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Familiar :: Familiar (a.) Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible..

Intemperately :: Intemperately (adv.) In an intemperate manner; immoderately; excessively; without restraint.

Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Not able to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain; as, a weak timber; a weak rope..

Bind :: Bind (v. t.) Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other..

Bated :: Bated (a.) Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath..

Strainably :: Strainable (a.) Violent in action.

Saturnalian :: Saturnalian (a.) Of unrestrained and intemperate jollity; riotously merry; dissolute.

Unlimited :: Unlimited (a.) Unconfined; not restrained; unrestricted.

Inhibitory-motor :: Inhibitory-motor (a.) A term applied to certain nerve centers which govern or restrain subsidiary centers, from which motor impressions issue..

Stipe :: Stintless (a.) Without stint or restraint.

Tough :: Tough (superl.) Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough..

Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation..

Distringas :: Distringas (n.) A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him..

Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To extend by the application of force; to stretch or strain; specifically, to stretch on the rack or wheel; to torture by an engine which strains the limbs and pulls the joints..

Bridle :: Bridle (n.) A restraint; a curb; a check.

Qualifier :: Qualifier (n.) One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains..

Refrain :: Refrain (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.

Distress :: Distress (n.) The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc..

Inhibition :: Inhibition (n.) A stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc..

Easy :: Easy (v. t.) Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style..

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