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Jump :: Jump (n.) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.

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

Caprice :: Caprice (v. i.) An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion..

Snatcher :: Snatcher (n.) One who snatches, or takes abruptly..

Crookbill :: Crookbill (n.) A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right..

Abrupt :: Abrupt (a.) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off..

Short :: Short (superl.) Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question..

Abruptly :: Abruptly (adv.) Precipitously.

Brusque :: Brusque (a.) Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff; as, a brusque man; a brusque style..

Inflexed :: Inflexed (a.) Bent or turned abruptly inwards, or toward the axis, as the petals of a flower..

Offset :: Offset (n.) An abrupt bend in an object, as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside..

Bore :: Bore (n.) Less properly, a very high and rapid tidal flow, when not so abrupt, such as occurs at the Bay of Fundy and in the British Channel..

Palingenesy :: Palingenesy (n.) That form of evolution in which the truly ancestral characters conserved by heredity are reproduced in development; original simple descent; -- distinguished from kenogenesis. Sometimes, in zoology, the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc..

Liquid :: Liquid (a.) Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.

Knack :: Knack (v. i.) To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink..

Clack :: Clack (v. t.) A sharp, abrupt noise, or succession of noises, made by striking an object..

Premorse :: Premorse (a.) Terminated abruptly, or as it bitten off..

Refract :: Refract (n.) To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.

Mucronated :: Mucronated (a.) Ending abruptly in a sharp point; abruptly tipped with a short and sharp point; as, a mucronate leaf..

Bold :: Bold (n.) Steep; abrupt; prominent.

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