Related Words for holdfast

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fastening
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Noun, Noun
palisade
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Noun
hawthorn
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Noun
appendage
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Noun
frond
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Noun
attachment
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Noun
underside
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Noun
adornment
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Noun
manus
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Noun
demesne
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Noun
kelp
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Noun
stipe
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Noun
copse
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Noun
foreland
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Noun
anchorage
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Noun
anchor
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Noun
stay
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Verb
dogs
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Noun
lifeline
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Noun
hitch
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Noun
mainstay
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Noun
strap
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Noun
tether
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Noun
hank
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Name
mooring
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Noun
ballast
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Noun
cleat
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Noun
fish
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Noun
cable
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Noun
clinch
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Noun
sea anchor
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Phrase, Noun
holder
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Noun
dock
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Noun
stopper
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Noun
lanyard
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Noun
belay
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Noun
swifter
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Adjective
balk
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Noun
latching
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Noun
stock
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Noun
chock
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Noun
fleet
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Noun
foothold
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Noun
ironclad
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Noun
headboard
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Noun
batten
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Noun
discoid
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Adjective
blade
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Noun
conical
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Adjective
attaches
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Verb
fibrous
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Adjective
differentiated
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Verb
basal
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Adjective
arising
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Verb
means
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Noun
massive
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Adjective
small
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Adjective
composed
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Verb
consists
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Verb
form
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Verb
showing
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Verb
common
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Adjective
single
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Adjective
wavering
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Verb
hooks
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Noun
confession
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Noun
organ
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Noun
absorptive
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Adjective, Noun
adhesive
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Adjective, Noun
antlers
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Noun
apical
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Adjective, Noun
bristle
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Noun, Verb
buckle
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Noun, Verb
button
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Noun, Verb
catch
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Verb, Noun
cephalic
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Adjective
clasp
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Noun, Verb
clip
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Noun, Verb
contractile
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Adjective
cotter
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Noun, Verb
cranial
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Adjective
cuticular
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Adjective
degenerated
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Verb, Adjective
diseased
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Adjective
dowel
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Noun, Verb
ectodermal
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Adjective
embryonic
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Adjective
excretory
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Noun, Adjective
fillet
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Noun, Verb
flagellar
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Adjective
golgi
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Name
granule
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Noun
hook and eye
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Phrase, Noun
knobs
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Noun
knot
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Noun, Verb
link
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Noun, Verb
lock
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Noun, Verb
loop
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Noun, Verb
mound
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Noun, Verb
nail
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Noun, Verb
nucleolus
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Noun
pin
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Noun, Verb
protuberance
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Noun
rhizome
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Noun
rootstock
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Noun
screw
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Noun, Verb
seal
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Noun, Verb
sealing wax
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Phrase, Noun
spines
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Noun
stalk
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Noun, Verb
stopping
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Noun
thallus
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Noun
tie
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Noun, Verb
triangular
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Adjective
tubercles
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Noun
zip
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Noun, Verb
zipper
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Noun, Verb
aisle
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Noun
stonewall
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Name, Verb, Adjective
bundle
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Noun, Verb
closet
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
backwater
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Noun, Verb
bog
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
milestone
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Noun, Verb
stovepipe
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Noun, Verb
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
daylight
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Noun, Verb
off
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
gloss
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Noun, Verb
fall
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Verb, Noun
pidgin
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Noun
get
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Verb, Noun
butt
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Noun, Verb