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Stayer

One who upholds or supports that which props; one who, or that which, stays, stops, or restrains; also, colloquially, a horse, man, etc., that has endurance, an a race.

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Animal 76% connected

An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity…

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Beast 76% connected

Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc.

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Brute 76% connected

Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.

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Creature 76% connected

Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.

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Fauna 76% connected

The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of America; fossil fauna; recent fauna.

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Outride 74% connected

To surpass in speed of riding; to ride beyond or faster than.

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Outride 74% connected

To surpass in speed of riding; to ride beyond or faster than.

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Belt noun · 78% connection

That which restrains or confines as a girdle.

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Bit verb · 78% connection

Fig.: Anything which curbs or restrains.

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Bottom noun · 78% connection

Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom.

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Bound noun · 78% connection

The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or within which somet…

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Bridler noun · 78% connection

One who bridles; one who restrains and governs, as with a bridle.

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Bushman noun · 78% connection

One of a race of South African nomads, living principally in the deserts, and not classified as allied in race or language to any othe…

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Confiner noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, limits or restrains.

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Constraint noun · 78% connection

The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; n…

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Corruptionist noun · 78% connection

One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption.

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Curb noun · 78% connection

That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a…

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Dash noun · 78% connection

A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race.

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Dynasty noun · 78% connection

A race or succession of kings, of the same line or family; the continued lordship of a race of rulers.

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Eskimo noun · 78% connection

One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race.

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Fetter noun · 78% connection

Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.

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Footstalk noun · 78% connection

The stem which supports which supports the eye in decapod Crustacea; eyestalk.

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Fortifier noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, fortifies, strengthens, supports, or upholds.

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Limit verb · 78% connection

That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk,…

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Moderator noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, moderates, restrains, or pacifies.

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