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| at arm's length |
at a distance; emotionally or physically detached. |
| body part |
a piece of the human body that has been detached, as by surgery or violence. [1/2 definitions] |
| boulder |
a large detached rock. |
| cicatrix |
the scar left when a stem or branch is detached from its parent tree or plant. [1/2 definitions] |
| clinical |
emotionally detached; objective; analytical. [1/3 definitions] |
| come off |
to become detached, removed, or cleaned away from a surface. [1/6 definitions] |
| cookhouse |
a detached building for cooking. |
| cottage |
a small or modest detached home, usu. for one family. [2 definitions] |
| coupon |
one of several dated certificates that can be detached periodically from a bond to claim interest. [1/3 definitions] |
| cut |
having been separated into parts or detached by cutting. [1/25 definitions] |
| detachment |
the condition of someone or something that is detached. [1/5 definitions] |
| floe |
a mass of sheet ice floating usu. on the sea, or a detached piece of such a mass. |
| freewheel |
to continue in motion with the wheels detached from the driving mechanism; coast. [1/4 definitions] |
| graft1 |
a detached portion of a plant, such as a shoot, that is placed into a slit or the like on another plant so as to become a living part of it. [3/9 definitions] |
| passionless |
not feeling or showing strong emotion; cold; calm; detached. |
| removable |
able to be removed or detached, as a part. |
| screw |
to become attached, detached, or adjusted by turning or being turned on a helical thread. [1/17 definitions] |
| semidetached |
partly separate or detached; attached on only one side, as two houses sharing a common wall. |
| separate |
disconnected or detached. [1/12 definitions] |
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