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Gulf

A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin,

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Chasm 76% connected

A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure.

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Disparity 76% connected

Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or excellence; dissimilitude; -- followed by between, in, of, as to, etc.; as, disparity in, or of, y…

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Water 76% connected

The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.

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Containing whole 1

Sea 70% connected

One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean, found on the earth's surface; a body of salt water of second rank, generally forming part…

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Disconnect 92% connected

To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Disconnection 92% connected

The act of disconnecting, or state of being disconnected; separation; want of union.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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