diminutive size, but sometimes as a giant, and fabled to inhabit caves, hills, and like places; a witch.

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Turn 92% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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