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Dry dock

See under Dock.

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Dock 76% connected

A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.

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Dockage 76% connected

A charge for the use of a dock.

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Shipyard 70% connected

A yard, place, or inclosure where ships are built or repaired.

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Stress noun · 78% connection

(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of a…

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Base noun · 78% connection

lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

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Beam noun · 78% connection

long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction

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Bridge noun · 78% connection

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

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Construction noun · 78% connection

a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair i…

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Foot noun · 78% connection

lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

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Foundation noun · 78% connection

lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

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Fundament noun · 78% connection

lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

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Groundwork noun · 78% connection

lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

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Load verb · 78% connection

put (something) on a structure or conveyance; "load the bags onto the trucks"

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Span noun · 78% connection

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

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Steel noun · 78% connection

an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range

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Structure noun · 78% connection

a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair i…

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Substructure noun · 78% connection

lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

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Understructure noun · 78% connection

lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

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Breaking point noun · 78% connection

the degree of tension or stress at which something breaks

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Mechanical stress noun · 78% connection

elastic stress (any deformation of a solid material) and viscous stress (the gradual changing of the deformation) combined.; "The rela…

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Tension noun · 78% connection

(physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body; "the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically tow…

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Apron noun · 78% connection

A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut.

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Basin noun · 78% connection

A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay.

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Berthage noun · 78% connection

A place for mooring vessels in a dock or harbor.

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Bloodwort noun · 78% connection

A plant, Rumex sanguineus, or bloody-veined dock. The name is applied also to bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), and to an extensive…

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Bollard noun · 78% connection

An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes.

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Cobwork adjective · 78% connection

Built of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, as in a log house; in marine work, often sur…

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Crab adjective · 78% connection

A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.

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Cut verb · 78% connection

To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails.

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Docked imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Dock

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Docking p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Dock

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Fiddle noun · 78% connection

A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.

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Grain noun · 78% connection

A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.

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Hydraulic adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to hydraulics, or to fluids in motion; conveying, or acting by, water; as, an hydraulic clock, crane, or dock.

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Nipplewort noun · 78% connection

A yellow-flowered composite herb (Lampsana communis), formerly used as an external application to the nipples of women; -- called also…

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Ochreated adjective · 78% connection

Provided with ochrea, or sheathformed stipules, as the rhubarb, yellow dock, and knotgrass.

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Parelle noun · 78% connection

A name for two kinds of dock (Rumex Patientia and R. Hydrolapathum).

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Patience noun · 78% connection

A kind of dock (Rumex Patientia), less common in America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb.

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Rumicin noun · 78% connection

A yellow crystalline substance found in the root of yellow dock (Rumex crispus) and identical with chrysophanic acid.

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