brisance, fardel, decoct

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  1. brisance
    the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion
  2. fardel
    a burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle)
  3. decoct
    extract the essence of something by boiling it
  4. bedim
    make darker and difficult to perceive by sight
  5. brecciate
    form into breccia
  6. comminute
    reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
  7. bray
    a cry of or similar to that of a donkey
  8. founder
    a person who establishes some institution
  9. subside
    wear off or die down
  10. subsidence
    a gradual sinking to a lower level
  11. calumniate
    charge falsely or with malicious intent
  12. calumny
    a false accusation of an offense
  13. traduce
    speak unfavorably about
  14. traducement
    a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
  15. obloquy
    state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
  16. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  17. camber
    a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)
  18. whelm
    overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
  19. imprecate
    wish harm upon; invoke evil
  20. mulct
    money extracted as a penalty
  21. amerce
    punish with an arbitrary penalty
  22. augury
    an event indicating important things to come
  23. inaugurate
    commence officially
  24. tsoris
    (Yiddish) trouble and suffering
  25. throes
    violent pangs of suffering
  26. vitiated
    impaired by diminution
  27. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  28. render
    give or supply
  29. devolve
    pass on or delegate to another
  30. brook
    a natural stream of water smaller than a river
  31. abide
    dwell
  32. abseil
    a descent down a cliff using a fixed rope wrapped around the body
  33. founder
    a person who establishes some institution
  34. scend
    rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave
  35. spate
    a sudden forceful flow
  36. freshet
    the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
  37. redound
    have an effect for good or ill
  38. garner
    assemble or get together
  39. sequent
    in regular succession without gaps
  40. ensuant
    following or accompanying as a consequence
  41. squally
    characterized by brief periods of violent wind or rain
  42. parlous
    fraught with danger
  43. embattled
    prepared for battle
  44. aleatory
    dependent on chance
  45. protean
    taking on different forms
  46. lepidote
    rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
  47. costate
    having ribs
  48. fraught
    filled with or attended with
  49. inspissate
    make thick or thicker
  50. priapic
    resembling or being a phallus
Created on Thu Oct 16 15:49:36 EDT 2008

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