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Row

Rough; stern; angry.

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Narrower term 14

Affray 76% connected

To startle from quiet; to alarm.

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Altercation 76% connected

Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.

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Bicker 76% connected

A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub.

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Bickering 76% connected

of Bicker

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Crab 76% connected

One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen i…

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Fracas 76% connected

An uproar; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl.

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Fuss 76% connected

A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles.

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Pettifoggery 76% connected

The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks; quibbles.

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Sculling 76% connected

of Scull

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Serration 76% connected

Condition of being serrate; formation in the shape of a saw.

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Spat 76% connected

imp. of Spit.

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Squabble 76% connected

To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.

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Terrace 76% connected

A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or…

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Tiff 76% connected

Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor.

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Broader term 14

Array 76% connected

Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.

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Athletics 76% connected

The art of training by athletic exercises; the games and sports of athletes.

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Bed 76% connected

An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction fro…

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Boat 76% connected

A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.

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Conflict 76% connected

A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves.

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Difference 76% connected

The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quali…

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Dispute 76% connected

To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wra…

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Layer 76% connected

One who, or that which, lays.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Sequence 76% connected

The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.

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Sport 76% connected

That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.

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Strip 76% connected

To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…

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Succession 76% connected

The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succe…

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Successiveness 76% connected

The quality or state of being successive.

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Manner of action 5

Feather 76% connected

One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down.

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Pull 76% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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Scull 76% connected

The skull.

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Square 76% connected

The corner, or angle, of a figure.

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Stroke 76% connected

Struck.

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Derivationally related 4

Rower 74% connected

One who rows with an oar.

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Rower 74% connected

One who rows with an oar.

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Rowing 74% connected

of Row

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Rowing 74% connected

of Row

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Component part 1

Feather 70% connected

One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down.

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Containing group 1

Table 70% connected

A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.

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Containing whole 1

Wall 70% connected

A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.

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Synonym 4

Course 92% connected

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

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Quarrel 92% connected

An arrow for a crossbow; -- so named because it commonly had a square head.

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Rowing 92% connected

of Row

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Wrangle 92% connected

To argue; to debate; to dispute.

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