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Base pair
noun · 78% connection
one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA mole…
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Boat
noun · 78% connection
Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat,…
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Boat bug
unknown · 78% connection
An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; -- so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a littl…
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Braid
verb · 78% connection
To weave, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait.
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Brigandine
noun · 78% connection
A coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewed to line…
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Calk
verb · 78% connection
To drive tarred oakum into the seams between the planks of (a ship, boat, etc.), to prevent leaking. The calking is completed by smear…
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Candy
noun · 78% connection
A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds.
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Carpet
noun · 78% connection
A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be s…
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Chesses
n. pl. · 78% connection
The platforms, consisting of two or more planks doweled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.
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Clinker-built
adjective · 78% connection
Having the side planks (af a boat) so arranged that the lower edge of each overlaps the upper edge of the plank next below it like cla…
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Collapse
verb · 78% connection
To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: boat, coast, madras, india, planks.
Cord
noun · 78% connection
A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
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Cross
noun · 78% connection
A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place; as, a market cross; a boundary cross; Charing C…
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Davit
noun · 78% connection
Curved arms of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side of stern, having tackle to raise or lower a boat, swing it in on deck, ri…
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Flitch
noun · 78% connection
One of several planks, smaller timbers, or iron plates, which are secured together, side by side, to make a large girder or built beam.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: boat, coast, madras, india, planks.
Fringe
noun · 78% connection
An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: boat, coast, madras, india, planks.
Hem
noun · 78% connection
The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen raveling.
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Hyalonema
noun · 78% connection
A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together l…
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