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Island

A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. Cf. Continent.

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Earth 76% connected

The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place of mortals, in d…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ground 76% connected

of Grind

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Land 76% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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Zone 76% connected

A girdle; a cincture.

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Isle 76% connected

See Aisle.

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Islet 76% connected

A little island.

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Archipelago 70% connected

The Grecian Archipelago, or Aegean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands.

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Forest noun · 86% connection

land that is covered with trees and shrubs

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Greenwood noun · 86% connection

woodlands in full leaf; "the greenwood was Robin Hood's home"

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Peninsula noun · 86% connection

a large mass of land projecting into a body of water

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Silva noun · 86% connection

the forest trees growing in a country or region

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Sylva noun · 86% connection

the forest trees growing in a country or region

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Timber noun · 86% connection

land that is covered with trees and shrubs

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Timberland noun · 86% connection

land that is covered with trees and shrubs

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Tundra noun · 86% connection

a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen

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Woodland noun · 86% connection

land that is covered with trees and shrubs

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Clast noun · 85% connection

(geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock

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Clastic rock noun · 85% connection

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

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Eating away noun · 85% connection

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

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El Nino noun · 85% connection

(oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas ti…

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Exceedance noun · 85% 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 · 85% connection

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

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Geologic process noun · 85% connection

(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified

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Geological fault noun · 85% 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 · 85% connection

(geology) the geological features of the earth

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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: tract, land, surrounded, water, smaller.
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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; -…

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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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Barren noun · 78% connection

A tract of barren land.

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Borderer noun · 78% connection

One who dwells on a border, or at the extreme part or confines of a country, region, or tract of land; one who dwells near to a place…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tract, land, surrounded, water, smaller.
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Carry noun · 78% connection

A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage.

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Chart noun · 78% connection

A map; esp., a hydrographic or marine map; a map on which is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tract, land, surrounded, water, smaller.
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Chersonese noun · 78% connection

A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the Cimbric Ch…

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Chiltern Hundreds unknown · 78% connection

A tract of crown land in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, to which is attached the nominal office of steward. As members of P…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tract, land, surrounded, water, smaller.
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Clearing noun · 78% connection

A tract of land cleared of wood for cultivation.

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Close verb · 78% connection

An inclosed place; especially, a small field or piece of land surrounded by a wall, hedge, or fence of any kind; -- specifically, the…

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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…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tract, land, surrounded, water, smaller.
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Contract of hazard noun · 78% connection

a sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage

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