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Controllable :: Controllable (a.) Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command..

Farfetched :: Farfetched (a.) Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or introduced; forced; strained.

Mistrain :: Mistrain (v. t.) To train amiss.

Padlock :: Padlock (n.) Fig.: A curb; a restraint.

Unbend :: Unbend (v. t.) A remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax; as, to unbend the mind from study or care..

Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion..

Obligate :: Obligate (v. t.) To bind or firmly hold to an act; to compel; to constrain; to bind to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge.

Hold :: Hold (n. i.) To restrain one's self; to refrain.

Reinless :: Reinless (a.) Not having, or not governed by, reins; hence, not checked or restrained..

Stent :: Stent (v. t.) To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint..

Bound :: Bound (p. p. & a.) Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail..

Franchise :: Franchise (a.) Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.

Oblige :: Oblige (v. t.) To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something..

Familiarity :: Familiarity (n.) The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to live in remarkable familiarity..

Ungovernable :: Ungovernable (a.) Not governable; not capable of being governed, ruled, or restrained; licentious; wild; unbridled; as, ungovernable passions..

Distraining :: Distraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distrai.

Overstrain :: Overstrain (v. i.) To strain one's self to excess.

Continent :: Continent (a.) Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.

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

Swealed :: Swaying (n.) An injury caused by violent strains or by overloading; -- said of the backs of horses.

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