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Tropic

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from atropine and certain other alkaloids, as a white crystalline substance slightly soluble in water.

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Equatorial 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the equator; as, equatorial climates; also, pertaining to an equatorial instrument.

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Equatorial 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the equator; as, equatorial climates; also, pertaining to an equatorial instrument.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Hot 84% connected

of Hight

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Hot 84% connected

of Hight

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Latitude 76% connected

Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Parallel 76% connected

Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.

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Tropical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the tropics; characteristic of, or incident to, the tropics; being within the tropics; as, tropical climate; tropical latitudes;…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tropical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the tropics; characteristic of, or incident to, the tropics; being within the tropics; as, tropical climate; tropical latitudes;…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Tropical 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the tropics; characteristic of, or incident to, the tropics; being within the tropics; as, tropical climate; tropical latitudes;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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