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Answer: breed


Clue Length Answer
Strain3 lettersrun
  1. Definition: 1. run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's running for treasurer this year?"

Strain3 lettersrip
  1. Definition: 1. criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly"

Strain3 letterstry
  1. Definition: 1. put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice; "Try on this sweater to see how it looks"

Strain3 lettersset
  1. Definition: 1. situated in a particular spot or position; "valuable centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely situated on a quiet riverbank"

Strain3 lettersshy
  1. Definition: 1. start suddenly, as from fright

Strain3 lettersway
  1. Definition: 1. doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way"

Strain3 letterstug
  1. Definition: 1. struggle in opposition; "She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts"

Strain3 letterstax
  1. Definition: 1. make a charge against or accuse; "They taxed him failure to appear in court"

Strain4 lettersslit
  1. Definition: 1. a depression scratched or carved into a surface

Strain4 lettersdraw
  1. Definition: 1. choose at random; "draw a card"; "cast lots"

Strain4 letterszeal
  1. Definition: 1. prompt willingness; "readiness to continue discussions"; "they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel"; "they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority"; "he tried to explain his forwardness in battle"

Strain4 lettersurge
  1. Definition: 1. push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"

Strain4 lettersleak
  1. Definition: 1. tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper"

Strain4 lettersseed
  1. Definition: 1. remove the seeds from; "seed grapes"

Strain4 letterswarp
  1. Definition: 1. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

Strain4 letterstune
  1. Definition: 1. the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency

Strain4 lettersseep
  1. Definition: 1. pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings

Strain4 lettersskin
  1. Definition: 1. a person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save his skin"

Strain4 lettersweep
  1. Definition: 1. shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain; "She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs"

Strain4 lettersreek
  1. Definition: 1. be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face

Strain4 lettersrend
  1. Definition: 1. tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

Strain4 lettersvein
  1. Definition: 1. a distinctive style or manner; "he continued in this vein for several minutes"

Strain4 lettersside
  1. Definition: 1. a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side"

Strain4 letterssept
  1. Definition: 1. people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"

Strain4 letterswork
  1. Definition: 1. move into or onto; "work the raisins into the dough"; "the student worked a few jokes into his presentation"; "work the body onto the flatbed truck"

Strain4 lettersseek
  1. Definition: 1. inquire for; "seek directions from a local"

Strain4 lettersooze
  1. Definition: 1. the process of seeping

Strain4 letterssolo
  1. Definition: 1. perform a piece written for a single instrument

Strain4 lettersturn
  1. Definition: 1. undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"

Strain4 letterspull
  1. Definition: 1. a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"

Strain4 lettersache
  1. Definition: 1. have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"

Strain4 letterstear
  1. Definition: 1. the act of tearing; "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear"

Strain4 letterstoil
  1. Definition: 1. work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"

Strain4 letterstask
  1. Definition: 1. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"

Strain4 lettersstab
  1. Definition: 1. stab or pierce; "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife"

Strain4 letterssift
  1. Definition: 1. distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates"

Strain4 lettersstew
  1. Definition: 1. cook slowly and for a long time in liquid; "Stew the vegetables in wine"

Strain4 lettersstem
  1. Definition: 1. cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

Strain4 lettersrace
  1. Definition: 1. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

Strain4 letterssort
  1. Definition: 1. an approximate definition or example; "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing"

Strain4 lettersrank
  1. Definition: 1. growing profusely; "rank jungle vegetation"

Strain4 letterssong
  1. Definition: 1. the act of singing;

Strain4 lettersrack
  1. Definition: 1. fly in high wind

Strain4 letterspush
  1. Definition: 1. sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs); "The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs"

Strain4 lettersprey
  1. Definition: 1. prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs"

Strain4 letterstype
  1. Definition: 1. a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?"

Strain5 letterstense
  1. Definition: 1. pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')

Strain5 letterstotem
  1. Definition: 1. emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians)

Strain5 lettersscrew
  1. Definition: 1. defeat someone through trickery or deceit

Strain5 letterstrace
  1. Definition: 1. make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along; "The children traced along the edge of the dark forest"; "The women traced the pasture"

Strain5 lettersscuff
  1. Definition: 1. walk without lifting the feet

Strain5 letterstinge
  1. Definition: 1. affect as in thought or feeling;

Strain5 letterstitle
  1. Definition: 1. an informal right to something;

Strain5 lettersstyle
  1. Definition: 1. a slender bristlelike or tubular process; "a cartilaginous style"

Strain5 lettersstray
  1. Definition: 1. not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs"

Strain5 letterssmell
  1. Definition: 1. become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption"

Strain5 lettersstock
  1. Definition: 1. the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"; "they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory"

Strain5 lettersstick
  1. Definition: 1. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"

Strain5 lettersstave
  1. Definition: 1. a crosspiece between the legs of a chair

Strain5 lettersstamp
  1. Definition: 1. a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents

Strain5 lettersslant
  1. Definition: 1. present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"

Strain5 lettersbreed
  1. Definition: 1. a special type; "Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs"

Strain5 lettersshape
  1. Definition: 1. the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')

Strain5 lettersswell
  1. Definition: 1. expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"

Strain5 lettersexert
  1. Definition: 1. make a great effort at a mental or physical task; "exert oneself"

Strain5 lettersstudy
  1. Definition: 1. a room used for reading and writing and studying; "he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study"

Strain5 lettersslash
  1. Definition: 1. cut drastically; "Prices were slashed"

Strain5 letterssweat
  1. Definition: 1. salty fluid secreted by sweat glands; "sweat poured off his brow"

Strain5 letterstrick
  1. Definition: 1. in heraldry, a sketch of a coat of arms in outline.

Strain5 letterswince
  1. Definition: 1. make a face indicating disgust or dislike; "She winced when she heard his pompous speech"

Strain5 lettersupset
  1. Definition: 1. form metals with a swage

Strain5 letterssieve
  1. Definition: 1. a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles

Strain5 lettersniter
  1. Definition: 1. (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive

Strain5 lettersexude
  1. Definition: 1. release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores"

Strain5 letterswound
  1. Definition: 1. cause injuries or bodily harm to

Strain5 letterswaver
  1. Definition: 1. the act of moving back and forth

Strain5 lettersverse
  1. Definition: 1. familiarize through thorough study or experience; "She versed herself in Roman archeology"

Strain5 lettersscald
  1. Definition: 1. the act of burning with steam or hot water

Strain5 lettersquail
  1. Definition: 1. small gallinaceous game birds

Strain5 letterspress
  1. Definition: 1. lift weights; "This guy can press 300 pounds"

Strain5 letterstwist
  1. Definition: 1. a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

Strain5 letterstribe
  1. Definition: 1. group of people related by blood or marriage

Strain5 lettersforce
  1. Definition: 1. an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"

Strain6 lettersstanza
  1. Definition: 1. a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

Strain6 lettersrefine
  1. Definition: 1. make more complex, intricate, or richer;

Strain6 lettersfilter
  1. Definition: 1. run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream; "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in"

Strain6 lettersdistil

    Strain6 lettersextend
    1. Definition: 1. span an interval of distance, space or time; "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles"

    Strain6 lettersrecoil
    1. Definition: 1. spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder"

    Strain6 letterssprain
    1. Definition: 1. a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments

    Strain6 letterswrench
    1. Definition: 1. a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt

    Strain6 lettersstripe
    1. Definition: 1. an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material

    Strain6 letterspurify
    1. Definition: 1. make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"

    Strain6 lettersstreak
    1. Definition: 1. a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background; "a green toad with small black stripes or bars"; "may the Stars and Stripes forever wave"

    Strain6 letterspucker
    1. Definition: 1. an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)

    Strain6 letterssorrow
    1. Definition: 1. feel grief

    Strain6 lettersrating
    1. Definition: 1. act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of

    Strain6 lettersstirps
    1. Definition: 1. Stock; race; family.

    Strain6 lettersstrive
    1. Definition: 1. to exert much effort or energy;

    Strain6 letterseffort
    1. Definition: 1. a notable achievement; "he performed a great feat"; "the book was her finest effort"

    Strain6 letterswinnow
    1. Definition: 1. the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women"

    Strain6 letterstauten
    1. Definition: 1. make taut or tauter; "tauten a rope"

    Strain6 letterstaxing
    1. Definition: 1. not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"

    Strain6 lettersscrape
    1. Definition: 1. make by scraping; "They scraped a letter into the stone"

    Strain6 letterstemper
    1. Definition: 1. restrain

    Strain6 letterssavage
    1. Definition: 1. criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

    Strain6 lettersstatus
    1. Definition: 1. a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"

    Strain6 lettersscotch
    1. Definition: 1. avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"

    Strain6 lettersscorch
    1. Definition: 1. become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun"

    Strain6 lettersscreen
    1. Definition: 1. test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; "screen the blood for the HIV virus"

    Strain6 letterstreble
    1. Definition: 1. the pitch range of the highest female voice

    Strain6 lettersstress
    1. Definition: 1. difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension;

    Strain6 lettersrubric
    1. Definition: 1. directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book)

    Strain6 letterswarble
    1. Definition: 1. a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly

    Strain6 lettersseptet
    1. Definition: 1. a set of seven similar things considered as a unit

    Strain6 lettersmelody
    1. Definition: 1. the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes

    Strain6 letterssextet
    1. Definition: 1. a musical composition written for six performers

    Strain6 lettersshrink
    1. Definition: 1. a physician who specializes in psychiatry

    Strain7 lettersrectify
    1. Definition: 1. convert into direct current; "rectify alternating current"

    Strain7 lettersrefrain
    1. Definition: 1. the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers

    Strain7 lettersproduce
    1. Definition: 1. come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard";

    Strain7 lettersscratch
    1. Definition: 1. dry mash for poultry

    Strain7 lettersprolong
    1. Definition: 1. lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"

    Strain7 lettersscruple
    1. Definition: 1. an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action

    Strain7 letterssection
    1. Definition: 1. one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"

    Strain7 lettersresolve
    1. Definition: 1. cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"

    Strain7 lettersspecies
    1. Definition: 1. coins collectively

    Strain7 lettersrupture
    1. Definition: 1. Tear

    Strain7 letterssociety
    1. Definition: 1. an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

    Strain7 lettersslavery

      Strain7 letterssublime
      1. Definition: 1. vaporize and then condense right back again

      Strain7 lettersvarnish
      1. Definition: 1. cover with varnish

      Strain7 lettersvariety
      1. Definition: 1. noticeable heterogeneity; "a diversity of possibilities"; "the range and variety of his work is amazing"

      Strain7 lettersstation
      1. Definition: 1. the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand; "a soldier manned the entrance post"; "a sentry station"

      Strain7 letterstrouble
      1. Definition: 1. an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"

      Strain7 letterstorture
      1. Definition: 1. the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"

      Strain7 letterswrestle
      1. Definition: 1. the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"

      Strain7 lettersamplify
      1. Definition: 1. increase the volume of; "amplify sound"

      Strain7 letterstension
      1. Definition: 1. (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body; "the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically toward the direction of the shear"

      Strain7 lettersstretch
      1. Definition: 1. the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

      Strain7 letterstighten
      1. Definition: 1. narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners"

      Strain7 lettersclarify
      1. Definition: 1. make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating; "clarify the butter"; "clarify beer"

      Strain7 lettersstumble
      1. Definition: 1. an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"

      Strain7 letterstriplet
      1. Definition: 1. a set of three similar things considered as a unit

      Strain7 lettersstratum
      1. Definition: 1. an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously"

      Strain7 lettersstrophe
      1. Definition: 1. one section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama

      Strain7 lettersstickle
      1. Definition: 1. dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points)

      Strain8 letterstransude

        Strain8 lettersspin-out

          Strain8 lettersstick-at

            Strain8 lettersstruggle
            1. Definition: 1. strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"

            Strain8 letterstitivate

              Strain8 lettersdefecate

                Strain8 letterspuncture
                1. Definition: 1. the act of puncturing or perforating

                Strain8 lettersquatrain
                1. Definition: 1. a stanza of four lines

                Strain8 lettersresponse
                1. Definition: 1. a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age"

                Strain8 lettersdepurate

                  Strain8 lettersrhetoric
                  1. Definition: 1. loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric"

                  Strain8 lettersstriving
                  1. Definition: 1. attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy"

                  Strain8 lettersweakness
                  1. Definition: 1. the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain; "his weakness increased as he became older"; "the weakness of the span was overlooked until it collapsed"

                  Strain8 letterstendency
                  1. Definition: 1. a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect; "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink"

                  Strain8 lettersvexation
                  1. Definition: 1. the act of troubling or annoying someone

                  Strain8 letterstincture
                  1. Definition: 1. stain or tint with a color; "The leaves were tinctured with a bright red"

                  Strain8 letterssuborder
                  1. Definition: 1. (biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order

                  Strain8 letterssuspense
                  1. Definition: 1. excited anticipation of an approaching climax; "the play kept the audience in suspense"

                  Strain8 letterssubgroup

                    Strain8 letterspressure
                    1. Definition: 1. the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button"

                    Strain8 lettersexertion
                    1. Definition: 1. use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"

                    Strain8 letterssyllable
                    1. Definition: 1. a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word `pocket' has two syllables"

                    Strain8 lettersprotract
                    1. Definition: 1. lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"

                    Strain8 lettersseparate
                    1. Definition: 1. separated according to race, sex, class, or religion; "separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes"

                    Strain8 lettersfiltrate
                    1. Definition: 1. remove by passing through a filter;

                    Strain8 lettersswelling
                    1. Definition: 1. the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)

                    Strain9 letterssublimate

                      Strain9 letterspull-back

                        Strain9 lettersweariness
                        1. Definition: 1. feeling of tiredness

                        Strain9 letterswhitewash
                        1. Definition: 1. a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score

                        Strain9 lettersstatement
                        1. Definition: 1. a document showing credits and debits

                        Strain9 lettersvariation
                        1. Definition: 1. an activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported"

                        Strain9 letterstenseness
                        1. Definition: 1. (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"

                        Strain9 letterspercolate
                        1. Definition: 1. the product of percolation

                        Strain9 letterstrick-out

                          Strain9 lettersstraining
                          1. Definition: 1. rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; "puree the vegetables for the baby"

                          Strain9 letterslixiviate

                            Strain9 letterstailpiece
                            1. Definition: 1. appendage added to extend the length of something

                            Strain9 lettersoverexert
                            1. Definition: 1. exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength; "don't overexert yourself when exercising!"

                            Strain9 letterstranspire
                            1. Definition: 1. give off (water) through the skin

                            Strain10 letterssprinkling
                            1. Definition: 1. the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the malt"

                            Strain10 lettersproduction
                            1. Definition: 1. the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time); "production was up in the second quarter"

                            Strain10 letterspropensity

                              Strain10 lettersproclivity

                                Strain10 letterspreference
                                1. Definition: 1. grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties)

                                Strain10 letterssleepiness

                                  Strain10 letterssuggestion

                                    Strain10 lettersstretching

                                      Strain10 lettersstring-out

                                        Strain10 letterssolicitude

                                          Strain10 letterssword-side

                                            Strain10 letterssuccession
                                            1. Definition: 1. acquisition of property by descent or by will

                                            Strain10 letterstraumatize
                                            1. Definition: 1. inflict a trauma upon

                                            Strain10 lettersunderstate
                                            1. Definition: 1. represent as less significant or important

                                            Strain10 lettersspear-side

                                              Strain10 lettersuneasiness

                                                Strain10 lettersresolution
                                                1. Definition: 1. the trait of being resolute; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work"

                                                Strain11 lettersstretch-out

                                                  Strain11 letterssubdivision

                                                    Strain11 letterstemperament
                                                    1. Definition: 1. an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys

                                                    Strain11 letterspredicament
                                                    1. Definition: 1. a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"

                                                    Strain11 lettersprotraction

                                                      Strain11 letterssweat-blood

                                                        Strain12 letterspredilection
                                                        1. Definition: 1. a predisposition in favor of something; "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation"

                                                        Strain12 lettersspiritualize

                                                          Strain12 lettersprolongation

                                                            Strain12 lettersspindle-side

                                                              Strain14 lettersunfriendliness

                                                                Strain14 letterspredisposition


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