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Leeway

The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.

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Disagreement 76% connected

The state of disagreeing; a being at variance; dissimilitude; diversity.

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Discrepancy 76% connected

The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.

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Divergence 76% connected

Alt. of Divergency

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Drift 76% connected

A driving; a violent movement.

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Variance 76% connected

The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.

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Allowance 92% connected

Approval; approbation.

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Margin 92% connected

A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake.

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Tolerance 92% connected

The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.

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Quality noun · 85% connection

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare

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Water noun · 85% connection

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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Wetland noun · 85% connection

a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Convention noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionalism noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionality noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Fertility noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Prolificacy noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Rankness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Richness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Ability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

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Accuracy noun · 84% connection

(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much grea…

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Adequacy noun · 84% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 84% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Appearance noun · 84% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Bad noun · 84% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Believability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Fenland noun · 84% connection

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…

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Barratry noun · 78% connection

A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of th…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, movement, ship, leeward, course.
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Bogue verb · 78% connection

To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward; -- said only of inferior craft.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, movement, ship, leeward, course.
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Bond noun · 78% connection

The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, movement, ship, leeward, course.
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Bottomry noun · 78% connection

A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, movement, ship, leeward, course.
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Circulation noun · 78% connection

The movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every living elementar…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, movement, ship, leeward, course.
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Counter brace unknown · 78% connection

The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, movement, ship, leeward, course.
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Course noun · 78% connection

Progress from point to point without change of direction; any part of a progress from one place to another, which is in a straight lin…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, movement, ship, leeward, course.
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Crab verb · 78% connection

To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, movement, ship, leeward, course.
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Crash course noun · 78% connection

a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency); "he took a crash course in Italian on his way…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, movement, ship, leeward, course.
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Crash program noun · 78% connection

a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency); "he took a crash course in Italian on his way…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, movement, ship, leeward, course.
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Crash programme noun · 78% connection

a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency); "he took a crash course in Italian on his way…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, movement, ship, leeward, course.
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Direction noun · 78% connection

The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of te…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, movement, ship, leeward, course.
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Draught noun · 78% connection

The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden; as, a ship of twelve feet dra…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, movement, ship, leeward, course.
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