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Transversal

Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line.

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Crosswise 84% connected

In the form of a cross; across; transversely.

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Crosswise 84% connected

In the form of a cross; across; transversely.

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Cross 92% connected

A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Transverse 92% connected

Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- often opposed to longitudinal.

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Align verb · 78% connection

To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.

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Alignment noun · 78% connection

The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also,…

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Ambuscade verb · 78% connection

A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situatio…

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Axis noun · 78% connection

A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e.…

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Bleeding noun · 78% connection

A running or issuing of blood, as from the nose or a wound; a hemorrhage; the operation of letting blood, as in surgery; a drawing or…

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Carling noun · 78% connection

A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that strengthen…

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Coamings n. pl. · 78% connection

Raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway, skylight, or other opening in the deck, to prevent water from running bellow; esp. th…

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Courser noun · 78% connection

A grallatorial bird of Europe (Cursorius cursor), remarkable for its speed in running. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to running…

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Crossbar noun · 78% connection

A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure i…

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Crosscut noun · 78% connection

A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another.

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Crosshead noun · 78% connection

A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece run…

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Diagonal adjective · 78% connection

Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle…

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Direction noun · 78% connection

The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of te…

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Futtock noun · 78% connection

One of the crooked timbers which are scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the crooked trans…

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Goal noun · 78% connection

A base, station, or bound used in various games; in football, a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to sco…

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Guide noun · 78% connection

The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.

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Line noun · 78% connection

A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line…

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Longitudinal adjective · 78% connection

Extending in length; in the direction of the length; running lengthwise, as distinguished from transverse; as, the longitudinal diamet…

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