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Canal

An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.

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Narrower term 11

Bronchiole 76% connected

A minute bronchial tube.

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Canaliculus 76% connected

A minute canal.

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Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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Epididymis 76% connected

An oblong vermiform mass on the dorsal side of the testicle, composed of numerous convolutions of the excretory duct of that organ.

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Pore 76% connected

One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc.

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Race 76% connected

To raze.

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Sinus 76% connected

of Sinus

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Umbilical 76% connected

Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical cord; umbilic.

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Ureter 76% connected

The duct which conveys the urine from the kidney to the bladder or cloaca. There are two ureters, one for each kidney.

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Urethra 76% connected

The canal by which the urine is conducted from the bladder and discharged.

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Vagina 76% connected

A sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein.

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Channel 76% connected

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

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Furnish 76% connected

To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provis…

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Passage 76% connected

The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man o…

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Passageway 76% connected

A way for passage; a hall. See Passage, 5.

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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Waterway 76% connected

Heavy plank or timber extending fore and aft the whole length of a vessel's deck at the line of junction with the sides, forming a channel to the scu…

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Canalization 74% connected

Construction of, or furnishing with, a canal or canals.

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Canalization 74% connected

Construction of, or furnishing with, a canal or canals.

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Ampulla 70% connected

A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug.

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Lock 70% connected

A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.

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Lockage 70% connected

Materials for locks in a canal, or the works forming a lock or locks.

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Channel 92% connected

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

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Duct 92% connected

Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed.

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