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Stern

The black tern.

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Demanding 84% connected

of Demand

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Demanding 84% connected

of Demand

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Implacable 84% connected

Not placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being pacified; inexorable; as, an implacable prince.

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Implacable 84% connected

Not placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being pacified; inexorable; as, an implacable prince.

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Plain 84% connected

To lament; to bewail; to complain.

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Plain 84% connected

To lament; to bewail; to complain.

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Strict 84% connected

Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.

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Strict 84% connected

Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.

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Broader term 2

Back 76% connected

A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, hol…

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Rear 76% connected

Early; soon.

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Derivationally related 4

Posterior 74% connected

Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior.

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Posterior 74% connected

Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior.

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Sternness 74% connected

The quality or state of being stern.

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Sternness 74% connected

The quality or state of being stern.

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Containing whole 4

Body 70% connected

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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Ship 70% connected

Pay; reward.

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Torso 70% connected

The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.

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Trunk 70% connected

The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.

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Component part 2

Escutcheon 70% connected

The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is…

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Skeg 70% connected

A sort of wild plum.

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Synonym 27

Arse 92% connected

The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.

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Ass 92% connected

A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is pat…

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Austere 92% connected

Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.

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Backside 92% connected

The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of a person or animal.

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Behind 92% connected

On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill.

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Bottom 92% connected

The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page.

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Bum 92% connected

The buttock.

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Butt 92% connected

Alt. of But

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Can 92% connected

an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]

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Exacting 92% connected

of Exact

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Fundament 92% connected

Foundation.

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Grim 92% connected

Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.

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Inexorable 92% connected

Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; firm; determined; unyielding; unchangeable; inflexible; relentless; as, an inexorable prince or t…

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Nates 92% connected

The buttocks.

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Poop 92% connected

See 2d Poppy.

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Posterior 92% connected

Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior.

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Quarter 92% connected

One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, o…

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Rear 92% connected

Early; soon.

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Relentless 92% connected

Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying;…

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Rump 92% connected

The end of the backbone of an animal, with the parts adjacent; the buttock or buttocks.

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Seat 92% connected

The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

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Severe 92% connected

Serious in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful.

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Stark 92% connected

Stiff; rigid.

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Strict 92% connected

Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.

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Tail 92% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

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Tush 92% connected

An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it.

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Unrelenting 92% connected

Not relenting; unyielding; rigid; hard; stern; cruel.

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