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Stanch

To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound.

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Check 76% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Halt 92% connected

3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Staunch 92% connected

Alt. of Staunchness

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stem 92% connected

Alt. of Steem

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Affluent adjective · 78% connection

Flowing to; flowing abundantly.

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Arrest verb · 78% connection

To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.

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Blast verb · 78% connection

To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some perniciou…

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Bleed verb · 78% connection

To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds; the wound bled freely; to bleed at the nose.

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Bleeding noun · 78% connection

A running or issuing of blood, as from the nose or a wound; a hemorrhage; the operation of letting blood, as in surgery; a drawing or…

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Checkmate verb · 78% connection

To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from…

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Countercheck verb · 78% connection

To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.

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Damper noun · 78% connection

That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or reg…

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Flow verb · 78% connection

To glide along smoothly, without harshness or asperties; as, a flowing period; flowing numbers; to sound smoothly to the ear; to be ut…

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Fluent adjective · 78% connection

Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving.

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Flux noun · 78% connection

The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change.

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Full point noun · 78% connection

a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they…

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Full stop noun · 78% connection

a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they…

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Gravel verb · 78% connection

To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.

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Haematoblast noun · 78% connection

One of the very minute, disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood…

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Head verb · 78% connection

To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain; as, to head a drove of cat…

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Hemoglobin noun · 78% connection

The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also call…

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Hinder adjective · 78% connection

To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; -- ofte…

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