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Adjutant
noun · 78% connection
A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, carries, commanding, officer, fleet.
Admiral
noun · 78% connection
A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, carries, commanding, officer, fleet.
Armada
verb · 78% connection
A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, carries, commanding, officer, fleet.
Blood
noun · 78% connection
the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets; "blood ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, carries, commanding, officer, fleet.
Burgee
noun · 78% connection
A swallow-tailed flag; a distinguishing pennant, used by cutters, yachts, and merchant vessels.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, carries, commanding, officer, fleet.
Capias
noun · 78% connection
A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; -- also called writ of ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, carries, commanding, officer, fleet.
Captain
noun · 78% connection
By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel, although not having the rank of captain.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, carries, commanding, officer, fleet.
Carry
verb · 78% connection
To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, carries, commanding, officer, fleet.
Characteristic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, carries, commanding, officer, fleet.
Commodore
noun · 78% connection
A captain commanding a squadron, or a division of a fleet, or having the temporary rank of rear admiral.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, carries, commanding, officer, fleet.
Detail
noun · 78% connection
To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, carries, commanding, officer, fleet.
Ensign
noun · 78% connection
A flag; a banner; a standard; esp., the national flag, or a banner indicating nationality, carried by a ship or a body of soldiers; --…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, carries, commanding, officer, fleet.
Ephemera
noun · 78% connection
A genus of insects including the day flies, or ephemeral flies. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, carries, commanding, officer, fleet.
Flag
noun · 78% connection
A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask information; -- commonly…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, carries, commanding, officer, fleet.
Flotilla
noun · 78% connection
A little fleet, or a fleet of small vessels.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, carries, commanding, officer, fleet.
Fly
verb · 78% connection
To move or pass swiftly; to hasten away; to circulate rapidly; as, a ship flies on the deep; a top flies around; rumor flies.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, carries, commanding, officer, fleet.
Gnat
noun · 78% connection
any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, carries, commanding, officer, fleet.
Guidon
verb · 78% connection
A small flag or streamer, as that carried by cavalry, which is broad at one end and nearly pointed at the other, or that used to direc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, carries, commanding, officer, fleet.
