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Tenacious :: Tenacious (a.) Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights..

Cruse :: Cruse (n.) A bottle for holding water, oil, honey, etc..

Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to the form..

Grasp :: Grasp (n.) Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp..

Connector :: Connector (n.) A device for holding two parts of an electrical conductor in contact.

Beneficiary :: Beneficiary (a.) Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession..

Solifidian :: Solifidian (a.) Holding the tenets of Solifidians; of or pertaining to the solifidians.

Bandbox :: Bandbox (n.) A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets, etc..

Lunge :: Lunge (v. t.) To cause to go round in a ring, as a horse, while holding his halter..

Palette :: Palette (n.) A thin, oval or square board, or tablet, with a thumb hole at one end for holding it, on which a painter lays and mixes his pigments..

Beholding :: Beholding (n.) The act of seeing; sight; also, that which is beheld..

Assize :: Assize (n.) The time or place of holding the court of assize; -- generally in the plural, assizes..

Tenace :: Tenace (n.) The holding by the fourth hand of the best and third best cards of a suit led; also, sometimes, the combination of best with third best card of a suit in any hand..

Restraint :: Restraint (n.) The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental..

Revoke :: Revoke (v. i.) To fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, in violation of the rule of the game; to renege..

Grip :: Grip (v. t.) An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.

Continuance :: Continuance (n.) A holding together; continuity.

Urn :: Urn (n.) A vessel of various forms, usually a vase furnished with a foot or pedestal, employed for different purposes, as for holding liquids, for ornamental uses, for preserving the ashes of the dead after cremation, and anciently for holding lots to be drawn..

Unlikely :: Unlikely (a.) Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising; as, unlikely means..

Omnispective :: Omnispective (a.) Beholding everything; capable of seeing all things; all-seeing.

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