6
cogitate(verb, study, consider, resolve, reason)
6
hover(verb, suspend, perch)
6
languish(verb, dull, worry, fail, weaken)
6
lineage(noun, breed, family, blood, genus)
6
nest(noun, crowd, people, multitude, mob)
6
pine(verb, break, fail, weaken, want)
6
seed(noun, group, issue, shoot, stock)
6
species(noun, family, blood, genus, clan)
6
study(verb, consider, resolve, reason, examine)
6
tribe(noun, family, blood, genus, clan)
5
agonize(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
5
child(noun, issue, shoot, cutting, baby)
5
descendants(noun, kind, group, strain, line)
5
despair(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
5
despond(verb, break, worry, fail, weaken)
5
gens(noun, family, blood, genus, clan)
5
mull over(verb, expression, phrasal verb, study, consider)
5
sigh(verb, break, worry, fail, weaken)
5
spawn(noun, verb, plan, produce, create)
5
stirps(noun, family, blood, genus, clan)
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