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Squeal

To cry with a sharp, shrill, prolonged sound, as certain animals do, indicating want, displeasure, or pain.

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Acknowledge 76% connected

To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God.

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Admit 76% connected

To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; t…

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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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Howl 76% connected

To utter a loud, protraced, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Confess 92% connected

To make acknowledgment or avowal in a matter pertaining to one's self; to acknowledge, own, or admit, as a crime, a fault, a debt.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ache verb · 78% connection

To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed.

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Bond noun · 78% connection

A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a f…

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Clank noun · 78% connection

A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or less resoun…

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Continuant noun · 78% connection

A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged.

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Coyote noun · 78% connection

A carnivorous animal (Canis latrans), allied to the dog, found in the western part of North America; -- called also prairie wolf. Its…

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Creak verb · 78% connection

To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak.

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Displacency noun · 78% connection

Want of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike.

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Flat superl. · 78% connection

Not sharp or shrill; not acute; as, a flat sound.

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Hiss verb · 78% connection

To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make wi…

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Hypermenorrhea noun · 78% connection

abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged

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Long superl. · 78% connection

Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation,…

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Menorrhagia noun · 78% connection

abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged

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Moan verb · 78% connection

To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously.

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Mumble verb · 78% connection

To speak with the lips partly closed, so as to render the sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words in a grumbling indistinct…

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On preposition · 78% connection

Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in; as, to depend on a person for assistance; to rely on; hence, indicating the gro…

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Screak verb · 78% connection

To utter suddenly a sharp, shrill sound; to screech; to creak, as a door or wheel.

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Scream verb · 78% connection

To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to scre…

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Screech verb · 78% connection

To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek.

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