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Ocean

The whole body of salt water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe; -- called also the sea, or great sea.

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Narrower term 1

Deep 76% connected

Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured…

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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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Oceanic 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the ocean; found or formed in or about, or produced by, the ocean; frequenting the ocean, especially mid-ocean.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Oceanic 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the ocean; found or formed in or about, or produced by, the ocean; frequenting the ocean, especially mid-ocean.

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Synonym 1

Sea 92% 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…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Marine adjective · 86% connection

native to or inhabiting the sea; "marine plants and animals such as seaweed and whales"

Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Oceans and coasts, Water and aquatic environments.
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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…

Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Oceans and coasts.
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Oceanography noun · 85% connection

the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans

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Oceanology noun · 85% connection

the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans

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Aquifer noun · 85% connection

underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc

Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Water and aquatic environments.
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Basin noun · 85% connection

the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…

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Catchment area noun · 85% connection

the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…

Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Water and aquatic environments.
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Catchment basin noun · 85% connection

the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…

Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Water and aquatic environments.
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Drainage area noun · 85% connection

the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…

Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Water and aquatic environments.
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Drainage basin noun · 85% connection

the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…

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Lake noun · 85% connection

a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land

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River noun · 85% connection

a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles"

Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Water and aquatic environments.
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River basin noun · 85% connection

the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…

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Watershed noun · 85% connection

the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…

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Wave noun · 85% connection

a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures); "a heat wave"

Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Oceans and coasts.
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Wetland noun · 85% connection

a low area where the land is saturated with water

Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Water and aquatic environments.
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El Nino southern oscillation noun · 85% connection

a more intense El Nino that occurs every few years when the welling up of cold nutrient-rich water does not occur; kills plankton and…

Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Oceans and coasts.
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Hydrography noun · 85% connection

the science of the measurement and description and mapping of the surface waters of the earth with special reference to navigation

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All adjective · 78% connection

The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whole, body, salt, water, covers.
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Atomic number 11 noun · 78% connection

a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); bur…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whole, body, salt, water, covers.
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Conjunctiva noun · 78% connection

The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the conjunctival membr…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whole, body, salt, water, covers.
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Consecutive adjective · 78% connection

Having similarity of sequence; -- said of certain parallel progressions of two parts in a piece of harmony; as, consecutive fifths, or…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whole, body, salt, water, covers.
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Corn verb · 78% connection

To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whole, body, salt, water, covers.
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Cosmosphere noun · 78% connection

An apparatus for showing the position of the earth, at any given time, with respect to the fixed stars. It consist of a hollow glass g…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whole, body, salt, water, covers.
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Cover verb · 78% connection

To extend over; to be sufficient for; to comprehend, include, or embrace; to account for or solve; to counterbalance; as, a mortgage w…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whole, body, salt, water, covers.
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Earth noun · 78% connection

The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, includin…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whole, body, salt, water, covers.
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Emser salt noun · 78% connection

salt produced from the mineral water of Bad Ems, used as a medicine for diseases of the upper respiratory tract.; "Gargling with Emser…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whole, body, salt, water, covers.
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Endogen noun · 78% connection

A plant which increases in size by internal growth and elongation at the summit, having the wood in the form of bundles or threads, ir…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whole, body, salt, water, covers.
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Flood verb · 78% connection

A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and o…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whole, body, salt, water, covers.
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Fresh-water adjective · 78% connection

Of, pertaining to, or living in, water not salt; as, fresh-water geological deposits; a fresh-water fish; fresh-water mussels.

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