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Upholder :: Upholder (n.) One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer..

Vindicate :: Vindicate (v. t.) To maintain or defend with success; to prove to be valid; to assert convincingly; to sustain against assault; as, to vindicate a right, claim, or title..

Ode :: Ode (n.) A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; esp., now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style..

Duplicity :: Duplicity (n.) Doubleness of heart or speech; insincerity; a sustained form of deception which consists in entertaining or pretending to entertain one of feelings, and acting as if influenced by another; bad faith..

Bitts :: Bitts (n. pl.) A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides at anchor, or in warping. Other bitts are used for belaying (belaying bitts), for sustaining the windlass (carrick bitts, winch bitts, or windlass bitts), to hold the pawls of the windlass (pawl bitts) etc..

Endurer :: Endurer (n.) One who, or that which, endures or lasts; one who bears, suffers, or sustains..

Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Not able to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain; as, a weak timber; a weak rope..

Bear :: Bear (v. t.) To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc..

Abortion :: Abortion (n.) The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage..

Suffer :: Suffer (v. t.) To undergo; to be affected by; to sustain; to experience; as, most substances suffer a change when long exposed to air and moisture; to suffer loss or damage..

Sustainer :: Sustained (a.) Held up to a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform; as, sustained pasion; a sustained style of writing; a sustained note in music..

Dependent :: Dependent (a.) Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; contingent or conditioned; subordinate; -- often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends..

Bunk :: Bunk (n.) A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.

Sustentate :: Sustentacular (a.) Supporting; sustaining; as, a sustentacular tissue..

Load :: Load (v.) A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load..

Strong :: Strong (superl.) Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town..

Mustang :: Mustang (n.) The half-wild horse of the plains in Mexico, California, etc. It is small, hardy, and easily sustained..

Stand :: Stand (v. t.) To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat..

Armature :: Armature (n.) Iron bars or framing employed for the consolidation of a building, as in sustaining slender columns, holding up canopies, etc..

Upbear :: Upbear (v. t.) To bear up; to raise aloft; to support in an elevated situation; to sustain.

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