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Barleycorn
noun · 78% connection
A grain or "corn" of barley.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, containing, feet, space.
Bath
noun · 78% connection
The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air, or th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, containing, feet, space.
Boatswain
noun · 78% connection
An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the cr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, containing, feet, space.
Coextend
verb · 78% connection
To extend through the same space or time with another; to extend to the same degree.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, containing, feet, space.
Coir
noun · 78% connection
A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, containing, feet, space.
Cord
noun · 78% connection
A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, containing, feet, space.
Deep
superl. · 78% connection
Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, wh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, containing, feet, space.
Depth
noun · 78% connection
The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, containing, feet, space.
Dimension
noun · 78% connection
Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, containing, feet, space.
Draught
noun · 78% connection
The act of drawing or pulling
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, containing, feet, space.
Draw
verb · 78% connection
To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, containing, feet, space.
Extend
verb · 78% connection
To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord acros…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, containing, feet, space.
Gallon
noun · 78% connection
A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, containing, feet, space.
Hand
noun · 78% connection
That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, containing, feet, space.
Hawse
noun · 78% connection
A hawse hole.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, containing, feet, space.
Hectolitre
noun · 78% connection
A measure of liquids, containing a hundred liters; equal to a tenth of a cubic meter, nearly 26/ gallons of wine measure, or 22.0097 i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, containing, feet, space.
Homer
noun · 78% connection
A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, containing, feet, space.
Inch
noun · 78% connection
An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off the coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, containing, feet, space.
