Related Words for sinking

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sinking feeling
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Phrase, Noun
straighten
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Adjective, Verb
plunging
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Verb
drowning
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Noun
falling
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Verb
floundering
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Noun
floating
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Noun
sunken
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Adjective
collapsing
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Verb
plummeting
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Verb
slipping
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Verb
rising
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Verb
submerging
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Verb
afloat
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Adverb
slumping
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Verb
dragging
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Verb
drifting
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Verb
crashing
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Verb
piling
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Verb
burying
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Verb
scuttling
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Noun
dropping
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Verb
crushing
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Verb
disintegrating
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Noun
dumping
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Verb
quicksand
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Noun
bailing
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Noun
propelling
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Adjective
evaporating
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Verb
faltering
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Adjective
rotting
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Verb
sliding
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Verb
dipping
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Noun
ship
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Noun
lurching
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Verb
sagging
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Verb
stagnating
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Verb
wrecking
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Verb
shore
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Noun
tumbling
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Verb
rolling
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Noun
jumping
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Noun
bobbing
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Noun
wobbling
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Noun
reeling
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Verb
ebbing
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Noun
losing
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Verb
crumbling
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Verb
surging
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Adjective
churning
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Noun
settling
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Noun
keeling
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Name
subsiding
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Verb
battleship
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Noun
deepening
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Verb
moving
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Verb
circling
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Verb
eroding
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Verb
retreating
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Verb
escaping
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Verb
turning
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Verb
shrinking
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Noun
flailing
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Verb
dying
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Verb
lowering
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Verb
heaving
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Noun
boat
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Noun
splashing
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Noun
corroding
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Noun
burning
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Noun
swaying
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Verb
clinging
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Verb
breaking
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Noun
hitting
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Verb
receding
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Noun
stepping
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Verb
draining
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Verb
pulling
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Verb
seeping
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Verb
exploding
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Verb
adrift
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Adverb
precipitating
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Verb
spiraling
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Noun
choking
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Verb
salvaging
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Verb
decaying
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Verb
melting
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Noun
abandoning
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Verb
rescuing
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Verb
reaching
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Verb
creeping
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Verb
sticking
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Verb
sustaining
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Adjective
dislodging
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Verb
titanic
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Name
roiling
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Adjective
accelerating
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Verb
dissolving
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Verb
catching
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Verb
pouring
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Verb
skimming
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Noun
leaching
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Noun
lapsing
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Verb
saturation
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Noun
fading
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Noun
dunking
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Noun
submersion
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Noun
leaking
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Verb
undermining
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Noun
subordination
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Noun
seepage
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Noun
sowing
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Noun
discharging
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Verb
softening
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Noun
implosion
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Noun
narrowing
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Noun
penetration
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Noun
internalization
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Noun
deadening
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Adjective
extinguishing
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Verb
inverting
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Noun
ruining
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Verb
subsumption
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Noun
wetting
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Noun
subduction
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Noun
entrenchment
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Noun
sapping
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Verb
scooping
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Verb
perishing
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Noun
withering
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Noun
spillage
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Noun
spawning
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Noun
erosion
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Noun
diving
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Noun
swimming
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Noun
relaxing
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Verb
depression
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Noun
instilling
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Verb
rooting
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Noun
lookouts
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Verb
lusitania
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Name, Adjective
audacious
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Noun
afire
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Adverb
maru
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Name
doria
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Name
abolition
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Noun
accident
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Noun, Adjective
aggravation
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Noun
amortization
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Noun
borehole
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Noun, Verb
breakdown
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Noun
burial
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Noun
bust
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
catastrophe
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Noun
closing
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Noun, Adjective
curtailment
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Noun
declining
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Noun
decreasing
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Noun
deflection
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Noun
deformation
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Noun
demise
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Noun, Verb
depreciation
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Noun
descendant
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Noun, Adjective
descendent
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Noun, Adjective
descending
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Adjective, Noun
destruction
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Noun
disappearance
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Noun
disappears
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Noun
disaster
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Noun
disposal
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Noun
downfall
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Noun, Verb
draught
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
dregs
/
Noun
dribble
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Noun, Verb
drilling
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Noun
dripping
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Noun
easing
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Noun
estrangement
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Noun
extinction
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Noun
flowing
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Noun, Adjective
going under
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Phrase, Adjective
grief
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Noun, Verb
immersion
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Noun
lessening
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Noun
lifting
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Noun
lightening
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Noun
meltdown
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Noun
misfortune
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Noun
passing
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Noun, Adjective, Adverb
restrictive
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Adjective, Noun
retrogression
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Noun
running
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
scion
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Noun
scuba
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Noun, Verb
sedimentation
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Noun
shipwreck
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Noun, Verb
thawing
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Noun
train
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Noun, Verb
tugboat
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Noun
wreckage
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Noun
yielding
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Noun, Adjective
backwater
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Noun, Verb
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
off
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
stonewall
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Name, Verb, Adjective
milestone
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Noun, Verb
save
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Verb, Noun
get
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Verb, Noun
breakeven
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
gloss
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Noun, Verb
bundle
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Noun, Verb
backside
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Noun, Adjective