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spider

noun as in frying pan

Strongest match

Weak matches

noun as in griddle

Strong matches

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Outcast Henry's life fails to improve when his family relocates to Hawkins, where he spends his free time hanging out with spiders in an attic.

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“The slimy spider in the forest,” I say.

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They were long and slim fingered, like two pale, deadly spiders crawling toward her.

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Hopkins told Demme, “the quietness is the most terrifying part — it goes back to childhood, going to a room, turning on a light, there’s a big spider on the wall, quiet, waiting.”

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Scientists at the University of California, Davis report the discovery of a previously unrecognized trapdoor spider that lives in California's coastal sand dunes.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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