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Fiery :: Fiery (a.) Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited.

Latitude :: Latitude (n.) Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence..

Dithyramb :: Dithyramb (n.) A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem written in a wild irregular strain..

Intense :: Intense (a.) Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought..

Retentive :: Retentive (n.) That which retains or confines; a restraint.

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effect; as, a constrained voice..

Confine :: Confine (v. t.) To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

Rein :: Rein (n.) Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint..

Put :: Put (v. t.) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.

Recheat :: Recheat (n.) A strain given on the horn to call back the hounds when they have lost track of the game.

Free Will :: Free will () The power asserted of moral beings of willing or choosing without the restraints of physical or absolute necessity.

Self-restraint :: Self-restraint (n.) Restraint over one's self; self-control; self-command.

Self-restrained :: Self-restrained (a.) Restrained by one's self or itself; restrained by one's own power or will.

Press :: Press (v.) To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.

Mobocrat :: Mobocrat (n.) One who favors a form of government in which the unintelligent populace rules without restraint.

Cullender :: Cullender (n.) A strainer. See Colander.

Stress :: Stress (n.) The force, or combination of forces, which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress..

Keeping :: Keeping (n.) A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.

Raw :: Raw (superl.) Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow.

Unstrain :: Unstrain (v. t.) To relieve from a strain; to relax.

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