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Pains

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strainnoun(biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
nisusnounA mental or physical effort to attain a specific goal; a striving.
strivingnounEffort; the act of one who strives.

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strivingnounEffort; the act of one who strives.
nisusnounA mental or physical effort to attain a specific goal; a striving.
strainnoun(biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
difficultiesnoun(colloquial) a series of frustrations
sufferingnounThe condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.
evilsnoun(slang) Synonym of evil eye (“dirty look”).
evilnounMoral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
hurtnounAn emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience.
griefnounEmotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
carenounClose attention; concern; responsibility.
assemblynounA congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
motherlandnounThe country of one's birth.
holynoun(archaic) A thing that is extremely holy; used almost exclusively in Holy of Holies.
mothernounA female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).
maternalnounA person related through the mother, or her side of the family; a maternal relative.
troublesnoun(Ireland, historical) The continued violence and terrorist, military and paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland that happened from the mid 1960s to the late 1990s.
doloresnounA female given name from Spanish.
deloresnoun(US) A female given name from Spanish, variant of Dolores.
achesnounContinued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
afflictionsnounA state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.

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