| affine | (noun) (anthropology) kin by marriage | - |
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| affinity | (noun) inherent resemblance between persons or things | - |
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| (noun) a natural attraction or feeling of kinship | - |
| (noun) the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule | Synonyms: chemical attraction |
| (noun) (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody | - |
| (noun) (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship | - |
| (noun) (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts | Synonyms: phylogenetic relation |
| (noun) a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character | Synonyms: kinship |
| boffin | (noun) (British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research | - |
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| chaffinch | (noun) small European finch with a cheerful song | Synonyms: Fringilla coelebs |
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| coffin | (noun) box in which a corpse is buried or cremated | Synonyms: casket |
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| fluffiness | (noun) a light softness | Synonyms: downiness, featheriness |
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| griffin | (noun) winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion | Synonyms: griffon, gryphon |
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| huffiness | (noun) a passing state of anger and resentment | - |
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| huffing | (noun) an act of forcible exhalation | Synonyms: puffing, snorting |
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| muffin | (noun) a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan | Synonyms: gem |
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| offing | (noun) the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area | - |
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| (noun) the near or foreseeable future | - |
| paraffin | (noun) from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings | Synonyms: paraffin wax |
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| (noun) (British usage) kerosine | Synonyms: paraffin oil |
| (noun) a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2) | Synonyms: alkane, alkane series, methane series, paraffin series |
| puffin | (noun) any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills | - |
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| puffiness | (noun) lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | Synonyms: inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, splashiness |
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| (noun) an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement | Synonyms: lump, swelling |
| puffing | (noun) an act of forcible exhalation | Synonyms: huffing, snorting |
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| (noun) blowing tobacco smoke out into the air | - |
| raffinose | (noun) a trisaccharide that occurs in sugar beets and cotton seeds and certain cereals | - |
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| ragamuffin | (noun) a dirty shabbily clothed urchin | Synonyms: tatterdemalion |
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| scoffing | (noun) showing your contempt by derision | Synonyms: jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff |
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| stuffiness | (noun) dull and pompous gravity | Synonyms: stodginess |
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| (noun) the quality of being close and poorly ventilated | Synonyms: closeness |
| (noun) state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat | - |
| stuffing | (noun) padding put in mattresses and cushions and upholstered furniture | - |
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| (noun) a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables | Synonyms: dressing |
| tiffin | (noun) a midday meal | Synonyms: dejeuner, lunch, luncheon |
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