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Inch

An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off the coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, etc.

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Advance 76% connected

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Progress 76% connected

A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance

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In 74% connected

The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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In 74% connected

The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Foot 70% connected

The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mesh 70% connected

The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net.

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Pica 70% connected

The genus that includes the magpies.

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Edge 92% connected

The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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In 92% connected

The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Albyn noun · 78% connection

Scotland; esp. the Highlands of Scotland.

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Aleutic adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to a chain of islands between Alaska and Kamtchatka; also, designating these islands.

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Archipelago noun · 78% connection

Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands.

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Atoll noun · 78% connection

A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; a lagoon…

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Binomial adjective · 78% connection

Having two names; -- used of the system by which every animal and plant receives two names, the one indicating the genus, the other th…

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Bluefish noun · 78% connection

A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidae, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American…

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Breadfruit noun · 78% connection

The fruit of a tree (Artocarpus incisa) found in the islands of the Pacific, esp. the South Sea islands. It is of a roundish form, fro…

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Butterfish noun · 78% connection

A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlanti…

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Cabotage noun · 78% connection

Navigation along the coast; the details of coast pilotage.

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Carib noun · 78% connection

A native of the Caribbee islands or the coasts of the Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a region of South Amer…

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Caribbee adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the Caribs, to their islands (the eastern and southern West Indies), or to the sea (called the Caribbean sea) lyin…

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Charybdis noun · 78% connection

A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla.

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Coasting adjective · 78% connection

Sailing along or near a coast, or running between ports along a coast.

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Coromandel noun · 78% connection

The west coast, or a portion of the west coast, of the Bay of Bengal.

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Crannoge noun · 78% connection

One of the stockaded islands in Scotland and Ireland which in ancient times were numerous in the lakes of both countries. They may be…

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Doit noun · 78% connection

A small Dutch coin, worth about half a farthing; also, a similar small coin once used in Scotland; hence, any small piece of money.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: island, names, small, islands, coast.
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Enisled p. a. · 78% connection

Placed alone or apart, as if on an island; severed, as an island.

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Friesic noun · 78% connection

The language of the Frisians, a Teutonic people formerly occupying a large part of the coast of Holland and Northwestern Germany. The…

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