Related Words for anchoring

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linchpin
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Noun, Verb
ground
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Verb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
mainstay
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Adjective, Noun
backbone
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Noun, Noun
anchorage
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Noun
stabilizing
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Adjective
positioning
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Noun
reinforcing
xx/x
Verb
centering
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Noun
repositioning
xx/xx
Noun
mooring
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Noun
securing
x/x
Verb
structuring
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Noun
shoring
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Noun
guiding
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Verb
attaching
x/x
Verb
strengthening
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Noun
elevating
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Verb
fortifying
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Verb
docking
/x
Noun
sustaining
x/x
Adjective
supporting
x/x
Verb
tethering
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Noun
stabilising
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Adjective
orienting
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Adjective
overlaying
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Verb
aligning
x/x
Verb
augmenting
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Verb
facilitating
x/xxx
Verb
cementing
x/x
Noun
tacking
/x
Verb
constructing
x/x
Verb
hoisting
/x
Noun
nailing
/x
Noun
hooking
/x
Verb
tying
/x
Verb
constraining
x/x
Noun
enhancing
x/x
Verb
underpinning
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Noun
affixing
x/x
Verb
framing
/x
Noun
counterbalancing
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Noun
shaping
/x
Verb
bolstering
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Verb
activating
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Noun
solidifying
x/xxx
Verb
shifting
/x
Verb
detaching
x/x
Verb
lifting
/x
Noun
steadying
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Noun
reshaping
x/x
Noun
balancing
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Noun
complementing
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Verb
loosening
/xx
Noun
fixing
/x
Verb
clamping
/x
Noun
immobilizing
x/xxx
Verb
establishing
x/xx
Verb
pivoting
/xx
Noun
connecting
x/x
Verb
locking
/x
Noun
suspending
x/x
Verb
visualizing
/xxx
Verb
dislodging
x/x
Verb
encircling
x/xx
Noun
inhibiting
x/xx
Verb
wedging
/x
Noun
arranging
x/x
Verb
tightening
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Noun
preventing
x/x
Verb
realigning
xx/x
Verb
defining
x/x
Verb
disrupting
x/x
Verb
reorienting
x/xxx
Verb
assembling
x/xx
Verb
forming
/x
Verb
harmonizing
/xxx
Verb
tensioning
/xx
Noun
restraining
x/x
Verb
capping
/x
Noun
retaining
x/x
Verb
occluding
x/x
Adjective
protecting
x/x
Verb
creating
x/x
Verb
articulating
x/xxx
Verb
holding
/x
Verb
powering
/xx
Verb
maintaining
x/x
Verb
relaying
/xx
Noun
confining
x/x
Verb
wrapping
/x
Noun
strapping
/x
Noun
floating
/x
Noun
rigging
/x
Noun
propelling
x/x
Adjective
extending
x/x
Verb
trapping
/x
Noun
stacking
/x
Noun
embedding
x/x
Noun
placing
/x
Verb
surrounding
x/x
Verb
bending
/x
Noun
integrating
/xxx
Verb
lowering
/xx
Verb
implanting
x/x
Verb
unifying
/xxx
Adjective
shielding
/x
Noun
fulcrum
/x
Noun
altering
/xx
Verb
projecting
x/x
Verb
assisting
x/x
Verb
rotating
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Noun
propping
/x
Verb
permitting
x/x
Verb
clasping
/x
Verb
chaining
/x
Noun
stapling
/xx
Noun
entrenchment
x/x
Noun
perching
/x
Verb
bonding
/x
Noun
hitching
/x
Verb
gluing
/x
Verb
fixation
x/x
Noun
foundation
x/x
Noun
rooting
/x
Noun
latching
/x
Noun
enclosing
x/x
Verb
attachment
x/x
Noun
upholding
x/x
Verb
founding
/x
Noun
setting
/x
Noun
taping
/x
Noun
jointing
/x
Noun
bridging
/x
Noun
towing
/x
Noun
ratcheting
/xx
Noun
tensing
/x
Noun
earthing
/x
Noun
affirming
x/x
Verb
planting
/x
Noun
pegging
/x
Noun
marking
/x
Verb
appending
x/x
Verb
organizing
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Noun
tagging
/x
Noun
stranding
/x
Noun
kindling
/x
Noun
cradling
/xx
Verb
sharpening
/xx
Noun
implantation
xx/x
Noun
bringing
/x
Verb
ligation
x/x
Noun
heuristic
x/x
Noun
monolayers
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Noun
overturning
/xxx
Verb
deictic
/xx
Adjective
primacy
/xx
Noun
cytoskeletal
/x/xx
Adjective
planar
/x
Adjective
cables
/x
Noun
scales
/
Noun
alignment
x/x
Noun
analogous
x/xx
Adjective
berthing
/x
Noun
binding
/x
Noun, Adjective
cleansing
/x
Noun, Adjective
cohesion
x/x
Noun
conditioning
x/xx
Noun
consolidating
x/xxx
Verb
consolidation
xxx/x
Noun
containment
x/x
Noun
demarcation
xx/x
Noun
determinacy
x/xxx
Noun
dominating
/xxx
Adjective
embodiment
x/xx
Noun
endpoint
/x
Noun, Verb
entrenching
x/x
Verb, Noun
entry
/x
Noun
evolving
x/x
Verb, Adjective
explaining
x/x
Noun
fastening
/xx
Noun
filtering
/xx
Noun
focal
/x
Adjective, Noun
foothold
/x
Noun
guarantee
xx/
Noun, Verb
initiating
x/xxx
Verb, Adjective
institutionalisation
xx/xxx/x
Noun
integrative
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Adjective
interaction
xx/x
Noun
legitimation
x/x/x
Noun
mediating
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Verb, Noun
motivational
xx/xx
Adjective
mounting
/x
Adjective, Noun
pedagogic
xx/x
Adjective
pinch
/
Noun, Verb
pinning
/x
Noun
response
x/
Noun
scaffolding
/xx
Noun
sealing
/x
Noun, Adjective
wetting
/x
Noun, Adjective
aisle
/
Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
bog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
butt
/
Noun, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
backside
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Noun, Adjective