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Missing :: Missing (v. i.) Absent from the place where it was expected to be found; lost; wanting; not present when called or looked for.

Fainthearted :: Fainthearted (a.) Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected.

Syncytium :: Syncytium (n.) Tissue in which the cell or partition walls are wholly wanting and the cell bodies fused together, so that the tissue consists of a continuous mass of protoplasm in which nuclei are imbedded, as in ordinary striped muscle..

Destituent :: Destituent (a.) Deficient; wanting; as, a destituent condition..

Indelicate :: Indelicate (a.) Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior..

Lack :: Lack (v. i.) To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc..

Fluxive :: Fluxive (a.) Flowing; also, wanting solidity..

Gymnonoti :: Gymnonoti (n. pl.) The order of fishes which includes the Gymnotus or electrical eel. The dorsal fin is wanting.

Insipid :: Insipid (a.) Wanting in spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting; weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy; as, an insipid woman; an insipid composition..

Wanting :: Wanting (a.) Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy; as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in exertion..

Spiritless :: Spiritless (a.) Destitute of spirit; wanting animation; wanting cheerfulness; dejected; depressed.

Unworthy :: Unworthy (a.) Not worthy; wanting merit, value, or fitness; undeserving; worthless; unbecoming; -- often with of..

Droughty :: Droughty (a.) Dry; thirsty; wanting drink.

Hold :: Hold (n. i.) Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist.

Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To be found wanting with respect to an action or a duty to be performed, a result to be secured, etc.; to miss; not to fulfill expectation..

Smockless :: Smockless (a.) Wanting a smock.

Flabby :: Flabby (a.) Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, flabby flesh..

Proofless :: Proofless (a.) Wanting sufficient evidence to induce belief; not proved.

Hard :: Hard (superl.) Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone..

Frigid :: Frigid (a.) Wanting natural heat or vigor sufficient to excite the generative power; impotent.

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