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- elephantine
collapse - of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp" related words >
- Atlantean,
- Brobdingnagian,
- Cyclopean,
- Gargantuan,
- Herculean,
- Homeric,
- Latinate,
- abysmal,
- arid,
- astronomic,
- awkward,
- barren,
- blah,
- blank,
- bloodless,
- bombastic,
- bulky,
- characterless,
- clumsy,
- cold,
- colorless,
- colossal,
- cramped,
- cumbersome,
- cumbrous,
- dead,
- dismal,
- draggy,
- drearisome,
- dreary,
- dry,
- dryasdust,
- dull,
- dusty,
- effete,
- elephantlike,
- empty,
- enormous,
- epic,
- etiolated,
- fade,
- flat,
- forced,
- formal,
- gargantuan,
- giant,
- giantlike,
- gigantic,
- graceless,
- guinde,
- halting,
- heavy,
- heavy-handed,
- heroic,
- ho-hum,
- hollow,
- huge,
- hulking,
- hulky,
- immense,
- inane,
- inexcitable,
- infinite,
- inkhorn,
- insipid,
- jejune,
- jumbo,
- labored,
- leaden,
- lifeless,
- low-spirited,
- lubberly,
- lumbering,
- lumpish,
- lumpy,
- maladroit,
- mammoth,
- massive,
- massy,
- mighty,
- monster,
- monstrous,
- monumental,
- mountainous,
- pale,
- pallid,
- pedestrian,
- plodding,
- pointless,
- poky,
- pompous,
- ponderous,
- prodigious,
- profound,
- sesquipedalian,
- slow,
- solemn,
- spiritless,
- sterile,
- stiff,
- stilted,
- stodgy,
- stuffy,
- stupendous,
- superficial,
- tasteless,
- tedious,
- titanic,
- towering,
- tremendous,
- turgid,
- ungraceful,
- uninspired,
- unlively,
- unwieldy,
- vapid,
- vast,
- wooden
- parry
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- (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack" related words >
- about the bush,
- answer,
- answer conclusively,
- argue down,
- around the bush,
- back and fill,
- beat about,
- beat around,
- beat off,
- beg the question,
- bicker,
- block,
- boggle,
- cavil,
- check,
- choplogic,
- confound,
- confute,
- contradict,
- controvert,
- counter,
- crush,
- defeat,
- demolish,
- deny,
- dismiss,
- dispose of,
- dodge,
- drive back,
- duck,
- equivocate,
- evade,
- evade the issue,
- fence,
- fend,
- fend off,
- finish,
- floor,
- hedge,
- hem and haw,
- hinder,
- hold at bay,
- hold off,
- hum and haw,
- keep at bay,
- keep off,
- mince the truth,
- mince words,
- mystify,
- nitpick,
- nonplus,
- obscure,
- obstruct,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- overwhelm,
- palter,
- pick nits,
- prevaricate,
- pull away,
- pull back,
- push back,
- pussyfoot,
- put back,
- put off,
- put to silence,
- quibble,
- rebuff,
- rebut,
- recoil,
- reduce to silence,
- refute,
- repel,
- repulse,
- settle,
- sheer off,
- shift,
- shift off,
- shrink,
- shuffle,
- shut up,
- shy,
- shy away,
- shy off,
- sidestep,
- silence,
- smash all opposition,
- split hairs,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stave off,
- step aside,
- stop,
- subvert,
- swerve,
- tergiversate,
- turn aside,
- undermine,
- upset,
- waffle,
- ward off,
- weasel
- Indian file,
- alternation,
- annual period,
- array,
- articulation,
- bank,
- baseball season,
- basketball season,
- beat,
- buzz,
- catena,
- catenation,
- chain,
- chain reaction,
- chaining,
- cold season,
- concatenation,
- concert season,
- connection,
- consecution,
- continuum,
- course,
- cycle,
- cyclicalness,
- descent,
- drone,
- dry season,
- endless belt,
- endless round,
- file,
- filiation,
- fluctuation,
- football season,
- frequency,
- frequency band,
- frequency spectrum,
- gamut,
- gradation,
- harmonic motion,
- hum,
- intermittence,
- intermittency,
- libration,
- line,
- lineage,
- meter,
- monotone,
- nexus,
- nutation,
- off season,
- oscillation,
- pendulation,
- pendulum,
- pendulum motion,
- period,
- periodicalness,
- piston motion,
- plenum,
- powder train,
- progression,
- pulsation,
- queue,
- rainy season,
- range,
- rank,
- reappearance,
- recurrence,
- regular wave motion,
- reoccurrence,
- resonance,
- resonance frequency,
- reticulation,
- return,
- rhythm,
- rotation,
- round,
- routine,
- row,
- run,
- scale,
- season,
- seasonableness,
- seasonality,
- sequence,
- series,
- single file,
- social season,
- spectrum,
- string,
- succession,
- swath,
- the season,
- thread,
- tier,
- time of year,
- train,
- undulation,
- vacillation,
- vibrancy,
- vibratility,
- vibration,
- wavering,
- windrow
- hover
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- hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
- move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in the corner"
- be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement" related words >
- aeroplane,
- airlift,
- airplane,
- approach,
- around,
- ascend,
- aspire,
- await,
- back down,
- balance,
- balloon,
- be airborne,
- be imminent,
- be in store,
- become airborne,
- brew,
- clasp,
- claw skyward,
- cling to,
- come on,
- confront,
- cruise,
- dance,
- debate,
- deliberate,
- demur,
- draw near,
- draw nigh,
- draw on,
- drift,
- face,
- falter,
- fear,
- ferry,
- flicker,
- flit,
- flitter,
- float,
- flutter,
- fly,
- fly aloft,
- follow close upon,
- forthcome,
- gain altitude,
- gather,
- glide,
- go with,
- hang,
- hang about,
- hang around,
- hang back,
- hang over,
- hem and haw,
- hesitate,
- hop,
- hover over,
- huddle,
- hug,
- hug the shore,
- hum and haw,
- hydroplane,
- impend,
- jet,
- jib,
- keep close to,
- kite,
- leave the ground,
- levitate,
- lie by,
- lie over,
- linger,
- loiter,
- loom,
- lower,
- march with,
- menace,
- navigate,
- near,
- overhang,
- pause,
- plane,
- poise,
- ponder,
- pull back,
- retreat,
- rise,
- sail,
- sailplane,
- scruple,
- seaplane,
- shilly-shally,
- shy,
- soar,
- spire,
- stand by,
- stay inshore,
- stay near,
- stick at,
- stickle,
- stop to consider,
- straddle the fence,
- strain at,
- tailgate,
- take off,
- take the air,
- take wing,
- think twice about,
- threaten,
- volplane,
- wait,
- wing,
- withdraw,
- yield,
- zoom
- warble
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- a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly
- sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below related words >
- air,
- anthem,
- ballad,
- bark,
- bawl,
- bellow,
- blare,
- blat,
- blubber,
- boom,
- bray,
- breathe,
- buzz,
- cackle,
- call,
- carol,
- caw,
- chant,
- chatter,
- cheep,
- chirk,
- chirp,
- chirr,
- chirrup,
- chitter,
- choir,
- chorus,
- chuck,
- clack,
- cluck,
- cock-a-doodle-doo,
- coo,
- croak,
- cronk,
- croon,
- crow,
- cuckoo,
- descant,
- diapason,
- do-re-mi,
- drawl,
- drum,
- exclaim,
- flute,
- gabble,
- gaggle,
- gasp,
- gobble,
- growl,
- grunt,
- guggle,
- hiss,
- honk,
- hoo,
- hoot,
- hum,
- hymn,
- intonate,
- intone,
- keen,
- lay,
- lilt,
- measure,
- melodia,
- minstrel,
- mumble,
- murmur,
- mutter,
- pant,
- peep,
- pip,
- pipe,
- psalm,
- quack,
- quaver,
- roar,
- roll,
- roulade,
- rumble,
- scold,
- scream,
- screech,
- serenade,
- shake,
- shriek,
- sibilate,
- sigh,
- sing,
- sing in chorus,
- snap,
- snarl,
- snort,
- sob,
- sol-fa,
- solmizate,
- squall,
- squawk,
- squeal,
- strain,
- thunder,
- tremolo,
- trill,
- troll,
- trumpet,
- tune,
- twang,
- tweedle,
- tweedledee,
- tweet,
- twit,
- twitter,
- vocalize,
- wail,
- whine,
- whisper,
- whistle,
- yap,
- yawp,
- yell,
- yelp,
- yodel
- chain reaction
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- a series of chemical reactions in which the product of one is a reactant in the next
- a self-sustaining nuclear reaction; a series of nuclear fissions in which neutrons released by splitting one atom leads to the splitting of others related words >
- Indian file,
- alpha decay,
- array,
- articulation,
- atom-chipping,
- atom-smashing,
- atomic disintegration,
- atomic reaction,
- atomization,
- bank,
- beta decay,
- bombardment,
- breeding,
- bullet,
- buzz,
- catena,
- catenation,
- chain,
- chain of circumstances,
- chaining,
- chapter of accidents,
- cleavage,
- concatenation,
- concatenation of events,
- connection,
- consecution,
- continuum,
- course,
- cycle,
- descent,
- disintegration series,
- dissociation,
- drone,
- endless belt,
- endless round,
- exchange reaction,
- feast and famine,
- file,
- filiation,
- fission,
- fission reaction,
- gamma decay,
- gamut,
- gradation,
- hum,
- ins and outs,
- ionization,
- line,
- lineage,
- monotone,
- neutron reaction,
- nexus,
- nonreversible reaction,
- nuclear fission,
- nucleization,
- pendulum,
- periodicity,
- photodisintegration,
- plenum,
- powder train,
- progression,
- proton gun,
- proton reaction,
- queue,
- range,
- rank,
- recurrence,
- reticulation,
- reversible reaction,
- rotation,
- round,
- routine,
- row,
- run,
- scale,
- sequence,
- series,
- single file,
- spectrum,
- splitting the atom,
- stimulation,
- string,
- succession,
- swath,
- target,
- thermonuclear reaction,
- thread,
- tier,
- train,
- ups and downs,
- vicious circle,
- vicissitudes,
- vicissitudes of fortune,
- windrow
- persist
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- stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up" related words >
- abide,
- adhere,
- agglomerate,
- assert,
- be spared,
- bide,
- bottle up,
- brook no denial,
- bunch,
- carry on,
- carry through,
- cheat death,
- clasp,
- cleave,
- clinch,
- cling,
- cling to,
- clot,
- cluster,
- coagulate,
- cohere,
- congeal,
- conglomerate,
- contend,
- continue,
- continue the same,
- continue to be,
- continue to exist,
- cork up,
- defeat time,
- defy time,
- drag along,
- drag on,
- drone,
- dwell,
- embrace,
- endure,
- exist,
- extend,
- freeze to,
- get along,
- get on,
- go on,
- go on with,
- grasp,
- grow together,
- hang in,
- hang on,
- hang together,
- hang tough,
- hold,
- hold in,
- hold on,
- hold out,
- hold together,
- hug,
- hum,
- inhibit,
- insist,
- insist on,
- insist upon,
- keep,
- keep alive,
- keep at,
- keep at it,
- keep driving,
- keep going,
- keep in,
- keep on,
- keep trying,
- keep up,
- labor,
- last,
- last long,
- last out,
- linger,
- live,
- live on,
- live through,
- lock in,
- maintain,
- make out,
- manage,
- mass,
- never say die,
- not accept compromise,
- obtain,
- perdure,
- perennate,
- persevere,
- preserve,
- press,
- prevail,
- remain,
- repress,
- retain,
- run,
- run on,
- run through,
- save,
- save up,
- see it through,
- set,
- solidify,
- stand,
- stand fast,
- stand firm,
- stand on,
- stay,
- stay on,
- stay put,
- stick,
- stick it out,
- stick to,
- stick to it,
- stick together,
- strive,
- subsist,
- support life,
- suppress,
- survive,
- sustain,
- take hold of,
- take no denial,
- tarry,
- tide over,
- toil,
- urge,
- wear,
- wear well
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