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Submarine

Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants.

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Assail 76% connected

To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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Attack 76% connected

To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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Control 76% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Down 76% connected

Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

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Flip 76% connected

A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.

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Operate 76% connected

To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

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Pitch 76% connected

A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas,…

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Sandwich 76% connected

Two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat, cheese, or the like, between them.

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Skid 76% connected

A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a…

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Sky 76% connected

A cloud.

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Slew 76% connected

of Slay

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Slide 76% connected

To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.

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Slip 76% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

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Slue 76% connected

A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2.

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Toss 76% connected

To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.

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Nautilus 76% connected

The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found…

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Sub 74% connected

A subordinate; a subaltern.

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Sub 74% connected

A subordinate; a subaltern.

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Component part 3

Breather 70% connected

One who breathes. Hence: (a) One who lives.(b) One who utters. (c) One who animates or inspires.

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Conning tower 70% connected

The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel.

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Periscope 70% connected

A general or comprehensive view.

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Grinder 92% connected

One who, or that which, grinds.

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Hero 92% connected

An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.

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Sub 92% connected

A subordinate; a subaltern.

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Torpedo 92% connected

Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving…

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Wedge 92% connected

A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising…

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