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Inlet

A passage by which an inclosed place may be entered; a place of ingress; entrance.

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Cove 76% connected

A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fiord 76% connected

A narrow inlet of the sea, penetrating between high banks or rocks, as on the coasts of Norway and Alaska.

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Fjord 76% connected

See Fiord.

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Loch 76% connected

A lake; a bay or arm of the sea.

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Siamese 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Siam, its native people, or their language.

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Opening 76% connected

of Open

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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 2

Lake 70% connected

A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with aluminium hydrate; as, madder…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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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Intake 92% connected

The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; -- opposed to outlet.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Recess 92% connected

A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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