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Southwest :: Southwest (n.) The point of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or region.

Fathom :: Fathom (v. t.) To encompass with the arms extended or encircling; to measure by throwing the arms about; to span.

Merciful :: Merciful (a.) Unwilling to give pain; compassionate.

Incompass :: Incompass (v. t.) See Encompass.

Clement :: Clement (a.) Mild in temper and disposition; merciful; compassionate.

Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted..

Pity :: Pity (n.) A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration.

Compassionate :: Compassionate (v. t.) To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to sympathize with.

Circle :: Circle (n.) To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle..

Move :: Move (v. t.) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion..

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep..

Pure :: Pure (superl.) Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion..

Concentration :: Concentration (n.) The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water..

Circumambient :: Circumambient (a.) Surrounding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing.

Compassionately :: Compassionately (adv.) In a compassionate manner; mercifully.

Traverse :: Traverse (v. i.) To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to swivel; as, the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not traverse well, it is an unsafe guide..

Trumpet :: Trumpet (n.) A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone..

Binnacle :: Binnacle (n.) A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night..

Nutshell :: Nutshell (n.) Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value..

Piteous :: Piteous (a.) Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender..

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