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Sunset

Alt. of Sunsetting

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Last 84% connected

of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Last 84% connected

of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Old 84% connected

Open country.

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Old 84% connected

Open country.

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Hour 76% connected

The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Eve 70% connected

Evening.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Even 70% connected

Evening. See Eve, n. 1.

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Evening 70% connected

of Even

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Eventide 70% connected

The time of evening; evening.

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Sundown 92% connected

The setting of the sun; sunset.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Avalanche noun · 78% connection

a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain

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Crack noun · 78% connection

a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive

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Crack cocaine noun · 78% connection

a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive

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Cyclone noun · 78% connection

(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere…

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Drought noun · 78% connection

a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"

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Drouth noun · 78% connection

a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"

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Earthquake noun · 78% connection

shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity

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Eructation noun · 78% connection

(of volcanoes) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)

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Eruption noun · 78% connection

(of volcanoes) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)

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Estrus noun · 78% connection

applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

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Extravasation noun · 78% connection

(of volcanoes) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)

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Flood noun · 78% connection

the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide); "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the f…

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Flood tide noun · 78% connection

the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide); "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the f…

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Heat noun · 78% connection

applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

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Heat wave noun · 78% connection

a wave of unusually hot weather

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Hurricane noun · 78% connection

a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)

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Landslide noun · 78% connection

a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff

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Landslip noun · 78% connection

a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff

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Sunsetting noun · 72% connection

The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively.

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