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Air vessel
unknown · 78% connection
A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: navigable, part, river, vessels, enter.
Backwater
noun · 78% connection
Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current , or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: navigable, part, river, vessels, enter.
Bar
noun · 78% connection
A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: navigable, part, river, vessels, enter.
Boatable
adjective · 78% connection
Navigable for boats, or small river craft.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: navigable, part, river, vessels, enter.
Boom
noun · 78% connection
A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: navigable, part, river, vessels, enter.
Channel
noun · 78% connection
The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vesse…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: navigable, part, river, vessels, enter.
Chop
noun · 78% connection
The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: navigable, part, river, vessels, enter.
Chops
n. pl. · 78% connection
The sides or capes at the mouth of a river, channel, harbor, or bay; as, the chops of the English Channel.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: navigable, part, river, vessels, enter.
Depart
verb · 78% connection
To forsake; to abandon; to desist or deviate (from); not to adhere to; -- with from; as, we can not depart from our rules; to depart f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: navigable, part, river, vessels, enter.
Dock
noun · 78% connection
An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gate…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: navigable, part, river, vessels, enter.
Drawbridge
noun · 78% connection
A bridge of which either the whole or a part is made to be raised up, let down, or drawn or turned aside, to admit or hinder communica…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: navigable, part, river, vessels, enter.
Enter
verb · 78% connection
To get admission; to introduce one's self; to penetrate; to form or constitute a part; to become a partaker or participant; to share;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: navigable, part, river, vessels, enter.
Fair
superl. · 78% connection
Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unincumbered; open; direct; -- said of a road, passage, etc.; as, a fair mark; in fai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: navigable, part, river, vessels, enter.
Flume
noun · 78% connection
A stream; especially, a passage channel, or conduit for the water that drives a mill wheel; or an artifical channel of water for hydra…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: navigable, part, river, vessels, enter.
Gutter
noun · 78% connection
A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: navigable, part, river, vessels, enter.
Haven
noun · 78% connection
A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: navigable, part, river, vessels, enter.
Hilum
noun · 78% connection
The part of a gland, or similar organ, where the blood vessels and nerves enter; the hilus; as, the hilum of the kidney.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: navigable, part, river, vessels, enter.
Jetty
noun · 78% connection
A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor; a mole; as, the Eads syst…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: navigable, part, river, vessels, enter.
