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-ably
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix composed of -able and the adverbial suffix -ly; as, favorably.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ship, side, hence, extension, found.
-ling
unknown · 78% connection
An adverbial suffix; as, darkling, flatling.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ship, side, hence, extension, found.
-s
unknown · 78% connection
An adverbial suffix; as in towards, needs, always, -- originally the genitive, possesive, ending. See -'s.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ship, side, hence, extension, found.
-ways
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix formed from way by the addition of the adverbial -s (see -wards). It is often used interchangeably with wise; as, endways or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ship, side, hence, extension, found.
Abeam
adverb · 78% connection
On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ship, side, hence, extension, found.
Above
preposition · 78% connection
Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See Above, adv., 4.)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ship, side, hence, extension, found.
Accost
verb · 78% connection
To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ship, side, hence, extension, found.
Adverbial
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to an adverb; of the nature of an adverb; as, an adverbial phrase or form.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ship, side, hence, extension, found.
Adverbiality
noun · 78% connection
The quality of being adverbial.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ship, side, hence, extension, found.
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: ship, side, hence, extension, found.
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: ship, side, hence, extension, found.
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: ship, side, hence, extension, found.
Guard
verb · 78% connection
An extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull; esp., in side-wheel steam vessels, the framework of strong timbers, which curves…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ship, side, hence, extension, found.
Heave
verb · 78% connection
To force from, or into, any position; to cause to move; also, to throw off; -- mostly used in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ship, side, hence, extension, found.
Heel
verb · 78% connection
To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ship, side, hence, extension, found.
In
adverb · 78% connection
Not out; within; inside. In, the preposition, becomes an adverb by omission of its object, leaving it as the representative of an adve…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ship, side, hence, extension, found.
Kerosene
noun · 78% connection
An oil used for illuminating purposes, formerly obtained from the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc., and hence calle…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ship, side, hence, extension, found.
L
noun · 78% connection
An extension at right angles to the length of a main building, giving to the ground plan a form resembling the letter L; sometimes les…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ship, side, hence, extension, found.
