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Abelmosk
noun · 78% connection
An evergreen shrub (Hibiscus -- formerly Abelmoschus -- moschatus), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, designating, east, west.
Allspice
noun · 78% connection
The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jama…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, designating, east, west.
Amplitude
noun · 78% connection
The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the risi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, designating, east, west.
Analemma
noun · 78% connection
An orthographic projection of the sphere on the plane of the meridian, the eye being supposed at an infinite distance, and in the east…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, designating, east, west.
Appellative
noun · 78% connection
A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, designating, east, west.
Atlantic
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, designating, east, west.
Catamaran
noun · 78% connection
A kind of raft or float, consisting of two or more logs or pieces of wood lashed together, and moved by paddles or sail; -- used as a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, designating, east, west.
Chop
noun · 78% connection
The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, designating, east, west.
Coromandel
noun · 78% connection
The west coast, or a portion of the west coast, of the Bay of Bengal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, designating, east, west.
Declination
noun · 78% connection
The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or betw…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, designating, east, west.
Departure
noun · 78% connection
The distance due east or west which a person or ship passes over in going along an oblique line.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, designating, east, west.
Direct
adjective · 78% connection
In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; -- said of the moti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, designating, east, west.
East
adjective · 78% connection
Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east border; the east s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, designating, east, west.
Flamboyer
noun · 78% connection
A name given in the East and West Indies to certain trees with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Caesalpinia.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, designating, east, west.
Ginger
noun · 78% connection
A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, designating, east, west.
Hinge
noun · 78% connection
One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, designating, east, west.
Hurricane
noun · 78% connection
A violent storm, characterized by extreme fury and sudden changes of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightni…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, designating, east, west.
Indian
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, designating, east, west.
