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Smack

A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.

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Blow 76% connected

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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Bump 76% connected

To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.

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Buss 76% connected

A kiss; a rude or playful kiss; a smack.

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Emit 76% connected

To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits s…

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Evince 76% connected

To conquer; to subdue.

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Express 76% connected

Exactly representing; exact.

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Hit 76% connected

It.

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Kiss 76% connected

To salute with the lips, as a mark of affection, reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc.

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Osculate 76% connected

To kiss.

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Osculation 76% connected

The act of kissing; a kiss.

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Savor 76% connected

That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an…

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Show 76% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

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Taste 76% connected

To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Lemon 76% connected

An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange, and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is produced by a tropical tree of the genus Citrus,…

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Spank 76% connected

To strike, as the breech, with the open hand; to slap.

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Vanilla 76% connected

A genus of climbing orchidaceous plants, natives of tropical America.

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Derivationally related 10

Nip 74% connected

A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

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Nip 74% connected

A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

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Peck 74% connected

The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.

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Peck 74% connected

The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.

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Savor 74% connected

That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Savor 74% connected

That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Slap 74% connected

A blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something broad.

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Slap 74% connected

A blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something broad.

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Bang 92% connected

To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.

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Bolt 92% connected

A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resem…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Flavor 92% connected

That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.

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Flavour 92% connected

(physics) the six kinds of quarks

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Nip 92% connected

A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Peck 92% connected

The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reek 92% connected

A rick.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Relish 92% connected

To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to exper…

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Sapidity 92% connected

The quality or state of being sapid; taste; savor; savoriness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Savor 92% connected

That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Skag 92% connected

An additional piece fastened to the keel of a boat to prevent lateral motion. See Skeg.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slap 92% connected

A blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something broad.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slapdash 92% connected

In a bold, careless manner; at random.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Smacking 92% connected

of Smack

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Smell 92% connected

To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate ma…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Smooch 92% connected

See Smutch.

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Tang 92% connected

A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus).

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Taste 92% connected

To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Thunder 92% connected

The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Thwack 92% connected

To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump.

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