Synonyms for De fending:

• adj.

  •defensive (adjective)
  • frustrating,
  • uptight,
  • coping with,
  • Interrupting,
  • warding off,
  • foiling,
  • safeguarding,
  • in opposition,
  • thwarting,
  • Checking,
  • preservative,
  • conservative,
  • defending,
  • averting,
  • protecting,
  • forestalling,
  • Withstanding,
  • resistive,
  • opposing,
  • balking,
  • arresting,
  • preventive,
  • guarding.
  •on guard (adjective)
  • expectant,
  • cautious,
  • watchful,
  • alert,
  • vigilant.
  •opposed (adjective)
  • Against.
  •opposed/opposing (adjective)
  • dissentient,
  • anti,
  • restrictive,
  • enemy,
  • Combating,
  • hostile,
  • antithetical,
  • disputed,
  • counter,
  • Battling,
  • against the grain,
  • antonymous,
  • at odds,
  • at cross-purposes,
  • obstructive,
  • up against,
  • crossing,
  • repelling,
  • Gainsaying,
  • protesting,
  • Objecting,
  • incompatible,
  • defensive,
  • irreconcilable,
  • averse,
  • conflicting,
  • allergic,
  • disagreeing,
  • opposite,
  • contrary,
  • Disputing,
  • warring,
  • clashing,
  • inimical,
  • Controverting,
  • antipathetic,
  • Exposing,
  • rival,
  • facing,
  • confronting,
  • Denying.
  •oppositional (adjective)
  • opposed,
  • adversarial,
  • adverse,
  • antagonistic.
  •preclusive (adjective)
  • preventative,
  • protective,
  • deterrent,
  • precautionary.

• n.

  •insulation (noun)
  • lining,
  • furring,
  • covering,
  • surrounding,
  • cushioning,
  • taping,
  • Neutralizing,
  • padding,
  • Cording,
  • packing,
  • isolating,
  • caulking.
  •patrol (noun)
  • vigilance,
  • watchperson,
  • rounds,
  • Convoying,
  • lookout,
  • Escorting,
  • spy,
  • protection,
  • scouting,
  • watching,
  • patroler,
  • sentinel,
  • Policing.

• v.

  •acknowledge (verb)
  • certify,
  • agree,
  • recognize,
  • approve,
  • defend,
  • ratify,
  • accede,
  • grant,
  • acquiesce,
  • accept,
  • attest to,
  • defer to,
  • yield,
  • allow,
  • own,
  • take an oath,
  • subscribe to.
  •advocate (verb)
  • plug,
  • advise,
  • encourage,
  • be in corner,
  • plump for,
  • further,
  • side,
  • tout,
  • say so,
  • brace up,
  • boost,
  • build up,
  • promote,
  • argue for,
  • stump for,
  • get on bandwagon,
  • hold with,
  • go with,
  • favor,
  • campaign for,
  • urge,
  • press for,
  • root for,
  • bless,
  • give a leg up,
  • give a lift,
  • advance,
  • speak for,
  • go for,
  • propose,
  • countenance,
  • spread around,
  • run interference for,
  • plead for,
  • push,
  • bolster.
  •answer (verb)
  • refute,
  • back talk,
  • dispute,
  • get back at,
  • rejoin,
  • feedback,
  • retaliate,
  • return,
  • field the question,
  • counterclaim,
  • contest,
  • deny,
  • remark,
  • top,
  • shoot back,
  • answer back,
  • say,
  • rebut,
  • echo,
  • talk back,
  • sass,
  • settle,
  • solve,
  • claim,
  • squelch,
  • get back to,
  • acknowledge,
  • retort,
  • parry,
  • resolve,
  • disprove,
  • give a snappy comeback,
  • be in touch,
  • back at you,
  • respond,
  • comeback.
  •argue (verb)
  • present,
  • suggest,
  • indicate,
  • imply,
  • demonstrate,
  • prevail upon,
  • appeal,
  • testify,
  • attest,
  • manifest,
  • denote,
  • display,
  • elucidate,
  • reason,
  • evince,
  • controvert,
  • talk into,
  • witness,
  • persuade,
  • show,
  • establish,
  • exhibit.
  •assert (verb)
  • mouth off,
  • put forward,
  • avow,
  • stress,
  • shoot one's wad,
  • cite,
  • asservate,
  • pop off,
  • protest,
  • state,
  • press,
  • avouch,
  • butt in,
  • allege,
  • profess,
  • horn in,
  • swear,
  • pronounce,
  • predicate,
  • aver,
  • affirm,
  • proclaim,
  • shoot off one's mouth.
  •barricade (verb)
  • obstruct,
  • shut in,
  • bar,
  • blockade.
  •bear arms (verb)
  • carry arms.
  •champion (verb)
  • stand behind,
  • put in a good word for,
  • patronize,
  • side with.
  •cherish (verb)
  • embrace,
  • clasp,
  • nurse,
  • prize,
  • coddle,
  • love,
  • nurture,
  • hug,
  • fondle,
  • reverence,
  • venerate,
  • honor,
  • treasure,
  • hold in high esteem,
  • pet,
  • hold dear,
  • fancy,
  • dote on,
  • idolize,
  • like,
  • appreciate,
  • cling to,
  • adore,
  • value,
  • revere,
  • worship,
  • enshrine,
  • entertain,
  • harbor,
  • admire,
  • comfort,
  • cleave to,
  • apprize,
  • cosset,
  • cultivate.
  •claim (verb)
  • knock,
  • lay claim to,
  • pick up,
  • challenge,
  • call for,
  • require,
  • need,
  • requisition,
  • adduce,
  • hold out for,
  • postulate,
  • ask,
  • stake out,
  • declare,
  • insist,
  • hit up,
  • HIT,
  • believe,
  • pop the question,
  • collect,
  • have dibs on something,
  • take,
  • exact,
  • pretend,
  • solicit.
  •contend (verb)
  • go at,
  • cross,
  • enjoin,
  • gang up on,
  • blast,
  • come at,
  • stick it to,
  • mix it up,
  • have bone to pick,
  • lock horns with,
  • charge,
  • set to,
  • debate,
  • zap,
  • rip,
  • put up argument,
  • let have it,
  • lace into,
  • report,
  • lay into,
  • prescribe,
  • fly in face of,
  • tell,
  • sock it to one,
  • jump on,
  • light into,
  • have at,
  • dictate,
  • take on,
  • mix.
  •contest (verb)
  • square off,
  • brawl,
  • compete,
  • sock,
  • altercate,
  • scuffle,
  • put up dukes,
  • fight over,
  • vie,
  • tilt,
  • attack,
  • lay a finger on,
  • break with,
  • scrap,
  • repel,
  • knuckle with,
  • wrangle,
  • duel,
  • quarrel,
  • feud,
  • lay out,
  • traverse,
  • rumpus,
  • put on gloves,
  • conflict,
  • struggle,
  • strike,
  • buck,
  • row,
  • hassle.
  •convoy (verb)
  • chaperon,
  • bear,
  • accompany,
  • conduct,
  • attend,
  • consort,
  • pilot,
  • company,
  • shepherd,
  • companion,
  • bring,
  • usher.
  •cover (verb)
  • reinforce,
  • fend.
  •defend (verb)
  • insure,
  • mine,
  • champion,
  • cherish,
  • plead,
  • safeguard,
  • prove a case,
  • befriend,
  • assert,
  • argue,
  • ride shotgun for,
  • retain,
  • provide sanctuary,
  • aid,
  • sustain,
  • guard against,
  • hedge,
  • guarantee,
  • apologize for,
  • shield,
  • rationalize,
  • screen,
  • care for,
  • watch over,
  • second,
  • look after,
  • warrant,
  • go to bat for,
  • nourish,
  • back up,
  • vindicate,
  • stave off,
  • maintain,
  • guard,
  • thump for,
  • ward off,
  • justify,
  • endorse,
  • garrison,
  • shelter,
  • fight for,
  • back,
  • say in defense,
  • cover for,
  • speak up for,
  • panoply,
  • watch,
  • explain,
  • cover,
  • conserve,
  • fight,
  • avert,
  • stand by,
  • hold,
  • come to defense of,
  • war,
  • uphold,
  • take in,
  • put in a good word,
  • bear one out,
  • espouse,
  • support,
  • hold at bay,
  • bulwark,
  • battle,
  • stand up for,
  • repel danger,
  • resist,
  • save,
  • secure,
  • beat off,
  • exculpate,
  • preserve,
  • entrench,
  • withstand,
  • keep safe,
  • advocate,
  • fortify,
  • oppose,
  • stick up for,
  • prevent,
  • fend off,
  • house,
  • stonewall,
  • exonerate,
  • foster,
  • contend,
  • recommend.
  •endorse (verb)
  • sanction,
  • confirm,
  • give green light,
  • praise,
  • underwrite,
  • give a boost to,
  • accredit,
  • go along with,
  • commend,
  • authenticate,
  • lend one's name to,
  • give the nod,
  • give the go-ahead,
  • okay,
  • vouch for,
  • rubber-stamp,
  • give one's word.
  •espouse (verb)
  • take up,
  • go in for,
  • adopt,
  • get into.
  •excuse (verb)
  • overlook,
  • let off,
  • indulge,
  • tolerate,
  • pass over,
  • release,
  • give absolution,
  • shrive,
  • take rap for,
  • dispense from,
  • exempt,
  • remit,
  • plead ignorance,
  • spare,
  • purge,
  • discharge,
  • mitigate,
  • liberate,
  • free,
  • bear with,
  • make allowances for,
  • acquit,
  • grant amnesty,
  • forgive,
  • relieve,
  • whitewash,
  • condone,
  • pretext,
  • reprieve,
  • extenuate,
  • wink at,
  • appease,
  • shrug off,
  • exempt from,
  • let go,
  • clear,
  • pardon,
  • alibi.
  •fence (verb)
  • girdle,
  • pen,
  • Mure,
  • wall,
  • surround,
  • rail,
  • confine,
  • protect,
  • bound,
  • coop,
  • corral,
  • encircle,
  • immure,
  • cage,
  • circumscribe,
  • mew,
  • hem,
  • restrict.
  •go to bat for (verb)
  • go to the wall for.
  •guard (verb)
  • superintend,
  • oversee,
  • chaperone,
  • mind,
  • baby-sit,
  • escort,
  • keep,
  • shotgun,
  • keep under surveillance,
  • convoy,
  • keep in view,
  • keep an eye on,
  • observe,
  • cover up,
  • patrol,
  • police,
  • see after,
  • supervise,
  • tend.
  •harbor (verb)
  • hold back,
  • put up,
  • withhold,
  • suppress,
  • accommodate,
  • quarter,
  • domicile,
  • board,
  • bunk,
  • lodge,
  • provide refuge,
  • conceal,
  • secrete.
  •justify (verb)
  • make good,
  • verify,
  • cop a plea,
  • speak in favor,
  • show cause,
  • be answerable for,
  • brief,
  • do justice to,
  • absolve,
  • crawl,
  • excuse,
  • legalize,
  • square,
  • answer for,
  • bear out,
  • validate,
  • palliate,
  • make allowances.
  •keep (verb)
  • continue,
  • operate,
  • direct,
  • minister to,
  • subsidize,
  • provision,
  • carry on,
  • manage,
  • endure,
  • run,
  • command,
  • victual,
  • administer,
  • ordain,
  • feed.
  •maintain (verb)
  • emphasize,
  • correct,
  • asseverate,
  • persist,
  • right,
  • rectify.
  •mask (verb)
  • dissemble,
  • camouflage,
  • dissimulate,
  • beard,
  • hide,
  • cloak,
  • front,
  • veil,
  • obscure,
  • dress up.
  •preserve (verb)
  • refrigerate,
  • freeze,
  • process,
  • mothball,
  • mummify,
  • keep up,
  • bottle,
  • season,
  • can,
  • pickle,
  • perpetuate,
  • store,
  • evaporate,
  • cure.
  •proselytize (verb)
  • be born again,
  • sway,
  • convince,
  • alter conviction,
  • change belief,
  • cause to adopt.
  •protect (verb)
  • cover all bases,
  • give refuge,
  • take under wing,
  • stand guard,
  • shade,
  • insulate,
  • give sanctuary,
  • assure,
  • cushion.
  •revenge (verb)
  • requite,
  • reciprocate,
  • hit back,
  • even the score,
  • match,
  • settle with,
  • kick back,
  • turn the tables on,
  • score,
  • get even,
  • avenge,
  • give comeuppance,
  • pay back,
  • fight back,
  • pay back in spades,
  • give just desserts,
  • punish,
  • fix one's wagon,
  • return the compliment,
  • settle up,
  • get,
  • redress,
  • fix,
  • Venge,
  • make reprisal,
  • pay off,
  • take an eye for an eye,
  • repay,
  • be out for blood.
  •safeguard (verb)
  • ride shotgun,
  • ensure.
  •save (verb)
  • take care of,
  • set free,
  • deliver,
  • redeem,
  • bail out,
  • extricate,
  • ransom,
  • Unshackle,
  • pull out of fire,
  • emancipate,
  • give a break,
  • recover,
  • salvage,
  • get out of hock,
  • spring,
  • unchain,
  • save one's neck,
  • come to rescue,
  • get off the hook.
  •screen (verb)
  • shroud,
  • mask,
  • blind,
  • disguise,
  • adumbrate,
  • bury,
  • cache,
  • shadow,
  • umbrage,
  • block out,
  • stash,
  • close,
  • ensconce,
  • shutter,
  • seclude,
  • separate,
  • wall off,
  • shut off,
  • shut out.
  •shelter (verb)
  • haven,
  • enclose,
  • ward,
  • chamber,
  • roof.
  •shield (verb)
  • give cover,
  • take under one's wing,
  • give shelter.
  •sustain (verb)
  • keep going,
  • supply,
  • buttress,
  • transfer,
  • keep from falling,
  • convey,
  • lend a hand,
  • lug,
  • shore up,
  • tote,
  • prolong,
  • buoy,
  • carry,
  • bankroll,
  • protract,
  • help,
  • transport,
  • provide for,
  • pack,
  • brace,
  • assist,
  • prop,
  • keep alive.
  •tend (verb)
  • do for,
  • perform,
  • DO,
  • serve,
  • sit,
  • ride herd on,
  • accomplish,
  • see to,
  • control,
  • cater to,
  • wait on,
  • watch out for,
  • keep tabs on,
  • handle.
  •uphold (verb)
  • rear,
  • hoist,
  • buoy up,
  • upraise,
  • elevate,
  • Upbear,
  • Uprear,
  • uplift,
  • hold to,
  • stick by,
  • raise,
  • hold up one's end.
  •vindicate (verb)
  • prove,
  • corroborate,
  • rehabilitate,
  • confute,
  • free from blame,
  • substantiate,
  • Disculpate.
  •warrant (verb)
  • license,
  • empower,
  • promise,
  • guaranty,
  • necessitate,
  • privilege,
  • commission,
  • permit,
  • demand,
  • delegate,
  • vow,
  • undertake,
  • stipulate,
  • entitle,
  • pledge,
  • give grounds for,
  • sponsor.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • abatement,
  • abbreviated,
  • abduce,
  • abide,
  • abide by,
  • abnegate,
  • abode,
  • absolved,
  • absorb,
  • accent,
  • accentuate,
  • acclivity,
  • accolade,
  • accompaniment,
  • accord,
  • accost,
  • account,
  • accumulate,
  • accurate,
  • accusation,
  • accuse,
  • ace,
  • achieve,
  • acknowledgment,
  • acme,
  • acquaint,
  • acquire,
  • acquittance,
  • act,
  • act up,
  • action,
  • actualise,
  • actualize,
  • adapt,
  • add,
  • address,
  • adept,
  • adhere,
  • adjudge,
  • adjudicate,
  • adjure,
  • adjust,
  • administrate,
  • admirer,
  • admit,
  • admixture,
  • adoration,
  • advanced,
  • advancement,
  • advert,
  • advertise,
  • advertize,
  • advocator,
  • aegis,
  • affect,
  • affiliate,
  • afford,
  • after part,
  • aggress,
  • agitate,
  • agnise,
  • agnize,
  • aim,
  • ain,
  • air sock,
  • airless,
  • airplane pilot,
  • airplane propeller,
  • airscrew,
  • alarm,
  • alarum,
  • alerting,
  • alertness,
  • alike,
  • aliment,
  • alive,
  • all,
  • all the way,
  • allay,
  • alleviate,
  • allot,
  • allow for,
  • alright,
  • altogether,
  • amalgamate,
  • amass,
  • amaze,
  • amend,
  • amends,
  • amnesty,
  • angle,
  • announce,
  • answer,
  • anticipant,
  • anticipate,
  • anticipative,
  • antipathetical,
  • antithetic,
  • antonym,
  • apart,
  • apologise,
  • apologize,
  • apology,
  • apparent,
  • apparition,
  • appealingness,
  • appearance,
  • append,
  • appendage,
  • application,
  • apply,
  • appoint,
  • appraise,
  • appreciation,
  • apprehend,
  • apprenticed,
  • apprise,
  • approach,
  • appropriate,
  • arc,
  • archetype,
  • arcsecond,
  • argufy,
  • arguing,
  • argument,
  • argumentation,
  • argus-eyed,
  • aright,
  • arm,
  • armorial bearing,
  • arouse,
  • array,
  • arrest,
  • arrive,
  • arrogate,
  • articled,
  • articulate,
  • ascendance,
  • ascendancy,
  • ascendence,
  • ascendency,
  • ascent,
  • ascertain,
  • ask for,
  • ask out,
  • assail,
  • assault,
  • assent,
  • assess,
  • assign,
  • assignment,
  • assimilate,
  • assistance,
  • assistant,
  • associate,
  • assoil,
  • assort,
  • assuage,
  • assume,
  • assurance,
  • atomise,
  • atomize,
  • attach to,
  • attain,
  • attempt,
  • attend to,
  • attention,
  • attestant,
  • attestator,
  • attestor,
  • attire,
  • attract,
  • auspices,
  • authorisation,
  • authorise,
  • authority,
  • authorization,
  • authorize,
  • avail,
  • aversion,
  • aviate,
  • avoid,
  • awake,
  • award,
  • awe,
  • baby,
  • back down,
  • back end,
  • back off,
  • backbone,
  • backing,
  • backpack,
  • backpacking,
  • backrest,
  • backside,
  • backtalk,
  • backup,
  • backward,
  • backwards,
  • bad-tempered,
  • baffle,
  • bale out,
  • balk,
  • balky,
  • ballyhoo,
  • bandaged,
  • bang,
  • banish,
  • bank,
  • bard,
  • bare,
  • barge in,
  • barrack,
  • barren,
  • barricade,
  • barroom,
  • base,
  • bash,
  • bathroom,
  • battalion,
  • batten,
  • batten down,
  • batting cage,
  • battlefront,
  • baulk,
  • be given,
  • be intimate,
  • be sick,
  • bear down,
  • bear in mind,
  • bear on,
  • bear witness,
  • bearing,
  • beat,
  • beat back,
  • becloud,
  • become,
  • bed,
  • bedchamber,
  • bedim,
  • bedroom,
  • beef up,
  • befog,
  • befool,
  • beforehand,
  • beg,
  • beg off,
  • beget,
  • begin,
  • behave,
  • behavior,
  • behaviour,
  • behind,
  • beleaguer,
  • belligerent,
  • beloved,
  • belt,
  • berth,
  • beseech,
  • beset,
  • besiege,
  • bespeak,
  • bestow,
  • bestride,
  • bet,
  • bet on,
  • betoken,
  • betterment,
  • beware,
  • bewilder,
  • bid,
  • bidding,
  • big,
  • big top,
  • bilk,
  • bill,
  • billet,
  • billing,
  • bind,
  • binding,
  • birth,
  • birth control device,
  • bit,
  • bitstock,
  • blame,
  • blanket,
  • blare,
  • blaspheme,
  • bleed,
  • blend,
  • block,
  • block off,
  • block up,
  • blood,
  • blow,
  • blur,
  • bluster,
  • boast,
  • body forth,
  • body politic,
  • bodyguard,
  • bolster up,
  • bonk,
  • book,
  • book binding,
  • boom,
  • booster,
  • boot,
  • booty,
  • bop,
  • border,
  • borrow,
  • bosom,
  • bother,
  • bottle up,
  • bottleful,
  • bottom,
  • bounce,
  • boundary,
  • bounds,
  • bourgeois,
  • bow,
  • boxing,
  • braces,
  • bracing,
  • brag,
  • brain,
  • branch,
  • brave,
  • brave out,
  • bread and butter,
  • break,
  • break away,
  • breakwater,
  • breastfeed,
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  • bring out,
  • bring through,
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  • brooch,
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  • browning automatic rifle,
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  • buffer,
  • buffet,
  • bugger off,
  • build,
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  • bump,
  • buncombe,
  • bundle,
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  • bunkum,
  • buns,
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  • bursting charge,
  • bushel,
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  • butt,
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  • button,
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  • buy at,
  • buy off,
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  • buzz off,
  • byssus,
  • cage in,
  • cake,
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  • call,
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  • call forth,
  • caller,
  • camo,
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  • camphor ball,
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  • cant,
  • cant over,
  • canton,
  • cap,
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  • carapace,
  • card,
  • care,
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  • cargo hold,
  • carrefour,
  • carry off,
  • carry out,
  • carry through,
  • carryall,
  • carve up,
  • cash advance,
  • cast,
  • castigate,
  • cat,
  • catch,
  • cater,
  • cathexis,
  • cattle pen,
  • caul,
  • caulk,
  • cause,
  • cede,
  • ceiling,
  • celebrate,
  • cellblock,
  • cerement,
  • challenger,
  • champ,
  • chance on,
  • chance upon,
  • change,
  • channel,
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  • channelize,
  • charge up,
  • charm,
  • charter,
  • chasten,
  • chastise,
  • chaw,
  • check,
  • cheer,
  • cheeseparing,
  • chevvy,
  • chevy,
  • chew,
  • chicken coop,
  • chime in,
  • chip,
  • chisel in,
  • chivvy,
  • chivy,
  • choice,
  • choir,
  • choke,
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  • choke up,
  • choose,
  • chuck,
  • cincture,
  • circle,
  • circuit board,
  • circuit card,
  • circumvent,
  • circus tent,
  • citation,
  • civilise,
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  • cladding,
  • clam,
  • clamber,
  • clap,
  • clarify,
  • class,
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  • clean,
  • clean-cut,
  • clear up,
  • clear-cut,
  • cleared,
  • clearly,
  • clench,
  • climb,
  • climb on,
  • clinch,
  • clique,
  • clog,
  • clog up,
  • close down,
  • close in,
  • close off,
  • close up,
  • close-fitting,
  • closelipped,
  • closely,
  • closemouthed,
  • closet,
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  • closing curtain,
  • clothe,
  • cloud,
  • club,
  • clutch,
  • clutches,
  • coalesce,
  • coating,
  • cocker,
  • cognitive operation,
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  • coin,
  • collar,
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  • collocate with,
  • combat,
  • combine,
  • come,
  • come across,
  • come apart,
  • come back,
  • come in,
  • come to,
  • come together,
  • come upon,
  • comestible,
  • comfortableness,
  • comforter,
  • coming back,
  • commence,
  • comment,
  • commingle,
  • commissioning,
  • commit,
  • committal,
  • committee,
  • commix,
  • commixture,
  • commode,
  • commonwealth,
  • commotion,
  • commove,
  • communicate,
  • compact,
  • companionship,
  • comparable,
  • compeer,
  • compensate,
  • competition,
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  • competitor,
  • compile,
  • complaint,
  • complete,
  • completely,
  • complimentary,
  • comport,
  • compose,
  • composition,
  • comprehend,
  • compress,
  • computer memory,
  • computer storage,
  • comrade,
  • concealment,
  • concede,
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  • concession,
  • conciliate,
  • conclude,
  • conclusion,
  • concord,
  • concur,
  • condescend,
  • condition,
  • confess,
  • confining,
  • conflate,
  • confront,
  • confuse,
  • congest,
  • congratulations,
  • conjoin,
  • conjure,
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  • conk,
  • connive at,
  • connote,
  • conquer,
  • consecrate,
  • consent,
  • conservativist,
  • conserves,
  • consider,
  • consign,
  • consolation,
  • console,
  • constitute,
  • constrain,
  • constrict,
  • construe with,
  • consume,
  • contain,
  • contender,
  • contention,
  • contestation,
  • contraceptive,
  • contraceptive device,
  • contract,
  • contradict,
  • contradictory,
  • contrastive,
  • contravene,
  • contravention,
  • contribute,
  • control board,
  • control condition,
  • control panel,
  • controller,
  • controversy,
  • convalesce,
  • convert,
  • conveyance,
  • cook,
  • cool,
  • cop,
  • cope,
  • correctly,
  • correspond,
  • corresponding,
  • corset,
  • cost increase,
  • costless,
  • costume,
  • coterie,
  • counsel,
  • counsellor,
  • counselor,
  • counselor-at-law,
  • count,
  • counterbalance,
  • countercurrent,
  • counterpunch,
  • country,
  • couple,
  • couplet,
  • course,
  • court,
  • cover charge,
  • covering fire,
  • covert,
  • cow pen,
  • cowcatcher,
  • cower,
  • crabbed,
  • crabby,
  • crapper,
  • crawling,
  • creative thinker,
  • credit,
  • creep,
  • creeping,
  • crest,
  • cringe,
  • crisscross,
  • criticise,
  • criticize,
  • croak,
  • crop,
  • crossbeam,
  • crossbreed,
  • crossbreeding,
  • crosscurrent,
  • crossover,
  • crosspiece,
  • crossroad,
  • crosswalk,
  • crossway,
  • crowd,
  • crown,
  • crown of thorns,
  • crucify,
  • crusade,
  • crush,
  • crystalise,
  • crystalize,
  • crystallise,
  • crystallize,
  • cud,
  • curative,
  • curb,
  • curse,
  • curtail,
  • cuss,
  • custody,
  • cut,
  • cut across,
  • cut back,
  • cut through,
  • cuticle,
  • damages,
  • dark,
  • darkness,
  • darling,
  • date,
  • deaden,
  • deal,
  • deal out,
  • dear,
  • dearest,
  • dearie,
  • deary,
  • debar,
  • decease,
  • decent,
  • decently,
  • decide,
  • decipherable,
  • deck out,
  • deck up,
  • declaration,
  • declare oneself,
  • decline,
  • decriminalise,
  • decriminalize,
  • deduct,
  • deed over,
  • deem,
  • defensive attitude,
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  • define,
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  • delay,
  • delegacy,
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  • delight,
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  • demo,
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  • departure,
  • depend,
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  • depict,
  • depone,
  • deport,
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  • depot,
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  • depute,
  • derriere,
  • descend,
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  • descry,
  • desegregate,
  • desex,
  • desexualise,
  • desexualize,
  • designate,
  • destined,
  • destitute,
  • detached,
  • detain,
  • detect,
  • detention,
  • determine,
  • develop,
  • devoid,
  • devolve,
  • diametric,
  • diametrical,
  • dictation,
  • die,
  • difference,
  • difference of opinion,
  • differentiate,
  • dig in,
  • digest,
  • dim,
  • din,
  • dining table,
  • direction,
  • directly,
  • disappear,
  • discern,
  • discipline,
  • discover,
  • discrepant,
  • discriminate,
  • disembarrass,
  • disencumber,
  • disengage,
  • disentangle,
  • disgorge,
  • disgust,
  • disgustful,
  • disgusting,
  • dish,
  • dish out,
  • dish up,
  • disjoined,
  • dislodge,
  • dismiss,
  • dismissal,
  • dismission,
  • dispatch,
  • dispense,
  • dispense with,
  • displace,
  • display board,
  • display panel,
  • disputation,
  • dissent,
  • dissenting,
  • dissever,
  • dissident,
  • dissolve,
  • distasteful,
  • distich,
  • distinguish,
  • distribute,
  • disunite,
  • divide,
  • do it,
  • doctor,
  • documentation,
  • dodge,
  • dogfight,
  • doings,
  • dole out,
  • dollar,
  • dollar bill,
  • domesticate,
  • domiciliate,
  • dominance,
  • dominate,
  • don,
  • donjon,
  • doorkeeper,
  • dorsum,
  • dos,
  • dramatise,
  • dramatize,
  • drape,
  • draw,
  • draw and quarter,
  • draw out,
  • dress,
  • dribble,
  • drink,
  • drive,
  • drive back,
  • drive home,
  • drogue,
  • drop,
  • dry up,
  • duad,
  • duck,
  • ducky,
  • duet,
  • dumbfound,
  • dungeon,
  • duo,
  • dupe,
  • dustup,
  • dwarf,
  • dwelling,
  • dwelling house,
  • dyad,
  • earmark,
  • earn,
  • ease,
  • ease up,
  • eat,
  • eat up,
  • eatable,
  • economic aid,
  • economic value,
  • economise,
  • economize,
  • ecstasy,
  • edge,
  • edgy,
  • edible,
  • educate,
  • eff,
  • eject,
  • elate,
  • electric arc,
  • electric charge,
  • electric discharge,
  • elevation,
  • elicit,
  • elude,
  • embarrass,
  • embody,
  • embracing,
  • embryonic membrane,
  • emission,
  • emphasis,
  • emphasise,
  • empty,
  • enact,
  • enceinte,
  • enchant,
  • encirclement,
  • encompass,
  • encompassing,
  • encounter,
  • encouragement,
  • encroach,
  • encumbrance,
  • end,
  • ending,
  • endorsement,
  • endow,
  • endue,
  • energise,
  • energize,
  • energy,
  • enfold,
  • engage,
  • engagement,
  • engender,
  • engineer,
  • english,
  • enhance,
  • enjoy,
  • enkindle,
  • enlighten,
  • ennoble,
  • enounce,
  • enquire,
  • enrapture,
  • enshroud,
  • entail,
  • enter,
  • enthral,
  • enthrall,
  • entirely,
  • entomb,
  • entreat,
  • entreaty,
  • entrepot,
  • enunciate,
  • envelop,
  • environ,
  • environment,
  • environs,
  • envision,
  • enwrap,
  • equal,
  • equalise,
  • equalize,
  • equate,
  • erect,
  • eruption,
  • escape,
  • espy,
  • essay,
  • esteem,
  • evade,
  • evaluate,
  • even off,
  • even out,
  • even up,
  • evidence,
  • evident,
  • evoke,
  • exalt,
  • exaltation,
  • examine,
  • exceed,
  • excess,
  • excise,
  • excite,
  • exclaim,
  • exclude,
  • exclusive right,
  • exculpated,
  • exculpation,
  • execute,
  • exert,
  • exhaust,
  • exhort,
  • exit,
  • exonerated,
  • expect,
  • expel,
  • expelling,
  • experience,
  • expiration,
  • expire,
  • explicate,
  • exploratory survey,
  • explosive charge,
  • exponent,
  • expose,
  • express,
  • expunge,
  • extend,
  • extol,
  • extra,
  • extradite,
  • face,
  • face fungus,
  • face pack,
  • facilitate,
  • faithful,
  • fall,
  • fall apart,
  • fall upon,
  • fancy up,
  • fanny,
  • fantasy,
  • farm,
  • farther,
  • fasten,
  • fasten on,
  • father,
  • favored,
  • favorite,
  • favour,
  • favourite,
  • fawn,
  • fear,
  • feast,
  • feather,
  • featherbed,
  • feed bunk,
  • feed in,
  • feeding bottle,
  • feeler,
  • feign,
  • fell,
  • fellow,
  • fellow traveler,
  • fellow traveller,
  • fellowship,
  • fence,
  • fence in,
  • fend for,
  • fender,
  • fertilise,
  • fertilize,
  • fetch,
  • fifth wheel,
  • fig out,
  • fig up,
  • fight down,
  • fight off,
  • fighter,
  • fighting,
  • figure,
  • figure out,
  • figurehead,
  • file,
  • fill,
  • fill up,
  • film,
  • finagle,
  • finale,
  • finalise,
  • finalize,
  • financial aid,
  • financial backing,
  • financial support,
  • find,
  • find out,
  • fine,
  • finis,
  • finish,
  • fire,
  • fire hydrant,
  • fireplug,
  • firing,
  • firing off,
  • firm,
  • firmness,
  • fit,
  • fit in,
  • fixate,
  • fixing,
  • fixture,
  • flack,
  • flak,
  • flake,
  • flavor,
  • flavour,
  • fleck,
  • flirt with,
  • flop,
  • flow,
  • flummox,
  • flush,
  • flux,
  • fly,
  • focus,
  • foe,
  • foeman,
  • fog,
  • foil,
  • fold,
  • follow,
  • fondness,
  • fool,
  • foot race,
  • footrace,
  • forbear,
  • forbid,
  • force,
  • force back,
  • force out,
  • ford,
  • forebode,
  • foreclose,
  • forepart,
  • foresee,
  • forestall,
  • foretell,
  • forget,
  • forgiveness,
  • fork,
  • form,
  • formalise,
  • formalize,
  • fort,
  • forward motion,
  • fosterage,
  • fostering,
  • foul,
  • found,
  • fountain,
  • foursquare,
  • fourth,
  • fourth part,
  • free pardon,
  • free people,
  • free-for-all,
  • freeing,
  • freestanding,
  • freeze down,
  • freezing,
  • frequent,
  • friction match,
  • friend,
  • front crawl,
  • front end,
  • front line,
  • front man,
  • frost,
  • fruit,
  • frustrate,
  • frustration,
  • frustrative,
  • fuck off,
  • fudge,
  • fulfil,
  • fulfill,
  • fulminate,
  • function,
  • fund,
  • fundament,
  • funding,
  • furbish up,
  • furcate,
  • furnish,
  • furring strip,
  • fuse,
  • fuss,
  • fussy,
  • gage,
  • gain,
  • gain ground,
  • gain vigor,
  • gainsay,
  • gallus,
  • game,
  • gameboard,
  • gang,
  • gaol,
  • garner,
  • gas,
  • gasconade,
  • gather,
  • gather in,
  • gather up,
  • gear up,
  • gem,
  • generate,
  • genius,
  • gentle,
  • gestate,
  • get a line,
  • get across,
  • get ahead,
  • get along,
  • get back,
  • get by,
  • get down,
  • get hitched with,
  • get hold of,
  • get in,
  • get it on,
  • get laid,
  • get married,
  • get on,
  • get over,
  • get wind,
  • get word,
  • get-up-and-go,
  • getting even,
  • ghost,
  • gibe,
  • gift,
  • gild,
  • ginmill,
  • gird,
  • give,
  • give back,
  • give birth,
  • give ear,
  • give in,
  • give notice,
  • give suck,
  • give the axe,
  • give up,
  • give way,
  • glorify,
  • gloss over,
  • go,
  • go against,
  • go along,
  • go back,
  • go down,
  • go forward,
  • go in,
  • go into,
  • go off,
  • go on,
  • go past,
  • go to,
  • go under,
  • going,
  • good,
  • grade,
  • grapple,
  • grasp,
  • gratify,
  • gratis,
  • gratuitous,
  • gravel,
  • gravid,
  • great,
  • greet,
  • grievance,
  • grip,
  • groin,
  • gross out,
  • grouchy,
  • ground,
  • grounds,
  • grovel,
  • grow,
  • groyne,
  • grudge,
  • grumpy,
  • gruntle,
  • guard duty,
  • guardianship,
  • guess,
  • guff,
  • guide,
  • guild,
  • guise,
  • gull,
  • gussy up,
  • gust,
  • habitation,
  • hack,
  • haggle,
  • haggling,
  • hallow,
  • halt,
  • hand over,
  • handgrip,
  • handicap,
  • handout,
  • hang,
  • hang in,
  • hang on,
  • happen upon,
  • harass,
  • harbour,
  • harden,
  • hark back,
  • harmonise,
  • harmonize,
  • harry,
  • hatch,
  • have,
  • have a go at it,
  • have got,
  • have intercourse,
  • have it away,
  • have it off,
  • have sex,
  • hazard,
  • haze over,
  • head,
  • head covering,
  • head off,
  • heal,
  • hear,
  • hearty,
  • heave,
  • heavy,
  • hedgerow,
  • hedging,
  • heed,
  • height,
  • heighten,
  • help oneself,
  • helper,
  • hem in,
  • hencoop,
  • heraldic bearing,
  • hero,
  • hiatus,
  • hidden,
  • hide out,
  • high-strung,
  • highly strung,
  • hike,
  • hike up,
  • hind,
  • hind end,
  • hinder,
  • hindering,
  • hindquarters,
  • hindrance,
  • hint,
  • hire,
  • hitch,
  • hive away,
  • hive up,
  • hoard,
  • hoarded wealth,
  • hogwash,
  • hokum,
  • hold close,
  • hold in,
  • hold off,
  • hold on,
  • hold open,
  • hold out,
  • hold over,
  • hold tight,
  • hold up,
  • holdall,
  • home,
  • homecoming,
  • honey,
  • honk,
  • honour,
  • hook,
  • hook on,
  • hook up with,
  • hoopla,
  • hop on,
  • hope,
  • horse,
  • hospital ward,
  • hostel,
  • hostelry,
  • hotshot,
  • household,
  • humeral veil,
  • hump,
  • hunky-dory,
  • hunt,
  • hunt down,
  • hunting lodge,
  • husband,
  • hush up,
  • hybrid,
  • hybridisation,
  • hybridise,
  • hybridization,
  • hybridize,
  • hybridizing,
  • hype,
  • hypersensitised,
  • hypersensitive,
  • hypersensitized,
  • idea,
  • idolise,
  • ilk,
  • ill-sorted,
  • ill-tempered,
  • illuminate,
  • illusion,
  • image,
  • imbibe,
  • immerse,
  • immix,
  • immobilise,
  • immobilize,
  • impart,
  • impede,
  • impediment,
  • impeding,
  • imperativeness,
  • impinge,
  • impinge on,
  • imprecate,
  • impregnable,
  • impress,
  • imprimatur,
  • imprison,
  • improvement,
  • impulse,
  • in advance,
  • inappropriate,
  • inauspicious,
  • incarcerate,
  • incarnate,
  • inclination,
  • incline,
  • inclose,
  • income tax return,
  • incriminate,
  • incubate,
  • inculpate,
  • incumbrance,
  • incur,
  • indemnification,
  • indemnity,
  • indentured,
  • indigence,
  • indisposed,
  • indite,
  • indorse,
  • induce,
  • indue,
  • informant,
  • infringe,
  • ingathering,
  • ingest,
  • ingroup,
  • inhibit,
  • inhume,
  • inn,
  • inner circle,
  • innocent,
  • input,
  • inquire,
  • insert,
  • insinuate,
  • insistence,
  • insistency,
  • insomniac,
  • inspire,
  • instal,
  • install,
  • instant,
  • institute,
  • institutionalise,
  • institutionalize,
  • instruct,
  • instruction,
  • instrument panel,
  • insubordinate,
  • integrate,
  • intellect,
  • inter,
  • interbreed,
  • interbreeding,
  • interference,
  • intermixture,
  • intersect,
  • intersection,
  • intimate,
  • intoxicate,
  • intrench,
  • introduce,
  • intrude,
  • inveigh,
  • inverse,
  • invest,
  • inviolable,
  • invite,
  • invite out,
  • invoke,
  • involve,
  • iron,
  • iron out,
  • irregular,
  • isolate,
  • isolated,
  • issue,
  • itch,
  • jabber,
  • jade,
  • jail,
  • jam,
  • jazz,
  • jerk,
  • jetty,
  • jib,
  • jibe,
  • jimmy,
  • jittery,
  • joust,
  • judge,
  • judgement,
  • judgment,
  • jug,
  • jump,
  • jumpy,
  • junk,
  • justificative,
  • justificatory,
  • justly,
  • keep abreast,
  • keep back,
  • keep company,
  • keep guard,
  • keep in line,
  • keep on,
  • keep open,
  • keep out,
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  • kick,
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  • kindle,
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  • knocking,
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  • kudos,
  • label,
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  • lace,
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  • lag,
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  • land,
  • large,
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  • law,
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  • lay to rest,
  • lead,
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  • learn,
  • lease,
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  • lend,
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  • light,
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  • limit,
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  • lip,
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  • list,
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  • live with,
  • livelihood,
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  • load,
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  • loath,
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  • lobworm,
  • localisation,
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  • locate,
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  • location,
  • lock,
  • long horse,
  • long pillow,
  • look,
  • look across,
  • look at,
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  • look up to,
  • looker,
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  • loose,
  • loot,
  • loss,
  • lot,
  • loth,
  • love life,
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  • lucifer,
  • lugsail,
  • lugworm,
  • luxuriate,
  • mainsheet,
  • make,
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  • making love,
  • male plug,
  • maneuver,
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  • mansion,
  • manumit,
  • march,
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  • mark,
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  • mash,
  • masking,
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  • master,
  • mastermind,
  • mastery,
  • mate,
  • materialistic,
  • mates,
  • maven,
  • mean,
  • meaninglessness,
  • measure,
  • mechanical press,
  • meet,
  • meld,
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  • melt down,
  • memory,
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  • memory cache,
  • menage,
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  • mental process,
  • mention,
  • meow,
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  • mesh,
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  • mightily,
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  • militant,
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  • mingle,
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  • mist,
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  • mo,
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  • moderate,
  • mole,
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  • moment,
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  • motivation,
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  • mount,
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  • mouth,
  • move,
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  • movement,
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  • multitude,
  • musical accompaniment,
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  • muster out,
  • mystify,
  • nab,
  • nag,
  • nail,
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  • name,
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  • narrate,
  • nates,
  • nation,
  • natural covering,
  • natural spring,
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  • navigate,
  • near,
  • neglect,
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  • nervy,
  • net,
  • news report,
  • nicety,
  • nigh,
  • nock,
  • nominal head,
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  • nonplus,
  • nonsense,
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  • nontaxable,
  • nose,
  • note,
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  • notice,
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  • nous,
  • nowadays,
  • nuance,
  • nuke,
  • nursemaid,
  • nursing bottle,
  • nutrify,
  • oasis,
  • objection,
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  • observance,
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  • obstinate,
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  • offence,
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  • offer,
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  • okey,
  • omit,
  • one,
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  • one-fourth,
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  • onward motion,
  • open,
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  • operate on,
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  • opponent,
  • opposite word,
  • opposition,
  • oppress,
  • orchestrate,
  • order,
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  • original,
  • out or keeping,
  • outflow,
  • outgrowth,
  • outlet,
  • outline,
  • outlook,
  • outpouring,
  • output,
  • overcloud,
  • overcompensate,
  • overdress,
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  • overhear,
  • overlay,
  • overleap,
  • overshadow,
  • overstep,
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  • overtop,
  • overture,
  • pabulum,
  • pacify,
  • packing material,
  • pad,
  • paint a picture,
  • pair,
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  • paladin,
  • palisade,
  • pall,
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  • palpable,
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  • parent,
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  • part,
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  • partiality,
  • party,
  • party favor,
  • pass,
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  • pass away,
  • pass on,
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  • passing,
  • passion,
  • patch up,
  • patent,
  • patron,
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  • pauperism,
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  • peak,
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  • peck,
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  • penalise,
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  • penitentiary,
  • penny-pinching,
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  • pep up,
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  • permission,
  • perpetration,
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  • phiz,
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  • pick apart,
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  • pillage,
  • pillory,
  • pilot burner,
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  • pinch,
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  • pink,
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  • pit,
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  • planetary house,
  • plank,
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  • plant,
  • play,
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  • plurality,
  • ply,
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  • polar,
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  • positron emission tomography,
  • possess,
  • post,
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  • posture,
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  • prat,
  • prayer,
  • preach,
  • precaution,
  • precautional,
  • precise,
  • preclude,
  • preclusion,
  • predict,
  • prefer,
  • preferred,
  • premix,
  • preparation,
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  • presence,
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  • preserves,
  • president grant,
  • press out,
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  • prevail,
  • prevention,
  • prey,
  • prime,
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  • printing press,
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  • procedure,
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  • procure,
  • produce,
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  • prognosticate,
  • program line,
  • progress,
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  • project,
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  • promulgate,
  • prop up,
  • proper,
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  • property,
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  • prorogue,
  • protagonist,
  • protective cover,
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  • protestation,
  • provender,
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  • province,
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  • provoke,
  • prune,
  • pry,
  • psyche,
  • public debate,
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  • publish,
  • puff,
  • puke,
  • pull,
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  • pull together,
  • punch,
  • punctuate,
  • punt,
  • pureness,
  • purgation,
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  • push back,
  • push button,
  • pushing,
  • put away,
  • put behind bars,
  • put in,
  • put one across,
  • put one over,
  • put out,
  • put over,
  • puzzle,
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  • qualify,
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  • quilt,
  • quotation,
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  • rabbit on,
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  • rack up,
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  • rail off,
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  • ramify,
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  • rap,
  • rapture,
  • raptus,
  • rate,
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  • rattling,
  • rave,
  • ravel,
  • ravish,
  • reach,
  • react,
  • read,
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  • ready,
  • realise,
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  • reappearance,
  • rearing,
  • rearward,
  • rearwards,
  • reason out,
  • reasonableness,
  • reassert,
  • reassign,
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  • rebound,
  • rebuff,
  • recall,
  • receipt,
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  • recite,
  • reckon,
  • reclaim,
  • recognise,
  • recoil,
  • reconcile,
  • reconnoitering,
  • reconnoitring,
  • record,
  • recount,
  • recoup,
  • recruit,
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  • recurrence,
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  • redundant,
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  • reenforcement,
  • refer,
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  • refine,
  • refinement,
  • reform,
  • refund,
  • refuse,
  • regain,
  • regaining,
  • regenerate,
  • register,
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  • reinforcement,
  • reject,
  • rejoinder,
  • relegate,
  • relent,
  • relinquish,
  • rely,
  • remain,
  • remand,
  • remediate,
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  • remedy,
  • remember,
  • remission,
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  • remove,
  • rend,
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  • rent,
  • repair,
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  • repeat,
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  • replication,
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  • repugn,
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  • reputation,
  • request,
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  • rescue,
  • reserve,
  • reside,
  • resign,
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  • resistant,
  • resoluteness,
  • resolution,
  • resound,
  • respect,
  • respite,
  • restitution,
  • restive,
  • restoration,
  • restore,
  • restrain,
  • restraint,
  • resume,
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  • retch,
  • retrieve,
  • retrovert,
  • return key,
  • revalue,
  • revenge,
  • reverberate,
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  • revers,
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  • revolt,
  • revolting,
  • reward,
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  • rid,
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  • ride,
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  • right field,
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  • rill,
  • ring,
  • ripe,
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  • roll up,
  • romance,
  • room,
  • root,
  • rot,
  • roue,
  • rough-and-tumble,
  • round,
  • round top,
  • rouse,
  • rowing,
  • rubbish,
  • ruckus,
  • ruction,
  • ruffle,
  • rump,
  • run afoul,
  • run away,
  • run for,
  • run into,
  • run-in,
  • runnel,
  • running,
  • running game,
  • running play,
  • runway,
  • rush,
  • sack,
  • sack up,
  • sacking,
  • saddle,
  • safe,
  • safe-conduct,
  • safety,
  • safety device,
  • saint,
  • salary increase,
  • saloon,
  • salt away,
  • saltation,
  • salute,
  • salve,
  • same,
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  • sash,
  • sassing,
  • satisfying,
  • savage,
  • save up,
  • sawbuck,
  • sawhorse,
  • scanty,
  • scarper,
  • scat,
  • scattergun,
  • scavenge,
  • school,
  • scoop,
  • scoop out,
  • scoop up,
  • scotch,
  • scour,
  • scout,
  • scram,
  • scramble,
  • scratch,
  • screen out,
  • screening,
  • scuffle hoe,
  • sea mew,
  • seal off,
  • seaport,
  • seat,
  • seawall,
  • sec,
  • secern,
  • secernate,
  • second base,
  • second gear,
  • second power,
  • secondly,
  • secondment,
  • secretive,
  • security,
  • seduce,
  • see,
  • see to it,
  • seize on,
  • select,
  • self-contradictory,
  • self-justification,
  • send,
  • send away,
  • send back,
  • send word,
  • sensation,
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  • sensitised,
  • sensitized,
  • sentry,
  • sentry duty,
  • sentry go,
  • sequester,
  • sequestrate,
  • sequestration,
  • serve up,
  • serve well,
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  • set,
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  • set ahead,
  • set down,
  • set on,
  • set out,
  • set up,
  • settee,
  • settle down,
  • severalise,
  • severalize,
  • sexual conquest,
  • sexual love,
  • shack,
  • shade off,
  • shadiness,
  • shadower,
  • shadowiness,
  • shake,
  • sham,
  • shamble,
  • shed light on,
  • sheepherder,
  • sheepman,
  • sheet,
  • shell,
  • shell out,
  • shelve,
  • shew,
  • shift,
  • shin,
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  • ship,
  • ship's company,
  • shipping,
  • shock,
  • shock absorber,
  • shoot,
  • shoot a line,
  • shop,
  • shop at,
  • shore,
  • show up,
  • showing,
  • shrine,
  • shuffle,
  • shut,
  • shut down,
  • sick,
  • side of meat,
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  • sidestep,
  • sieve,
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  • sign of the zodiac,
  • signal,
  • silver screen,
  • similar,
  • single out,
  • sink,
  • sire,
  • situate,
  • skanky,
  • sketch,
  • skin,
  • skinny,
  • skip,
  • skip over,
  • skirt,
  • slacken,
  • slang,
  • sleek over,
  • sleep with,
  • sleeping room,
  • sleepless,
  • sleuth,
  • slop,
  • slope,
  • slosh,
  • slump,
  • smash,
  • smasher,
  • smiler,
  • smother,
  • snag,
  • snappy,
  • snipe,
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  • snub,
  • snuff it,
  • snug,
  • soak up,
  • social movement,
  • society,
  • soften,
  • solace,
  • solicitation,
  • solid,
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  • sorb,
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  • sound out,
  • sound reflection,
  • span,
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  • specify,
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  • spike,
  • spill,
  • spillage,
  • spinal column,
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  • splosh,
  • spoil,
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  • spotter,
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  • spread over,
  • springiness,
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  • stag,
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  • statement,
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  • storage,
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  • story,
  • straight,
  • straighten out,
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  • strain,
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  • strawman,
  • streak,
  • streamlet,
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  • stripe,
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  • subtlety,
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  • subvention,
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  • suckle,
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  • summit,
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  • superlative,
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  • surrender,
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  • swan,
  • swash,
  • swear out,
  • sweep,
  • sweep up,
  • swing,
  • table,
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  • tame,
  • tamp,
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  • taproom,
  • target,
  • tax return,
  • tax shelter,
  • tear,
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  • teetotum,
  • tell apart,
  • temper,
  • ten-strike,
  • tending,
  • tenseness,
  • tension,
  • terminate,
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  • theme,
  • therapeutic,
  • think,
  • think about,
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  • thinker,
  • thrill,
  • throne,
  • throng,
  • throttle,
  • throw,
  • throw out,
  • throw up,
  • thrust,
  • thwart,
  • thwartwise,
  • ticker,
  • ticket tout,
  • tide over,
  • tide rip,
  • tight,
  • tightlipped,
  • time lag,
  • time of year,
  • time value,
  • timid,
  • tin,
  • tin can,
  • tincture,
  • tint,
  • tip,
  • tipster,
  • tiptop,
  • title,
  • title-holder,
  • toast,
  • tog out,
  • tog up,
  • tone,
  • tone ending,
  • tone-beginning,
  • tooshie,
  • top of the inning,
  • top off,
  • top side,
  • totally,
  • tote bag,
  • touch,
  • touch on,
  • touter,
  • toy with,
  • trace,
  • track,
  • track down,
  • trade protection,
  • train,
  • trammel,
  • transcend,
  • transfer of training,
  • transferee,
  • transference,
  • transferral,
  • transit,
  • transmit,
  • transom,
  • transplant,
  • transportation,
  • transpose,
  • transversal,
  • transverse,
  • trash,
  • trave,
  • traversal,
  • treat,
  • trench,
  • trial,
  • tribute,
  • trick out,
  • trick up,
  • trim,
  • trophy,
  • trouble,
  • troupe,
  • trust,
  • try,
  • try for,
  • try out,
  • tug,
  • tumult,
  • turn,
  • turn around,
  • turn away,
  • turn back,
  • turn in,
  • turn over,
  • turn tail,
  • turn up,
  • tush,
  • tussle,
  • tutelage,
  • twain,
  • twenty-five percent,
  • twin,
  • twosome,
  • unafraid,
  • unaired,
  • unassailable,
  • unattackable,
  • unblock,
  • unbosom,
  • unclouded,
  • unclutter,
  • uncongenial,
  • unconscious process,
  • undercover agent,
  • undergird,
  • underline,
  • underpin,
  • underscore,
  • understanding,
  • unembellished,
  • unfitting,
  • unfreeze,
  • unfriendly,
  • unify,
  • unknown,
  • unload,
  • unloose,
  • unloosen,
  • unmediated,
  • unmistakable,
  • unmortgaged,
  • unnoticeable,
  • unornamented,
  • unravel,
  • unreasoning,
  • unreconcilable,
  • unsex,
  • unsighted,
  • unsuited,
  • unsung,
  • untangle,
  • untoward,
  • untroubled,
  • upbringing,
  • upchuck,
  • upgrade,
  • upheaval,
  • upper side,
  • upside,
  • upthrow,
  • upthrust,
  • urge on,
  • use up,
  • ussher,
  • vague,
  • valuate,
  • vaporise,
  • vaporize,
  • vaulting horse,
  • vaunt,
  • velum,
  • veneer,
  • veneration,
  • vent,
  • venting,
  • venture,
  • veracious,
  • verb phrase,
  • verbatim,
  • vertebral column,
  • vestige,
  • vex,
  • victuals,
  • view,
  • view as,
  • viewer,
  • vigil,
  • vilify,
  • vindicated,
  • virtuoso,
  • visage,
  • visualise,
  • visualize,
  • vituperate,
  • vomit,
  • vomit up,
  • vouch,
  • wad,
  • wadding,
  • wage hike,
  • wage increase,
  • waistband,
  • waistcloth,
  • wait,
  • waiver,
  • wakeful,
  • wakefulness,
  • walk out,
  • wangle,
  • want,
  • war-ridden,
  • wardrobe,
  • warfare,
  • warning signal,
  • warrantee,
  • warranty,
  • wassail,
  • watch out,
  • watcher,
  • watchfulness,
  • wayward,
  • wear,
  • weather,
  • weather eye,
  • weather sheet,
  • wed,
  • wedge,
  • weigh,
  • weightlift,
  • well-defined,
  • whack,
  • whang,
  • whap,
  • whirligig,
  • whiskers,
  • whiz,
  • whizz,
  • whole,
  • wholly,
  • whop,
  • wicked,
  • wield,
  • win,
  • win over,
  • wind,
  • wind sleeve,
  • wind sock,
  • winding-clothes,
  • winding-sheet,
  • window-dress,
  • windsock,
  • wipe,
  • wish,
  • with child,
  • withdraw,
  • witnesser,
  • wiz,
  • wizard,
  • wobble,
  • woo,
  • words,
  • work,
  • work on,
  • work out,
  • work stoppage,
  • work up,
  • wraith,
  • wrangling,
  • wrap,
  • wrap up,
  • wreak,
  • write,
  • write up,
  • yoke,
  • yucky,
  • zippy,
  • black market,
  • built in bed,
  • cover version,
  • cover song,
  • rear end,
  • right hand,
  • written report,
  • wind cone,
  • good time,
  • screenland,
  • constabulary,
  • right wing,
  • legal residence,
  • mavin,
  • superstar,
  • square toes,
  • dirty money,
  • drop off,
  • get up,
  • turn out,
  • break up,
  • make up,
  • put on,
  • have a bun in the oven,
  • run up,
  • take away,
  • break in,
  • come along,
  • shape up,
  • ramp up,
  • blot out,
  • cash in one's chips,
  • give-up the ghost,
  • cut in,
  • turn on,
  • put off,
  • fill in,
  • make believe,
  • run on,
  • put down,
  • manoeuver,
  • weight-lift,
  • pull in,
  • sit down,
  • pull off,
  • hedge in,
  • get under one's skin,
  • shoot down,
  • hightail it,
  • head for the hills,
  • take to the woods,
  • fly the coop,
  • fork over,
  • fork out,
  • fork up,
  • give the sack,
  • do by,
  • pull through,
  • rip off,
  • co-occur with,
  • come with,
  • 2nd,
  • 2d,
  • face to face,
  • filmdom,
  • babysit,
  • sit around,
  • sleep together,
  • social club,
  • best-loved,
  • circumferent,
  • preferent,
  • breast,
  • deposit,
  • hole,
  • pot,
  • screw,
  • slant,
  • swallow,
  • toilet,
  • barf,
  • suck,
  • queer,
  • firmness of purpose,
  • ass,
  • molest,
  • poop,
  • arse,
  • fuck,
  • henhouse,
  • video display,
  • orthodontic braces,
  • masquerade party,
  • move through,
  • root on,
  • heel counter,
  • physical process,
  • sleeping accommodation,
  • erotic love,
  • one-quarter,
  • ok,
  • all right,
  • set aside,
  • knock down,
  • set back,
  • carry-over,
  • come on,
  • die hard,
  • freeze out,
  • hero-worship,
  • make-believe,
  • plug-in,
  • put-down,
  • right-hand,
  • wet-nurse,
  • face-to-face,
  • economic assistance,
  • drop dead,
  • add-in,
  • financial assistance,
  • aaron montgomery ward,
  • confine to,
  • united states department of state,
  • air-sleeve.

Antonyms for De fending:

• adj.

  • defensive
    unwatchful, undefensive, unprotective, unwary.
  • opposed
    friendly, in favor of, kind.
  • opposed/opposing
    similar, helping, Assisting, compatible, Aiding.

• v.

  • acknowledge
    disavow, repudiate, refuse, invalidate, abjure, disregard, disallow, contradict, decline, dispute, veto, disagree, forswear.
  • advocate
    decrease, conceal, assail, hide, block, hinder, impugn, halt, prevent, dissuade, criticize, undermine.
  • answer
    ask, allow, prove, agree, wonder, question, request.
  • argue
    disclaim, confuse, abstain, obscure, comply, overlook, stop, keep quiet, withhold, harmonize, cover, keep silent.
  • barricade
    open.
  • champion
    be against.
  • cherish
    despise, disparage, destroy, not care, starve, hate, denounce, dislike, detest, scorn, deprive, turn away, abhor, disrespect, dishonor.
  • claim
    answer, give, disbelieve.
  • contend
    give in, divide, cede, retreat, unmix, separate.
  • contest
    yield, concur.
  • convoy
    avoid, take, shun.
  • cover
    leave alone, lay out, exclude, unwrap, lay open, lay bare.
  • defend
    harm, accuse, punish, help, squander, ignore, assist, give up, endanger, release, uncover, attack, blame, waste, lose, make peace, forget, protest, reveal, oppose, sentence, injure, forsake, let go, condemn, desert, abandon, surrender, neglect, discourage, renounce, reject, deny, leave, support, aid, resign, quit, hurt, disapprove, relinquish.
  • endorse
    censure, Unauthorize, repel.
  • espouse
    divorce.
  • excuse
    incite, charge, irritate, aggravate, maintain, hold, limit, damn, restrain, keep.
  • fence
    loose, free, face, meet, uncoop, set free.
  • harbor
    let out, eject.
  • justify
    convict, incriminate, disprove.
  • keep
    discontinue, consume, disperse, cease, let happen, hand over, mismanage.
  • maintain
    discard.
  • mask
    expose, divulge, disclose, show, unmask, tell.
  • preserve
    ruin, use, spend.
  • revenge
    forgive, fail, sympathize, depart, pardon.
  • save
    leave open, make vulnerable, confine, throw away.
  • screen
    join.
  • secure
    unfasten, untie, forfeit, loosen.
  • sustain
    obstruct, let down, abbreviate, shorten, weaken, trouble.
  • uphold
    fall, drop, lower, depress, lessen.
  • warrant
    retract, break.