Term: cuddle: a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
Broader: embrace: the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | Unrelated: urge: an instinctive motive
Broader: embrace: the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | Unrelated: pepper spray: a nonlethal aerosol spray made with the pepper derivative oleoresin capiscum; used to cause temporary blindness and incapacitate an attacker; also used as a bear deterrent
Broader: embrace: the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | Unrelated: proprietorship certificate: a certificate showing who is responsible in an individually owned business
Broader: embrace: the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | Unrelated: chrysophrys: Australian snapper
Broader: embrace: the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | Unrelated: cervical smear: a sample of secretions and superficial cells of the uterine cervix and uterus; examined with a microscope to detect any abnormal cells
Broader: embrace: the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | Unrelated: plautus: a genus of Alcidae
Broader: embrace: the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | Unrelated: michaelmas: honoring the archangel Michael; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
Broader: embrace: the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | Unrelated: social security administration: an independent government agency responsible for the Social Security system
Broader: embrace: the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | Unrelated: trapezium: the wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals
Broader: embrace: the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | Unrelated: sightreader: a performer who reads without preparation or prior acquaintance (as in music)