13
salute(verb, move, stop, meet, honor)
12
Bend
12
genuflect(noun, verb, twist, bend, lean)
12
give in(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, break)
12
incline(noun, verb, hold, cover, twist)
12
nose(noun, front, forepart)
12
succumb(verb, stop, break, drop, take)
11
bob(noun, verb, move, depression, down)
11
accede(verb, break, drop, fail, agree)
11
accept(verb, support, take, respect, lower)
9
bowing(noun, pitch, incline, slope)
9
kneel(verb, get, yield, surrender, depression)
9
loop(noun, verb, turn, twist, tie)
9
prow(noun, head, front, nose, forepart)
9
stem(noun, head, front, nose, forepart)
8
angle(noun, verb, change, turn, twist)
8
duck(verb, move, acknowledge, depression, bend)
8
twist(noun, verb, change, turn, shift)
8
hook(noun, verb, change, turn, extend)
8
hunch(verb, extend, bend, incline, distort)
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