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Spit

A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.

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Broader term 12

Cape 76% connected

A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland.

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Ejection 76% connected

The act of ejecting or casting out; discharge; expulsion; evacuation.

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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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Expectorate 76% connected

To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth.

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Expulsion 76% connected

The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc.

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Ness 76% connected

A promontory; a cape; a headland.

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Pin 76% connected

To peen.

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Projection 76% connected

The act of throwing or shooting forward.

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Rain 76% connected

Reign.

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Secretion 76% connected

The act of secreting or concealing; as, the secretion of dutiable goods.

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Skewer 76% connected

A pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting.

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Narrower term 5

Dribble 76% connected

To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.

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Drivel 76% connected

To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from the mouth, like a child, idiot, or dotard.

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Drool 76% connected

To drivel, or drop saliva; as, the child drools.

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Slobber 76% connected

See Slabber.

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Turnspit 76% connected

One who turns a spit; hence, a person engaged in some menial office.

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Derivationally related 2

Spew 74% connected

To eject from the stomach; to vomit.

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Spew 74% connected

To eject from the stomach; to vomit.

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Substance part 2

Ptyalin 70% connected

An unorganized amylolytic ferment, on enzyme, present in human mixed saliva and in the saliva of some animals.

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Sand 70% connected

Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when…

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Containing whole 2

Rack 70% connected

Same as Arrack.

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Stand 70% connected

To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position

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Synonym 11

Expectoration 92% connected

The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting.

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Patter 92% connected

To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet.

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Saliva 92% connected

The secretion from the salivary glands.

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Skewer 92% connected

A pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting.

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Spatter 92% connected

To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Spew 92% connected

To eject from the stomach; to vomit.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Spitting 92% connected

of Spit

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Spittle 92% connected

See Spital.

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Sprinkle 92% connected

To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Spue 92% connected

See Spew.

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Tongue 92% connected

an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.

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