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Twitter :: Twitter (n.) A half-suppressed laugh; a fit of laughter partially restrained; a titter; a giggle.

Undersong :: Undersong (n.) Accompanying strain; subordinate and underlying meaning; accompaniment; undertone.

Liberal :: Liberal (a.) Free to excess; regardless of law or moral restraint; licentious.

Colander :: Colander (n.) A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of wickerwork, perforated metal, or the like..

Forced :: Forced (a.) Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh..

Restrainer :: Restrainer (n.) One who, or that which, restrains..

Cohibit :: Cohibit (v. t.) To restrain.

Tentiginous :: Tentiginous (a.) Stiff; stretched; strained.

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..

Strain :: Strain (n.) Hereditary character, quality, or disposition..

Coercive :: Coercive (a.) Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain.

Ne Exeat :: Ne exeat () A writ to restrain a person from leaving the country, or the jurisdiction of the court. The writ was originally applicable to purposes of state, but is now an ordinary process of courts of equity, resorted to for the purpose of obtaining bail, or security to abide a decree..

Labor :: Labor (n.) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.

Immanacle :: Immanacle (v. t.) To manacle; to fetter; hence; to confine; to restrain from free action.

Simple :: Simple (a.) Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward.

Audacity :: Audacity (n.) Reckless daring; presumptuous impudence; -- implying a contempt of law or moral restraints.

Countercheck :: Countercheck (n.) Any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check.

Suppressible :: Suppress (v. t.) To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage..

Restrainable :: Restrainable (a.) Capable of being restrained; controllable.

Sile :: Sile (v. t.) To strain, as fresh milk..

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