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Snarl

To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.

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Complicate 76% connected

Composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated; involved.

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Distort 76% connected

Distorted; misshapen.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Mouth 76% connected

The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…

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Perplex 76% connected

To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts.

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Perplexity 76% connected

The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrass…

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Sound 76% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Speak 76% connected

To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to…

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Talk 76% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Twine 76% connected

A twist; a convolution.

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Twist 76% connected

To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Utterance 76% connected

The act of uttering.

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Verbalize 76% connected

To convert into a verb; to verbify.

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Vocalization 76% connected

The act of vocalizing, or the state of being vocalized.

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Enmesh 76% connected

To catch or entangle in, or as in, meshes.

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Ensnarl 76% connected

To entangle.

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Felt 76% connected

of Feel

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Mesh 76% connected

The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net.

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snafu 76% connected

A chaotic situation or mistake

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Derivationally related 4

Mat 74% connected

A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Mat 74% connected

A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.

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Tangle 74% connected

To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.

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Tangle 74% connected

To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.

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Synonym 6

Embrangle 92% connected

To confuse; to entangle.

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Entangle 92% connected

To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.

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Mat 92% connected

A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.

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Maze 92% connected

A wild fancy; a confused notion.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Snap 92% connected

To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tangle 92% connected

To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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