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Wrecker

One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like.

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Destroyer 76% connected

One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates.

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Jack 76% connected

A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves en…

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Laborer 76% connected

One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a person who does work that requires strength rather than skill, as distinguished from that of an artisan.

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Ruiner 76% connected

One who, or that which, ruins.

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Truck 76% connected

A small wheel, as of a vehicle; specifically (Ord.), a small strong wheel, as of wood or iron, for a gun carriage.

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Undoer 76% connected

One who undoes anything; especially, one who ruins another.

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Waster 76% connected

One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal.

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Housebreaker 76% connected

One who is guilty of the crime of housebreaking.

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Knacker 76% connected

One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.

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Sleeper 76% connected

One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.

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Wrack 74% connected

A thin, flying cloud; a rack.

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Wrack 74% connected

A thin, flying cloud; a rack.

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Aetiology noun · 78% connection

The science, doctrine, or demonstration of causes; esp., the investigation of the causes of any disease; the science of the origin and…

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Bewreck verb · 78% connection

To wreck.

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Calumniation noun · 78% connection

False accusation of crime or offense, or a malicious and false representation of the words or actions of another, with a view to injur…

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Causal adjective · 78% connection

Relating to a cause or causes; inplying or containing a cause or causes; expressing a cause; causative.

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Causally adverb · 78% connection

According to the order or series of causes; by tracing effects to causes.

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Counterfeiter noun · 78% connection

One who assumes a false appearance or semblance; one who makes false pretenses.

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Cradle noun · 78% connection

The basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the…

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Croup noun · 78% connection

An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp.,…

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Deceit noun · 78% connection

An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him…

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Dissimulation noun · 78% connection

The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.

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Fact noun · 78% connection

The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the…

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False superl. · 78% connection

Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false je…

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Falsify adjective · 78% connection

To prove to be false, or untrustworthy; to confute; to disprove; to nullify; to make to appear false.

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Falsity adjective · 78% connection

That which is false; falsehood; a lie; a false assertion.

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Floating adjective · 78% connection

Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air.

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Hoveler noun · 78% connection

One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.

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Illusive adjective · 78% connection

Deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false; illusory; unreal.

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Jactitation noun · 78% connection

(law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law)

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