thickset

  • 41heavyset — adjective having a short and solid form or stature a wrestler of compact build he was tall and heavyset stocky legs a thickset young man • Syn: ↑compact, ↑stocky, ↑thick, ↑thickset …

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  • 42Gnar — Gnar, n. [OE. knarre, gnarre, akin to OD. knor, G. knorren. Cf. {Knar}, {Knur}, {Gnarl}.] A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; written also {gnarr}. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] He was . . . a thick gnarre. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 43gnarr — Gnar Gnar, n. [OE. knarre, gnarre, akin to OD. knor, G. knorren. Cf. {Knar}, {Knur}, {Gnarl}.] A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; written also {gnarr}. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] He was . . . a thick gnarre. Chaucer. [1913… …

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  • 44heavyset — adj. 1. obese. Note: usually men are portly and women are stout Syn: portly, stout. [WordNet 1.5] 2. heavy and compact in form or build or stature. Syn: compact, stocky, thick, thickset. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 45Stout — (stout), a. [Compar. {Stouter} (stout [ e]r); superl. {Stoutest}.] [D. stout bold (or OF. estout bold, proud, of Teutonic origin); akin to AS. stolt, G. stolz, and perh. to E. stilt.] 1. Strong; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular; hence,… …

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  • 46Stouter — Stout Stout (stout), a. [Compar. {Stouter} (stout [ e]r); superl. {Stoutest}.] [D. stout bold (or OF. estout bold, proud, of Teutonic origin); akin to AS. stolt, G. stolz, and perh. to E. stilt.] 1. Strong; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy;… …

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  • 47Stoutest — Stout Stout (stout), a. [Compar. {Stouter} (stout [ e]r); superl. {Stoutest}.] [D. stout bold (or OF. estout bold, proud, of Teutonic origin); akin to AS. stolt, G. stolz, and perh. to E. stilt.] 1. Strong; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy;… …

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  • 48Trunked — Trunked, a. Having (such) a trunk. [1913 Webster] Thickset with strong and well trunked trees. Howell. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 49Verriculate — Ver*ric u*late, a. [L. verriculum a net, seine.] (Zo[ o]l.) Having thickset tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 50ankylosaur — noun Etymology: New Latin Ankylosauria, from Ankylosaurus Date: 1949 any of a suborder (Ankylosauria) of herbivorous Cretaceous ornithiscian dinosaurs having a long low lying thickset body covered dorsally with bony plates …

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