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Continental

Of or pertaining to a continent.

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Transcontinental 84% connected

Extending or going across a continent; as, a transcontinental railroad or journey.

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Transcontinental 84% connected

Extending or going across a continent; as, a transcontinental railroad or journey.

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Continent 74% connected

Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.

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Continent 74% connected

Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.

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Continent 66% connected

Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.

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Intercontinental 94% connected

Between or among continents; subsisting or carried on between continents; as, intercontinental relations or commerce.

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Intercontinental 94% connected

Between or among continents; subsisting or carried on between continents; as, intercontinental relations or commerce.

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Climatology noun · 78% connection

meteorology of climates and their phenomena

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Arctic adjective · 78% connection

extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weathe…

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Arid adjective · 78% connection

lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and…

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Climate noun · 78% connection

the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime t…

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Climatic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to a climate; "climatic changes"

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Climatical adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to a climate; "climatic changes"

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Clime noun · 78% connection

the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime t…

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Desiccate adjective · 78% connection

lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and…

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Desiccated adjective · 78% connection

lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and…

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Drought noun · 78% connection

a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"

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Drouth noun · 78% connection

a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"

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Frigid adjective · 78% connection

extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weathe…

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Gelid adjective · 78% connection

extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weathe…

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Glacial adjective · 78% connection

extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weathe…

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Icy adjective · 78% connection

extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weathe…

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Maritime adjective · 78% connection

bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea; "a maritime province"; "maritime farmers"; "maritime cultures"

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Monsoon noun · 78% connection

a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter

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Polar adjective · 78% connection

extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weathe…

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-ent unknown · 78% connection

An adjective suffix signifying action or being; as, corrodent, excellent, emergent, continent, quiescent. See -ant.

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Abstinent adjective · 78% connection

Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate.

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Aeolian adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to Aeolus, the mythic god of the winds; pertaining to, or produced by, the wind; aerial.

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Agonistical adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnat…

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American adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians.

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Ancient adjective · 78% connection

Known for a long time, or from early times; -- opposed to recent or new; as, the ancient continent.

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Anglican adjective · 78% connection

English; of or pertaining to England or the English nation; especially, pertaining to, or connected with, the established church of En…

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Archiater noun · 78% connection

Chief physician; -- a term applied, on the continent of Europe, to the first or body physician of princes and to the first physician o…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, continent.
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Buffalo noun · 78% connection

A species of the genus Bos or Bubalus (B. bubalus), originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the easter…

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Bulbar adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to bulb; especially, in medicine, pertaining to the bulb of the spinal cord, or medulla oblongata; as, bulbar paralys…

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Chaste adjective · 78% connection

Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent.

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Classical noun · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, esp. to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their bes…

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Compass noun · 78% connection

A circle; a continent.

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