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Conduit

A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid.

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Aqueduct 76% connected

A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water.

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Duct 76% connected

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

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Flue 76% connected

An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage

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Penstock 76% connected

A close conduit or pipe for conducting water, as, to a water wheel, or for emptying a pond, or for domestic uses.

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Sluice 76% connected

An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow; also, a water gate or flood ga…

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Sluiceway 76% connected

An artificial channel into which water is let by a sluice; specifically, a trough constructed over the bed of a stream, so that logs, lumber, or rubb…

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Spill 76% connected

A bit of wood split off; a splinter.

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Spillway 76% connected

A sluiceway or passage for superfluous water in a reservoir, to prevent too great pressure on the dam.

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Tube 76% connected

A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.

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Tubing 76% connected

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Wasteweir 76% connected

An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like.

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Waterspout 76% connected

A remarkable meteorological phenomenon, of the nature of a tornado or whirlwind, usually observed over the sea, but sometimes over the land.

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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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