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affliction, bad luck, calamity, calvary, catastrophe, damage, difficulty, disappointment, disaster, extremity, fiasco, hard cheese, hard time, hard times, hardship, havoc, head ache, ill, ill luck, infelicity, infirmity, lamentation, misadventure, misery, misfortune, nadir, negativity, penury, pinnacle, pressure, rainy day, reverse, sordidness, suffering, tough luck, tragedy, trial, tribulation, undoing, vicissitude, washout, woe, Extremities, Infelicities, Unluckiness, Vertices, meltdown, hard knocks, hard luck, misfortunes, haplessness, remotes, roughs, meltdowns, unfortunateness, untowardness, bad break, ill fortune, cross to bear, fell stroke, bad fortune, blue ruin, casuality, devil's own luck, full court press, hard knock, holy mess, over turn, rotten luck, rough going, severe test, stroke of bad luck, the worst, tough break, trying time, unholy mess, unluck, up set, uphill battle, hardshi, bad patch, abase, abasement, abbreviate, ability, abject, about-face, abrasion, 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caboodle, cacoethes, cake, cakehole, call for, callosity, callousness, cam stroke, campaign, can, canker, cap, capitulation, careen, cargo, cark, carry, cart, caseful, casing, cask, cast, castigation, catch, causa, cause, caution, cease, celestial pole, cephalalgia, cerebrovascular accident, cerement, certificate of indebtedness, cesspool, chafe, chaff, chance, chance event, change by reversal, change of mind, character, charge, charm, check into, check mark, check off, check out, check over, check up on, check-out procedure, checker, checkout, cheerless, chemise, cheque, chequer, chevvy, chevy, childbed, chill, chink, chip off, chip shot, chipping, chit, chivvy, chivy, chock up, choke, choler, choppiness, chuckhole, chute-the-chute, cigaret, cigarette, circle, circumscribe, circumstances, circus tent, clamber, clang, clangor, clangoring, clangour, clank, clash, clasp, clear, clench, climax, cling to, clinical depression, close, close call, close up, closely, closeness, closet, closing, closing curtain, clout, cloy, clumsiness, clutch bag, clutch pedal, clutches, clutter, cobbler's last, cockeyed, coda, coerce, coffin nail, cogency, coke, collar, colly, combat, combat injury, come, come about, come down, come forth, come off, come out, come up, comminute, commit, commotion, communicate, compact, compaction, compactness, compensate, competitiveness, complaint, completion, complexness, complicatedness, compress, compressed, computer error, concentrate, concentrated, concentration, concern, concluding, conclusion, condemn, condemnation, condense, condition, conduct, confidential information, confine, confinement, confirmation, confound, confrontation, confuse, confused, conjure, conk, consent, consequence, consignment, constipate, constipation, constrict, constriction, constringe, consume, contain, contaminant, contemplative, contemptibility, contest, contingency, continue, contract bridge, contrary, contravene, contrite, contrive, control, contuse, contusion, convolution, convulsion, cook, cope, coppice, copse, core, coronate, correction, correspond, corrupt, corruptness, count, countenance, countermand, counterpoint, cover, cow chip, cow dung, crabbed, crabby, crackle, cram, cranch, crankiness, craunch, crawl in, crest, crimp, crisp, crisscross, criticise, criticize, croak, crock up, crocked, crossbeam, crossbreed, crossbreeding, crossing, crossness, crosspiece, crotchetiness, crown of thorns, crownwork, crucifixion, crucify, crud, crude, crudeness, cruelness, crumble, crumple, crusade, crush, crushed, crux of the matter, cul, curb, curious, curse word, curve, cushion, cuss, cut across, cut back, cut down, cut of meat, cut through, cutis, cutting, cutting off, cva, dangerous, dapple, dark, darn, dash, dashing hopes, daunt, day of reckoning, daylight, daytime, daze, dead-end street, deadening, deal, deal out, death, debar, debase, debasement, debate, debility, debt instrument, decease, declaration, declension, declination, decline, declivity, decrease, deface, defacement, defect, defend, defer, deficiency, defile, defilement, define, deflower, deform, defunctness, degeneracy, delay, deletion, delimitation, deliver, deluge, demand, demarcation, demarcation line, demerit, demolition, denounce, denseness, density, deny, department of labor, departure, depend on, depend upon, depleted, deplorable, deplorably, deplumate, deplume, depot, depravity, depredation, depressant, depressed, depressive disorder, derangement, derriere, descend, descent, desecrate, desex, desexualise, desexualize, designate, desire, desolate, desperate straits, desperation, despicability, despicable, despicableness, despondence, destination, destine, destined, destiny, destroy, deterioration, determine, deterrent, detriment, devastate, devilment, devilry, deviltry, devolve, devolve on, devote, diadem, diagonal, diarrhoea, diddley, diddly, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, die, difference, difference of opinion, difficultness, dig, digest, dilapidation, dilute, diminish, dingy, dip, direct contrast, dirt, dirty, disability, disablement, disadvantageously, disarray, discharge, discipline, discombobulate, discomfit, discommode, discompose, disconcert, disconsolate, disfavor, disfavour, disfiguration, disfigure, disfigurement, disgrace, dish, dish out, dishonesty, dishonor, dishonour, disillusion, disinclination, dislike, dislocate, dismiss, disoblige, disordered, disorderliness, dispense, dispirited, displace, display case, displume, dispute, disquiet, disquieted, disregard, disruption, dissent, dissipation, dissolution, distant, distaste, distort, distortion, distract, distraint, distressed, distressing, distribute, disturb, disturbed, dividing line, do in, do it, doctor, dogfight, dogshit, dol, dole out, dolourous, doomed, doomsday, doss, doss down, doubt, doubtfulness, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, downslope, drab, drag in, drag on, drag out, drape, drapery, draw, draw in, draw out, drear, dredge, drift, drinking straw, drive, drive back, drop, drop away, drop back, drop behind, drubbing, drudge, drum, dubiety, dubiousness, dud, dull, dump, dun, dusk, duty, duty tour, earmark, earnings, eccentric, economic crisis, edit, edit out, eff, effect, effort, egest, egress, egression, elaborateness, elaboration, elapse, elbow grease, electric resistance, electric shock, electrical energy, electrical resistance, electrical shock, electricity, electronegativity, electronic jamming, elevation, elicit, eliminate, eluding, elusion, emaciate, emasculated, embroil, embroilment, emerge, emergency brake, emersion, emphasis, emphasise, emphasize, encase, enchant, encounter, encroachment, end point, endanger, endeavor, endeavour, ending, endpoint, enemy, engage, engagement, engrave, enkindle, enlistment, enmity, ensure, entangle, entreat, envenom, environ, equipment casualty, err, erroneous belief, erroneousness, essay, essence, essential, estrus, evanesce, evenfall, evilness, evoke, exacerbation, exam, examination, examine, example, exceed, excessiveness, excision, excitation, excitement, exclude, excommunicate, excoriation, excrete, excruciate, execrable, execration, exercising weight, exertion, exhausting, exhort, exiguity, exit, expel, experience, experimental extinction, expiration, expire, expiry, expletive, exploitation, exponent, expose, expostulation, extend, exterior, extermination, external, extinguishing, extort, extra, extract, extraneous, extreme point, extremum, face, fade, fag, fag out, failing, fairly, fall apart, fall away, fall back, fall down, fall flat, fall in, fall out, fall through, falter, fanny, fast, fasten, fatal accident, fatigue duty, faulty, fear, feature, fee, feebleness, fellate, female chest, fence, fend, fervency, fervent, fervid, fervidness, fervor, fervour, festinate, fetor, fierce, fiery, fight back, fight down, fight off, fighting, filch, filter, filter out, filtrate, final, final result, final solution, finally, find, find out, finis, finish, fire up, firing, firmly, first, first gear, fit, fixate, fixing, fixture, fizzle out, flack, flack catcher, flagellate, flagellum, flak catcher, flake, flame, flame up, flaming, flange, flashpoint, fleck, fleet, fling, flip, flip-flop, float, floating-point operation, flock, flood lamp, flood tide, floodlight, floor, flow, flowage, flu, flub, fluff, flutter, focus, foe, foeman, foetor, fog, foil, foiling, folie, font, forbiddance, force back, force majeure, force out, force per unit area, foreshorten, forethought, forlornness, form, fortuity, fortune, founder, fount, fox, fracture, frailness, frailty, frame, frame in, fray, free fall, freight, fret, fretfulness, frighten away, frighten off, frustrate, fuck up, fuckup, fuddle, fuddled, fuel, fundament, funny, furbish up, fuss, fussy, gadfly, gaffe, gainsay, gall, gamble, gangrene, gantlet, gas, gasconade, gash, gate-crash, gaucherie, gear up, geld, gelded, genuflect, geological fault, get, get across, get at, get behind, get by, get hold of, get it on, get laid, get off, get out, get over, get stuck, get to, ghastliness, gibe, gimp, ginmill, gist, give, give away, give birth, give care, give notice, give the axe, give up, give way, glamour, glide by, gloaming, gloomful, gloominess, glooming, glumness, glut, gnarl, go, go along, go down, go down on, go for, go forth, go off, go on, go over, go past, go to bed, go to sleep, goal, goat, gob, godforsaken, going away, golf hole, golgotha, good deal, goof, gouge, government issue, gracelessness, grammatical case, grant, grapple, grappling, grasp, grass, grate, grating, gratuity, grave accent, gravel, gravelly, gravely, graveness, gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational force, grayback, grease, great deal, great depression, great power, grief-stricken, grieve, grievous, grim, griminess, grind, grip, grippe, grizzle, grope, gross profit, gross profit margin, grouchy, growth, grudge, grueling, gruelling, gruesomeness, grumpiness, grumpy, grunge, guardianship, guess, guide, guinea pig, gun barrel, gust, gutter, hack, hale, halt, hand, hand brake, hand-to-hand struggle, handicap, handle, hang, hang back, hap, happen, harass, harassment, hardly, harry, harsh, haste, hasten, hastiness, hatful, haul, have a go at it, have got, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, haywire, haze over, head, heap, hear, heartsickness, heat energy, heat up, heating, heating plant, heating system, heavily, heaviness, heavy, helplessness, herb of grace, hesitancy, hesitation, hex, hide, high temperature, hind end, hindquarters, hinge on, hinge upon, hint, hiss, hissing, hit the hay, hit the sack, hitchhike, hobble, hoi polloi, hold, hold back, hold close, hold fast, hold in, hold out, hold over, hold tight, hold up, hole out, hollow, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hook, hoot, hot spot, hot up, hotness, hotspot, hullabaloo, human death, humble, humbled, humiliate, humiliated, hump, hurl, hurriedness, husk, huskiness, hybrid, hybridisation, hybridise, hybridization, hybridize, hybridizing, ignite, ignominy, ignore, ill at ease, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, ill-tempered, ill-timed, immorality, immunity, impact, impassioned, impedance, impede, impedimenta, impel, imperativeness, imperil, importunity, imposition, imprecate, imprecation, impression, imprint, improper, impuissance, in conclusion, inauspicious, incertitude, inch, inclemency, incommode, incommodiousness, inconvenience oneself, incorrect, incorrectly, incubus, incumbrance, incur, indebtedness, indentation, indentured, index, indicate, indignation, indisposed, indisposition, induce, ineptitude, ineptness, inevitable accident, inexorableness, infernal machine, inflame, inflexibility, infringe, ingest, inhuman treatment, iniquity, injure, injured party, innervation, inordinateness, inscribe, insensibility, insist, insistence, insistency, instance, insure, intemperate, intemperately, interbreed, interbreeding, interest, international, intersect, intervention, intrusion, inundate, inundation, inverse, invert, invite, involution, involve, iron, iron out, irritability, irritate, issuance, issuing, itch, jack, jacket, jacket crown, jade, jamming, jampack, jar, jaundice, jaunt, jazz, jeopardise, jeopardize, jeopardy, jerk, jerking, jibe, job, jolly, jolting, jolty, jonah, jot, jounce, judge, jumble, jump, jumpy, kayo, keenness, keister, kerfuffle, kettle of fish, kettledrum, kettleful, kick the bucket, kindle, king, kip down, knap, knock back, knock over, knocking, know, ko, kowtow, labor department, laborious, labyrinth, lachrymose, lade, laden, lading, laissez passer, lament, lamentable, lamentably, languish, lapsing, last-place, lastly, latent hostility, lather, laughingstock, law-breaking, lawsuit, lay waste to, layer, laying waste, lead, lean, leanness, leap, leaping, learn, lease, leave, leaving, leeway, legal community, legal injury, legal profession, legislate, lesion, lessen, level best, liberty chit, licence, license, licentiousness, licking, lie with, lift, light, light touch, like, limit point, limitation, limp, line, lip, liquidate, live, live on, live with, load up, loaded, loading, loathsomeness, localisation, localization, locating, location, lode, loneliness, look into, look sharp, looker, looseness of the bowels, lose, loser, louse up, lousiness, love, low gear, low-down, low-pitched, low-spirited, low-toned, lowest, lowly, luckless, luggage, lugubriousness, lulu, lurch, luridness, luxate, lying-in, macerate, maelstrom, magnate, magnetic pole, maintain, maintenance, major power, make, make do, make it, make love, make out, make pass, maladroitness, malady, maledict, malefic, maleficence, malevolent, malign, malodor, malodorousness, malodour, malposition, manage, manger, mania, mantle, mantrap, mar, march, mark, mark off, mash, masses, match, mate, maw, maximal, mayhem, meagerly, meagerness, meagre, meagreness, mean, mean solar day, meanness, measly, measure, mechanical press, meditative, meet, megrims, melancholic, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, melting pot, member, menace, mend, mending, mental disorder, mental disturbance, mental strain, mental test, mental testing, mephitis, mercilessness, meridian, mess hall, messiness, metal glove, mete out, mickle, micro chip, microchip, middling, might, mightiness, military force, military group, military issue, military press, military unit, minginess, mingy, mint, minute, miscarriage, mischief-making, mischievously, mischievousness, miscue, miserly, misestimation, mishandle, misplay, misreckoning, miss, mist, mistake, mite, mob, moderate, moderately, modest, mogul, moil, moirae, mold, molding, mollymawk, moo, moo-cow, moorage, mooring, mop up, mortify, mother fucker, motivation, motive, mottle, moulding, mount, mountain, mountain pass, mournful, mourning, mown, muck, muck up, muckle, mud, mulishness, multitude, munch, musing, muss, mussiness, mystification, nail down, nakedness, nark, narrow down, narrow escape, narrow-minded, nastiness, nasty, nates, natural depression, naughtily, nausea, necessary, necessitate, necrosis, nefariousness, nemesis, nervous, nervous strain, net, net ball, nettle, neutralisation, neutralise, neutralization, neutralize, nick, niggardliness, nightfall, nimiety, nip, nisus, nobble, noise, nonindulgence, nonstarter, notch, nuisance value, number, oath, obfuscation, obligate, oblige, obscenity, obscure, obstinance, obstruct, obstructer, obstructor, obtain, obturate, occlude, occupy, occur, odd, oddment, oestrus, offend, offer, office, offspring, ominous, open fire, opinion, opponent, oppose, opposite, oppositeness, opprobrium, out-of-door, outback, outcome, outdoor, outdoor stage, outdoors, outer boundary, outgrowth, outlet, outpouring, outskirt, outwear, overabundance, overawe, overcast, overcome, overflow, overhaul, overindulgence, overplus, overrefinement, override, overrule, oversight, overstep, overstretch, oversupply, overtake, overturned, own, pack, pain in the ass, painful sensation, pains, pale yellow, paltry, parapraxis, parcel out, pare, parking brake, parsimoniousness, parsimony, parturiency, pass away, pass by, pass off, pass on, pass over, passably, passing, passing game, passing play, passionateness, passport, pate, pathetic, pauperisation, pauperism, pauperization, pay back, pay off, pay up, payload, payoff, peach, peak, peaked, peck, peculiar, pedestal, peel, peevishness, peg down, pelt, pelting, penalisation, penalization, penalty, pennant, pennilessness, penuriousness, people, perch, perfervid, perimeter, periphery, perish, permission, permissive waste, perpetrate, persist, personnel, personnel casualty, persuade, perturb, perturbation, perverseness, perversity, pesterer, peter out, petulance, photoflood, pick apart, pie-eyed, pigheadedness, pile, pilfer, pillow slip, pillowcase, pin, pin down, pine, pine away, ping, pink, pip, pique, pitiable, pitilessness, pitting, pity, pixilated, place upright, plaint, plastered, play, pledge, plenty, plethora, pluck, pogey, pogy, point, point of accumulation, point of view

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