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Unlock

To unfasten, as what is locked; as, to unlock a door or a chest.

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Disengage 76% connected

To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Open 76% connected

Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

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Withdraw 76% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

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Lock 94% connected

A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.

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Lock 94% connected

A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.

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Adoors unknown · 78% connection

At the door; of the door; as, out adoors.

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Cardiac massage noun · 78% connection

an emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to t…

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Chest noun · 78% connection

A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ.

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Deadlatch noun · 78% connection

A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside b…

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Defibrillator noun · 78% connection

an electronic device that administers an electric shock of preset voltage to the heart through the chest wall in an attempt to restore…

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Door noun · 78% connection

anything providing a means of access (or escape); "we closed the door to Haitian immigrants"; "education is the door to success"

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Drop noun · 78% connection

A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, t…

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Founder noun · 78% connection

An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder.

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Gulf noun · 78% connection

A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico.

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Hatch noun · 78% connection

A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge.

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Heart massage noun · 78% connection

an emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to t…

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Heck noun · 78% connection

A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door.

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Latchstring noun · 78% connection

A string for raising the latch of a door by a person outside. It is fastened to the latch and passed through a hole above it in the do…

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Lockup noun · 78% connection

A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse.

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Ostiary noun · 78% connection

One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter.

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Out-of-door adjective · 78% connection

Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air; outdoor; as, out-of-door exercise. See Out of door, under Out, adv.

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Percussor noun · 78% connection

(medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes

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Porte-cochere noun · 78% connection

A large doorway allowing vehicles to drive into or through a building. It is common to have the entrance door open upon the passage of…

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