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Waspish

Resembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp.

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Ill-natured 84% connected

Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.

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Ill-natured 84% connected

Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.

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Bristly 92% connected

Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prickly 92% connected

Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub.

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Splenetic 92% connected

Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.

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Anglo-Saxon noun · 78% connection

a person of Anglo-Saxon (especially British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by Englis…

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Apron noun · 78% connection

An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them f…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resembling, wasp, slender, waist, like.
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Attenuation noun · 78% connection

The act or process of making slender, or the state of being slender; emaciation.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resembling, wasp, slender, waist, like.
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Bias noun · 78% connection

A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.

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Bodice noun · 78% connection

A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays.

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Bust noun · 78% connection

The portion of the human figure included between the head and waist, whether in statuary or in the person; the chest or thorax; the up…

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Bustle noun · 78% connection

A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also bishop, and tournu…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resembling, wasp, slender, waist, like.
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Cat noun · 78% connection

A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade.

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Chatelaine noun · 78% connection

An ornamental hook, or brooch worn by a lady at her waist, and having a short chain or chains attached for a watch, keys, trinkets, et…

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Chausses n. pl. · 78% connection

The garment for the legs and feet and for the body below the waist, worn in Europe throughout the Middle Ages; applied also to the arm…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resembling, wasp, slender, waist, like.
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Corsage noun · 78% connection

The waist or bodice of a lady's dress; as, a low corsage.

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Corset noun · 78% connection

An article of dress inclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape; stays.

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Daddy longlegs unknown · 78% connection

A name applied to many species of dipterous insects of the genus Tipula, and allied genera, with slender bodies, and very long, slende…

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Dauber noun · 78% connection

The mud wasp; the mud dauber.

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Deep-waisted adjective · 78% connection

Having a deep waist, as when, in a ship, the poop and forecastle are much elevated above the deck.

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Doublet adjective · 78% connection

A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from th…

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Fibre noun · 78% connection

Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a fiber of spun glass; especially, one of the slender rootlets of a plant.

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Gallfly noun · 78% connection

small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants

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