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Wryneck

A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis.

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Abnormality 76% connected

The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.

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Pecker 76% connected

One who, or that which, pecks; specif., a bird that pecks holes in trees; a woodpecker.

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Woodpecker 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to Picus and many allied genera of the family Picidae.

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Torticollis 92% connected

See Wryneck.

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the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources

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no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"

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all living things (except people) that are undomesticated; "chemicals could kill all the wildlife"

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a fossilized cast or impression of algae of the order Fucales

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nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)

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nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)

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the conservation of water resources

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Atwirl a. & adv. · 78% connection

Twisted; distorted; awry.

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Awry adv. & a. · 78% connection

Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; out of the right course; distorted; obliquely; as…

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Bivalve noun · 78% connection

A mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the hinge, which is usua…

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Bullion noun · 78% connection

Heavy twisted fringe, made of fine gold or silver wire and used for epaulets; also, any heavy twisted fringe whose cords are prominent.

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Clubfoot noun · 78% connection

A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity, usually congenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes.

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Clubhand noun · 78% connection

A short, distorted hand; also, the deformity of having such a hand.

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Contorted adjective · 78% connection

Twisted, or twisted together.

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Contraction noun · 78% connection

The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twisted, distorted, neck, deformity, drawn.
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Contracture noun · 78% connection

A state of permanent rigidity or contraction of the muscles, generally of the flexor muscles.

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Cramp noun · 78% connection

A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twisted, distorted, neck, deformity, drawn.
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Crispation noun · 78% connection

A very slight convulsive or spasmodic contraction of certain muscles, external or internal.

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Deformed adjective · 78% connection

Unnatural or distorted in form; having a deformity; misshapen; disfigured; as, a deformed person; a deformed head.

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