Welk

//wɛlk//

Synonyms for "welk" (85 found)

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abscess aposteme bed sore blain bleb blister blue point boil bubo bulla bunion canker canker sore carbuncle chancre chancroid chilblain

Strong matches (26)

Related words (42)

mussel oyster papula papule paronychia parulis periwinkle petechia pile piles pimple pock polyp prawn pustule quahog rising scab scallop shell

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shellfish shrimp snail soft chancre soft-shell crab sore steamer stigma sty suppuration swelling tubercle ulcer ulceration wale weal welt wheal whelp whitlow wound

Noun(1 words)

scungilli

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beat contract decay diminish shorten soak thrash wane wilt wither

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As gentle Shepheard in ſweete euentide, / When ruddy Phebus gins to welke in weſt, [...]

Source: wiktionary

[T]he Church that before by inſenſible degrees welk'd and impair'd, now with large ſteps went down hill decaying; [...]

Source: wiktionary

But nowe ſadde Winter welked hath the day, / And Phœbus weary of his yerely taſ-ke: / Yſtabled hath his ſteedes in lowlye laye / And taken vp his ynne in Fiſhes haſ-ke.

Source: wiktionary

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