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Snag

A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.

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Bulge 76% connected

The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.

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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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Catch 76% connected

To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

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Excrescence 76% connected

An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a tr…

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Extrusion 76% connected

The act of thrusting or pushing out; a driving out; expulsion.

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Gap 76% connected

An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or…

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Hew 76% connected

To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off.

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Hitch 76% connected

To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

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Hump 76% connected

A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.

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Jut 76% connected

To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building.

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Obstacle 76% connected

That which stands in the way, or opposes; anything that hinders progress; a hindrance; an obstruction, physical or moral.

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Obstruction 76% connected

The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.

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Obtain 76% connected

To hold; to keep; to possess.

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Opening 76% connected

of Open

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Prominence 76% connected

Alt. of Prominency

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Protrusion 76% connected

The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit.

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Protuberance 76% connected

That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or kno…

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Swelling 76% connected

of Swell

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Tree 76% connected

Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.

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Hitch 92% connected

To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rent 92% connected

of Rend

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rip 92% connected

A wicker fish basket.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rub 92% connected

To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Split 92% connected

of Split

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Tear 92% connected

A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moiste…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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