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Ostiary

The mouth of a river; an estuary.

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Guard 76% connected

To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Order 76% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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Reverend 76% connected

Worthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection; venerable.

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Doorkeeper 92% connected

One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Porter 92% connected

A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to receive messages.

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Position noun · 85% connection

the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained th…

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Status noun · 85% connection

the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained th…

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Bastardy noun · 84% connection

the status of being born to parents who were not married

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Caste noun · 84% connection

social status or position conferred by a system based on class; "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station"

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Command noun · 84% connection

a position of highest authority; "the corporation has just undergone a change in command"

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Dignity noun · 84% connection

high office or rank or station; "he respected the dignity of the emissaries"

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Echelon noun · 84% connection

status in a society or organization; "the upper echelon"

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Election noun · 84% connection

the status or fact of being elected; "they celebrated his election"

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Equality noun · 84% connection

a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best"

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Equation noun · 84% connection

a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best"

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Equivalence noun · 84% connection

a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best"

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Face noun · 84% connection

status in the eyes of others; "he lost face"

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Footing noun · 84% connection

status with respect to the relations between people or groups; "on good terms with her in-laws"; "on a friendly footing"

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Illegitimacy noun · 84% connection

the status of being born to parents who were not married

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Leadership noun · 84% connection

the status of a leader; "they challenged his leadership of the union"

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Left-handedness noun · 84% connection

the status of being born of a morganatic marriage

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Lowliness noun · 84% connection

a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation

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Lowness noun · 84% connection

a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation

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Aestuary n. & a. · 78% connection

See Estuary.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mouth, river, estuary.
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Affluent noun · 78% connection

A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream.

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Against preposition · 78% connection

Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over.

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Backwater noun · 78% connection

Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current , or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mouth, river, estuary.
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Bar noun · 78% connection

a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore; "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river"

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Bite verb · 78% connection

The act of seizing with the teeth or mouth; the act of wounding or separating with the teeth or mouth; a seizure with the teeth or mou…

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Bitterroot noun · 78% connection

A plant (Lewisia rediviva) allied to the purslane, but with fleshy, farinaceous roots, growing in the mountains of Idaho, Montana, etc…

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Boom noun · 78% connection

A strong chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or pas…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mouth, river, estuary.
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Bore noun · 78% connection

a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

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Brook noun · 78% connection

a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"

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Canker noun · 78% connection

A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mouth, river, estuary.
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Chop noun · 78% connection

The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.

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Chops n. pl. · 78% connection

The sides or capes at the mouth of a river, channel, harbor, or bay; as, the chops of the English Channel.

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