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Reserved :: Reserved (a.) Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and feelings; not free or frank..

Unstrained :: Unstrained (a.) Not strained; not cleared or purified by straining; as, unstrained oil or milk..

Colature :: Colature (n.) The process of straining; the matter strained; a strainer.

Riot :: Riot (n.) Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.

General :: General (a.) Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a loose and general expression..

Chainless :: Chainless (a.) Having no chain; not restrained or fettered.

Hogged :: Hogged (a.) Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends. See Hog, v. i..

Goggle :: Goggle (v. i.) A strained or affected rolling of the eye.

Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style..

Latitudinarian :: Latitudinarian (n.) One who is moderate in his notions, or not restrained by precise settled limits in opinion; one who indulges freedom in thinking..

Constrainable :: Constrainable (a.) Capable of being constrained; liable to constraint, or to restraint..

Bound :: Bound (p. p. & a.) Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail..

Unmoralized :: Unmoralized (a.) Not restrained or tutored by morality.

Bated :: Bated (a.) Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath..

Sprunt :: Sprung (a.) Said of a spar that has been cracked or strained.

Confabulation :: Confabulation (n.) Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation..

Titter :: Titter (n.) A restrained laugh.

Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained..

Intention :: Intention (n.) The state of being strained. See Intension.

Discretionary :: Discretionary () Left to discretion; unrestrained except by discretion or judgment; as, an ambassador with discretionary powers..

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