Related Words for contain

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comprise
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Verb, Verb
incorporate
x/xx
Verb, Verb
control
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Verb, Verb, Noun
take
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Noun, Verb
carry
/x
Verb, Verb
arrest
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Verb, Verb
hold
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Verb, Verb, Noun
stop
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Noun, Verb
moderate
/xx
Verb, Verb
check
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Verb, Verb
curb
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Verb, Verb
bear
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Verb, Verb
hold back
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Phrase, Verb
hold in
/x
Phrase, Verb
turn back
//
Phrase, Verb
constitute
/xx
Verb
consist
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Verb
generate
/xx
Verb
provide
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Verb
encompass
x/x
Verb
represent
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Verb
produce
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Verb
require
x/x
Verb
encapsulate
x/xx
Verb
indicate
/xx
Verb
include
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Verb
create
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Verb
involve
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Verb
correspond
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Verb
emit
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Verb
evoke
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Verb
possess
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Verb
embody
x/x
Verb
appear
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Verb
elicit
x/x
Verb
retain
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Verb
imply
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Verb
allow
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Verb
derive
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Verb
absorb
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Verb
reveal
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Verb
convey
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Verb
depict
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Verb
deliver
x/x
Verb
enclose
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Verb
furnish
/x
Verb
pertain
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Verb
resemble
x/x
Verb
distinguish
x/x
Verb
implicate
/xx
Verb
eliminate
x/xx
Verb
extract
/x
Verb
suppress
x/
Verb
boast
/
Noun
obtain
x/
Verb
identify
x/xx
Verb
accumulate
x/xx
Verb
restrict
x/
Verb
composed
x/
Verb
utilize
/xx
Verb
purport
/x
Noun
secrete
x/
Verb
find
/
Verb
exude
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Verb
consume
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Verb
conceal
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Verb
necessitate
x/xx
Verb
receive
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Verb
contradict
xx/
Verb
portray
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Verb
encode
x/
Verb
predate
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Verb
expose
x/
Verb
combine
/x
Verb
prevent
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Verb
relate
x/
Verb
will
/
Noun
attract
x/
Verb
specify
/xx
Verb
characterise
xxx/x
Verb
sufficient
x/x
Adjective
induce
x/
Verb
preclude
x/
Verb
signify
/xx
Verb
devoid
x/
Noun
garner
/x
Name
precede
x/
Verb
provoke
x/
Verb
exclude
x/
Verb
seem
/
Verb
possibly
/xx
Adverb
detect
x/
Verb
characterize
/xxx
Verb
emanate
/xx
Verb
yielded
/x
Verb
negate
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Verb
classify
/xx
Verb
impart
x/
Verb
remove
x/
Verb
exist
x/
Verb
delimit
x/x
Verb
collect
x/
Verb
inhibit
x/x
Verb
correlate
/xx
Noun
featuring
/xx
Verb
disclose
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Verb
prove
/
Verb
offer
/x
Noun
supplied
x/
Verb
interspersed
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Verb
omit
x/
Verb
denote
x/
Verb
encircle
x/x
Verb
brimming
/x
Verb
chock
/
Noun
equate
x/
Verb
accompany
x/xx
Verb
fill
/
Verb
substantiate
x/xx
Verb
define
x/
Verb
render
/x
Verb
deem
/
Verb
transmit
x/
Verb
which
/
Verb
synthesize
/xx
Verb
must
/
Verb, Noun
entail
x/
Verb
underpin
/xx
Verb
make
/
Verb
potentially
x/xx
Adverb
incite
x/
Verb
labeled
/x
Verb
complement
/xx
Noun
have
/
Verb
amass
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Verb
demonstrate
/xx
Verb
unearth
x/
Verb
displace
x/
Verb
neutralize
/xx
Verb
originate
x/xx
Verb
mimic
/x
Noun
reflect
x/
Verb
deduce
x/
Verb
uses
/x
Noun
accommodate
x/xx
Verb
close in
/x
Phrase, Verb
put in
/x
Phrase, Verb
hold together
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
constrain
x/
Verb
extend
x/
Verb
house
/
Noun
inhabit
x/x
Verb
take in
/x
Phrase, Verb
cover
/x
Noun
account for
x//
Phrase, Verb
compile
x/
Verb
confine
x/
Verb
protect
x/
Verb
cell
/
Noun
embed
x/
Verb
command
x/
Noun
surround
x/
Verb
preservative
x/xx
Adjective
chlorophyll
/xx
Noun
norepinephrine
/xx/x
Adverb
chloroplasts
/xx
Noun
printed
/x
Verb
vacuoles
/x
Noun
granules
/x
Noun
inclusions
x/x
Noun
appendices
x/xx
Noun
mitochondria
xx/xx
Noun
vesicles
/xx
Noun
abstain
x/
Verb
anticipate
x/xx
Verb
appointment
x/x
Noun
archived
x/
Adjective
are
/
Noun
bate
/
Noun, Verb
behave
x/
Verb
bound
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
bring
/
Verb
capture
/x
Verb, Noun
catch
/
Verb, Noun
circle
/x
Noun, Verb
circumscribe
xx/
Verb
comprehend
xx/
Verb
conquer
/x
Verb
container
x/x
Noun
containment
x/x
Noun
content
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
counter
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
counteract
/xx
Verb, Noun
curtail
x/
Verb, Noun
cut down
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
cut out
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
dampen
/x
Verb
deter
x/
Verb, Noun
deterrence
x/x
Noun
discourage
x/x
Verb, Noun
divalent
x/x
Noun, Adjective
edit
/x
Noun, Verb
email
x/
Noun, Verb
embrace
x/
Verb, Noun
environ
x/x
Name, Adverb, Verb
envisage
x/x
Verb
excrete
x/
Verb
figure
/x
Noun, Verb
foresee
x/
Verb
give
/
Verb, Noun
grasp
/
Verb, Noun
halt
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
handle
/x
Verb, Noun
handwritten
/xx
Adjective
harbour
/x
Noun, Verb
inevitable
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
integrate
/xx
Verb
intercepted
xx/x
Verb
introduce
xx/
Verb
keep
/
Verb, Noun
limit
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
mail
/
Noun, Verb
master
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
mention
/x
Verb, Noun
minimize
/xx
Verb
mitigate
/xx
Verb
outline
/x
Noun, Verb
photocopied
/xxx
Verb, Adjective
planting
/x
Noun
pose
/
Verb, Noun
predict
x/
Verb, Noun
prescribe
x/
Verb
present
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
publish
/x
Verb
reduce
x/
Verb
rein
/
Noun, Verb
restrain
x/
Verb
reverse
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
ring
/
Noun, Verb
round
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
scribbled
/x
Verb, Adjective
seat
/
Noun, Verb
secret
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
show
/
Verb, Noun
sleep
/
Noun, Verb
staunch
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
stem
/
Noun, Verb
stifle
/x
Verb, Noun
stipulate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
store
/
Noun, Verb
subdue
x/
Verb
submit
x/
Verb
subscription
x/x
Noun
tackle
/x
Verb, Noun
tame
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
therein
x/
Adverb
thermostat
/xx
Noun
throttle
/x
Noun, Verb
train
/
Noun, Verb
treasonable
/xxx
Adjective
typewritten
/xx
Adjective
uncensored
x/x
Adjective
understand
xx/
Verb
wear
/
Verb, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
headlines
/x
Noun
sorta
/x
Adverb
anymore
xx/
Adverb
die
/
Verb, Noun
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
fall
/
Verb, Noun