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Steerage

The act or practice of steering, or directing; as, the steerage of a ship.

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Accommodation 76% connected

The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to.

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Control 76% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Navigation 70% connected

The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.

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Sailing 70% connected

of Sail

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Seafaring 70% connected

Following the business of a mariner; as, a seafaring man.

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Steering 92% connected

of Steer

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Accessibility noun · 78% connection

the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with

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Approachability noun · 78% connection

the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with

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Cellular inclusion noun · 78% connection

any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases); "an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell"

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Differentiation noun · 78% connection

a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes; "it is necessary to mak…

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Disability noun · 78% connection

the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"

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Disablement noun · 78% connection

the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"

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Distinction noun · 78% connection

a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes; "it is necessary to mak…

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Education noun · 78% connection

knowledge acquired by learning and instruction; "it was clear that he had a very broad education"

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Handicap noun · 78% connection

the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"

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Impairment noun · 78% connection

the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"

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Inclusion noun · 78% connection

any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases); "an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell"

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Inclusion body noun · 78% connection

any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases); "an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell"

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Inclusive adjective · 78% connection

including much or everything; and especially including stated limits; "an inclusive art form"; "an inclusive fee"; "his concept of his…

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Inevitably adverb · 78% connection

in such a manner as could not be otherwise; "it is necessarily so"; "we must needs be objective"

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Necessarily adverb · 78% connection

in such a manner as could not be otherwise; "it is necessarily so"; "we must needs be objective"

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Needs adverb · 78% connection

in such a manner as could not be otherwise; "it is necessarily so"; "we must needs be objective"

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Of necessity adverb · 78% connection

in such a manner as could not be otherwise; "it is necessarily so"; "we must needs be objective"

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Addression noun · 78% connection

The act of addressing or directing one's course.

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Aid-de-camp noun · 78% connection

An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements.

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Application noun · 78% connection

The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or cor…

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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…

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Billet noun · 78% connection

A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what house to lodge; as, a billet of residence.

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Blowpipe noun · 78% connection

A tube for directing a jet of air into a fire or into the flame of a lamp or candle, so as to concentrate the heat on some object.

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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…

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Check noun · 78% connection

A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: practice, steering, directing, ship.
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Collineation noun · 78% connection

The act of aiming at, or directing in a line with, a fixed object.

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Con verb · 78% connection

To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.

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Conductor noun · 78% connection

A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: practice, steering, directing, ship.
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Determinative adjective · 78% connection

Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive.

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Direction noun · 78% connection

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the dire…

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Dirigent adjective · 78% connection

Directing.

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Draff noun · 78% connection

An order from one person or party to another, directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange.

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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…

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Drive verb · 78% connection

To go by carriage; to pass in a carriage; to proceed by directing or urging on a vehicle or the animals that draw it; as, the coachman…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: practice, steering, directing, ship.
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Entailment noun · 78% connection

The act of entailing or of giving, as an estate, and directing the mode of descent.

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