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Headland

A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting into the sea or other expanse of water.

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Elevation 76% connected

The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the ele…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mull 76% connected

A thin, soft kind of muslin.

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Foreland 92% connected

A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Head 92% connected

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Promontory 92% connected

A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Accretion noun · 86% connection

(geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment

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Bed noun · 86% connection

(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of sandstone"

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Break noun · 86% connection

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…

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Clast noun · 86% connection

(geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock

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Clastic rock noun · 86% connection

(geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks

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Deflation noun · 86% connection

(geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind; "a constant deflation of th…

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Eating away noun · 86% connection

(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

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Eroding noun · 86% connection

(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

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Erosion noun · 86% connection

(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

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Esker noun · 86% connection

(geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets

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Exceedance noun · 86% connection

(geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a…

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Fault line noun · 86% connection

(geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface

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Fracture noun · 86% connection

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…

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Geologic process noun · 86% connection

(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified

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Geological fault noun · 86% connection

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…

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Geological formation noun · 86% connection

(geology) the geological features of the earth

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Geological process noun · 86% connection

(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified

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Geology noun · 86% connection

a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks

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Appurtenance noun · 78% connection

That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in commo…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cape, promontory, point, land, projecting.
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Apse noun · 78% connection

A projecting part of a building, esp. of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination, and, most often, projec…

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Arrive verb · 78% connection

To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cape, promontory, point, land, projecting.
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Ashore adverb · 78% connection

On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed…

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Balcony noun · 78% connection

A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony i…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cape, promontory, point, land, projecting.
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Beak noun · 78% connection

Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land.

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Bearing noun · 78% connection

The situation of a distant object, with regard to a ship's position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter, etc.; the direction or point o…

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Broad superl. · 78% connection

Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cape, promontory, point, land, projecting.
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Buffalo noun · 78% connection

any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo, Cape buffalo

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cape, promontory, point, land, projecting.
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Bumkin noun · 78% connection

A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One…

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Burst noun · 78% connection

A sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cape, promontory, point, land, projecting.
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Cape noun · 78% connection

A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland.

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Continent adjective · 78% connection

One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an isl…

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