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Barratry
noun · 78% connection
A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, ship, regard, length, breadth.
Barrel
noun · 78% connection
A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat en…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, ship, regard, length, breadth.
Board
noun · 78% connection
A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, ship, regard, length, breadth.
Body
noun · 78% connection
A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, ship, regard, length, breadth.
Bottomry
noun · 78% connection
A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, ship, regard, length, breadth.
Broad
superl. · 78% connection
Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, ship, regard, length, breadth.
Caesura
noun · 78% connection
A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, ship, regard, length, breadth.
Chink
noun · 78% connection
A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, ship, regard, length, breadth.
Dimension
noun · 78% connection
Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, ship, regard, length, breadth.
Draught
noun · 78% connection
The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden; as, a ship of twelve feet dra…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, ship, regard, length, breadth.
Extensible
adjective · 78% connection
Capable of being extended, whether in length or breadth; susceptible of enlargement; extensible; extendible; -- the opposite of contra…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, ship, regard, length, breadth.
Extension
verb · 78% connection
The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; aug…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, ship, regard, length, breadth.
Finger
noun · 78% connection
The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domesti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, ship, regard, length, breadth.
Inch
adjective · 78% connection
Measurement an inch in any dimension, whether length, breadth, or thickness; -- used in composition; as, a two-inch cable; a four-inch…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, ship, regard, length, breadth.
Juger
noun · 78% connection
A Roman measure of land, measuring 28,800 square feet, or 240 feet in length by 120 in breadth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, ship, regard, length, breadth.
Keelson
noun · 78% connection
A piece of timber in a ship laid on the middle of the floor timbers over the keel, and binding the floor timbers to the keel; in iron…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, ship, regard, length, breadth.
Length
adjective · 78% connection
The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, ship, regard, length, breadth.
Line
noun · 78% connection
That which has length, but not breadth or thickness.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, ship, regard, length, breadth.
