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Deflexed :: Deflexed (a.) Bent abruptly downward.

Short :: Short (adv.) In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short..

Jolt :: "Jolt (v. i.) To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts..

Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve..

Abrupt :: Abrupt (a.) Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places..

Easement :: Easement (n.) A curved member instead of an abrupt change of direction, as in a baseboard, hand rail, etc..

Fourche :: Fourche (a.) Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; -- said of an ordinary, especially of a cross..

Clatter :: Clatter (n.) A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds..

Clack :: Clack (n.) To utter words rapidly and continually, or with abruptness; to let the tongue run..

Shut :: Shut (a.) Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are..

Geniculate :: Geniculate (a.) Bent abruptly at an angle, like the knee when bent; as, a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal..

Abrupt :: Abrupt (n.) An abrupt place.

Squawk :: Squawk (v. i.) To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly..

Bluff :: Bluff (a.) Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain..

Abrupt :: Abrupt (a.) Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.

Precipice :: Precipice (n.) A headlong steep; a very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging place; an abrupt declivity; a cliff..

Abscission :: Abscission (n.) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more..

Hard :: Hard (superl.) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade.

Butte :: Butte (n.) A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the general level of the surrounding plain; -- applied to peculiar elevations in the Rocky Mountain region..

Mucro :: Mucro (n.) A minute abrupt point, as of a leaf; any small, sharp point or process, terminating a larger part or organ..

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