Related Words:
- A,
- alpha,
- base,
- basis,
- beginning,
- blast-off,
- border line,
- bound,
- boundary,
- boundary condition,
- boundary line,
- bourn,
- break boundary,
- breakoff point,
- ceiling,
- circumscription,
- commencement,
- compass,
- confine,
- creation,
- cutoff,
- cutoff point,
- cutting edge,
- dawn,
- deadline,
- delimitation,
- determinant,
- division line,
- edge,
- end,
- establishment,
- extremity,
- finish,
- floor,
- flying start,
- foundation,
- fresh start,
- frontier,
- hedge,
- high-water mark,
- institution,
- interface,
- jump-off,
- kick-off,
- leading edge,
- limen,
- limit,
- limitation,
- limiting factor,
- line,
- line of demarcation,
- line of departure,
- low-water mark,
- lower limit,
- march,
- mark,
- mete,
- new departure,
- oncoming,
- onset,
- opening,
- origin,
- origination,
- outbreak,
- outset,
- point of departure,
- port of embarkation,
- running start,
- send-off,
- setting in motion,
- setting-up,
- square one,
- start,
- start-off,
- starting gate,
- starting line,
- starting place,
- starting post,
- take-off,
- takeoff,
- target date,
- term,
- terminal date,
- terminus,
- threshold,
- time allotment,
- upper limit
- apropos
collapse - of an appropriate or pertinent nature
- by the way; "apropos, can you lend me some money for the weekend?" related words >
- a propos,
- about,
- ad rem,
- adapted,
- admissible,
- against,
- anent,
- appertaining,
- applicable,
- applying,
- apposite,
- appropriate,
- apropos of,
- apt,
- as for,
- as regards,
- as respects,
- as to,
- becoming,
- befitting,
- belonging,
- by the by,
- by the way,
- concerning,
- dovetailing,
- en passant,
- felicitous,
- fit,
- fitted,
- fitting,
- for example,
- geared,
- germane,
- happy,
- in passing,
- in point,
- in re,
- in reference to,
- in respect to,
- incidentally,
- involving,
- just right,
- likely,
- material,
- meet,
- meshing,
- on the button,
- opportune,
- par exemple,
- parenthetically,
- pat,
- pertaining,
- pertinent,
- proper,
- qualified,
- re,
- regarding,
- relevant,
- respecting,
- right,
- seasonable,
- sortable,
- speaking of,
- suitable,
- suited,
- suiting,
- tailored,
- to the point,
- to the purpose,
- touching,
- toward,
- with respect to
- absolutely,
- dead,
- definitely,
- directly,
- even,
- exactly,
- expressly,
- faithfully,
- flush,
- full,
- in all respects,
- in every respect,
- in plain English,
- in plain words,
- ipsissimis verbis,
- just,
- kerplunk,
- literally,
- literatim,
- matter-of-factly,
- naturally,
- plainly,
- plop,
- plumb,
- plump,
- plunk,
- positively,
- precisely,
- right,
- rigidly,
- rigorously,
- simply,
- smack,
- smack-dab,
- spang,
- square,
- squarely,
- straight,
- strictly,
- to the letter,
- to the point,
- unaffectedly,
- undeviatingly,
- unerringly,
- verbally,
- verbatim,
- verbatim et litteratim,
- word by word,
- word for word
- punctuation
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- the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases
- the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
- something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions related words >
- alphabet,
- ampersand,
- angle brackets,
- apostrophe,
- braces,
- colon,
- comma,
- dash,
- decimal point,
- diacritical mark,
- diagonal,
- dot,
- ellipsis,
- end stop,
- exclamation mark,
- full stop,
- hyphen,
- letter,
- parens,
- parentheses,
- period,
- point,
- punctuation marks,
- question mark,
- quotation marks,
- quotes,
- reference,
- reference mark,
- semicolon,
- single quotes,
- solidus,
- stop,
- tittle,
- virgule,
- writing system,
- written character
- affectibility,
- border line,
- bound,
- boundary,
- boundary condition,
- boundary line,
- bourn,
- break boundary,
- breakoff point,
- ceiling,
- circumscription,
- compass,
- confine,
- cutoff,
- cutoff point,
- deadline,
- delimitation,
- determinant,
- division line,
- end,
- extremity,
- finish,
- floor,
- frontier,
- hedge,
- high-water mark,
- impressibility,
- impressionability,
- interface,
- limit,
- limitation,
- limiting factor,
- line,
- line of demarcation,
- low-water mark,
- lower limit,
- march,
- mark,
- mete,
- openness to sensation,
- perceptibility,
- physical sensibility,
- readiness of feeling,
- receptiveness,
- receptivity,
- sensation level,
- sensibility,
- sensibleness,
- sentience,
- sentiency,
- start,
- starting line,
- starting point,
- susceptibility,
- susceptivity,
- target date,
- term,
- terminal date,
- terminus,
- threshold,
- threshold of sensation,
- time allotment,
- upper limit
- essential
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- basic and fundamental; "the essential feature"
- absolutely required and not to be used up or sacrificed
- absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker"
- being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc; "essential oil" related words >
- ab ovo,
- austere,
- axiom,
- bare,
- bare necessities,
- basal,
- basic,
- basilar,
- bedrock,
- bench mark,
- brass tacks,
- call for,
- called for,
- capital,
- cardinal,
- cardinal point,
- center,
- central,
- chaste,
- chief,
- chief thing,
- climax,
- condition,
- congenital,
- connate,
- constituent,
- constitutional,
- constitutive,
- core,
- cornerstone,
- crisis,
- critical point,
- crux,
- deep-seated,
- demand,
- demand for,
- desideration,
- desideratum,
- element,
- elemental,
- elementary,
- elixir,
- essence,
- essential facts,
- essential matter,
- essentials,
- flower,
- focal,
- focus,
- foremost,
- fundamental,
- gist,
- gravamen,
- great point,
- gut,
- heart,
- high point,
- homely,
- homespun,
- homogeneous,
- hypostasis,
- imperative,
- important,
- important thing,
- inborn,
- inbred,
- indicated,
- indispensable,
- indivisible,
- innate,
- inner essence,
- intrinsic,
- irreducible,
- irreductible,
- irreplaceable,
- issue,
- kernel,
- key,
- keystone,
- landmark,
- leading,
- life-and-death,
- life-or-death,
- main,
- main point,
- main thing,
- marrow,
- material,
- material point,
- meat,
- mere,
- milestone,
- monolithic,
- must,
- must item,
- necessaries,
- necessary,
- necessities,
- necessitous,
- necessity,
- need,
- need for,
- needed,
- needful,
- nub,
- nucleus,
- nuts and bolts,
- occasion,
- of a piece,
- of the essence,
- of vital importance,
- original,
- part and parcel,
- pith,
- pivot,
- plain,
- postulate,
- prerequirement,
- prerequisite,
- primal,
- primary,
- prime,
- primitive,
- principal,
- principle,
- pure,
- pure and simple,
- quid,
- quiddity,
- quintessence,
- quintessential,
- radical,
- real issue,
- required,
- requirement,
- requisite,
- requisition,
- right-hand,
- rudiment,
- rudimentary,
- salient point,
- sap,
- severe,
- simon-pure,
- simple,
- sine qua non,
- single,
- soul,
- spare,
- spirit,
- stark,
- stuff,
- substance,
- substantial,
- substantive,
- substantive point,
- the bottom line,
- the data,
- the details,
- the dope,
- the facts,
- the information,
- the necessary,
- the needful,
- the nitty-gritty,
- the particulars,
- the picture,
- the point,
- the scoop,
- the score,
- the specifics,
- the whole story,
- turning point,
- unadorned,
- uncluttered,
- underlying,
- undifferenced,
- undifferentiated,
- unforgoable,
- uniform,
- vital,
- want,
- wanted
- zenith
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- the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected related words >
- Olympian heights,
- acme,
- aerial heights,
- apex,
- apogee,
- authority,
- authorization,
- be-all and end-all,
- blue ribbon,
- brow,
- cap,
- capstone,
- championship,
- climax,
- cloud nine,
- command,
- control,
- crest,
- crown,
- culmen,
- culmination,
- directorship,
- dizzy heights,
- dominion,
- edge,
- effectiveness,
- elevation,
- eminence,
- ether,
- extreme limit,
- extremity,
- first place,
- first prize,
- headship,
- heaven,
- heavens,
- hegemony,
- height,
- heights,
- high noon,
- high point,
- highest,
- highest pitch,
- highest point,
- imperium,
- influence,
- jurisdiction,
- kingship,
- leadership,
- lift,
- limit,
- lordship,
- management,
- mastership,
- mastery,
- maximum,
- meridian,
- most,
- mountaintop,
- ne plus ultra,
- new high,
- no place higher,
- noon,
- palms,
- paramountcy,
- peak,
- pinnacle,
- pitch,
- point,
- pole,
- power,
- presidency,
- primacy,
- raise,
- record,
- ridge,
- rise,
- rising ground,
- rule,
- say,
- seventh heaven,
- sky,
- sovereignty,
- spire,
- steep,
- stratosphere,
- summit,
- supremacy,
- sway,
- tip,
- tip-top,
- top,
- top spot,
- upmost,
- upper extremity,
- uppermost,
- uprise,
- utmost,
- vantage ground,
- vantage point,
- vertex,
- very top
- A-day,
- D day,
- H hour,
- border line,
- bound,
- boundary,
- boundary condition,
- boundary line,
- bourn,
- break boundary,
- breakoff point,
- ceiling,
- charged moment,
- circumscription,
- compass,
- confine,
- critical moment,
- crucial moment,
- cutoff,
- cutoff point,
- deadline,
- decisive moment,
- delimitation,
- determinant,
- division line,
- eleventh hour,
- end,
- extremity,
- finish,
- floor,
- frontier,
- hedge,
- high-water mark,
- interface,
- kairos,
- kairotic moment,
- limen,
- limit,
- limitation,
- limiting factor,
- line,
- line of demarcation,
- low-water mark,
- lower limit,
- march,
- mark,
- mete,
- moment of truth,
- nick of time,
- pregnant moment,
- psychological moment,
- start,
- starting line,
- starting point,
- term,
- terminal date,
- terminus,
- threshold,
- time allotment,
- upper limit,
- zero hour
- deadline
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- the point in time at which something must be completed related words >
- A-day,
- D day,
- H hour,
- border line,
- bound,
- boundary,
- boundary condition,
- boundary line,
- bourn,
- break boundary,
- breakoff point,
- ceiling,
- charged moment,
- circumscription,
- compass,
- confine,
- critical moment,
- crucial moment,
- cutoff,
- cutoff point,
- decisive moment,
- delimitation,
- determinant,
- division line,
- eleventh hour,
- end,
- extremity,
- finish,
- floor,
- frontier,
- hedge,
- high-water mark,
- interface,
- kairos,
- kairotic moment,
- limen,
- limit,
- limitation,
- limiting factor,
- line,
- line of demarcation,
- low-water mark,
- lower limit,
- march,
- mark,
- mete,
- moment of truth,
- nick of time,
- pregnant moment,
- psychological moment,
- start,
- starting line,
- starting point,
- target date,
- term,
- terminal date,
- terminus,
- threshold,
- time allotment,
- upper limit,
- zero hour
- vantage
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- place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective) related words >
- advantage,
- allowance,
- ambit,
- angle,
- angle of vision,
- bailiwick,
- bulge,
- coign of vantage,
- constituency,
- deadwood,
- draw,
- drop,
- edge,
- flying start,
- footing,
- handicap,
- head start,
- inside track,
- jump,
- mental outlook,
- odds,
- orbit,
- outlook,
- point of view,
- running start,
- something extra,
- something in reserve,
- sphere of influence,
- stamping ground,
- standpoint,
- start,
- territory,
- turf,
- upper hand,
- vantage ground,
- vantage point,
- viewpoint,
- whip hand
- vulnerability
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- susceptibility to injury or attack
- the state of being vulnerable or exposed; "his vulnerability to litigation"; "his exposure to ridicule" related words >
- ad lib,
- assailability,
- breakability,
- breakableness,
- brittleness,
- chink,
- crackability,
- crackableness,
- crispness,
- crumbliness,
- crushability,
- crushableness,
- delicacy,
- disqualification,
- exposure,
- extemporaneousness,
- fissility,
- flimsiness,
- fracturableness,
- fragility,
- frailty,
- frangibility,
- friability,
- heel of Achilles,
- improvisation,
- incapability,
- incompetence,
- lacerability,
- lack of preparation,
- liability,
- nonpreparation,
- nonpreparedness,
- openness,
- penetrability,
- planlessness,
- pregnability,
- soft spot,
- susceptibility,
- susceptivity,
- unfitness,
- unfittedness,
- unpreparedness,
- unqualification,
- unqualifiedness,
- unreadiness,
- unsuitability,
- unsuitableness,
- unsuitedness,
- vincibility,
- vulnerable point,
- weak link,
- weak point,
- weakness
- gravitate
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- move due to the pull of gravitation; "The stars gravitate towards each other"
- be attracted to; "Boys gravitate towards girls at that age"
- move toward; "The conversation gravitated towards politics" related words >
- bend to,
- bias,
- cascade,
- cataract,
- collapse,
- come down,
- conduce,
- contribute,
- crash,
- descend,
- dip down,
- dispose,
- down,
- drop,
- drop down,
- drop off,
- fall,
- fall down,
- fall off,
- go,
- go down,
- go downhill,
- have a tendency,
- head,
- incline,
- lead,
- lean,
- look to,
- lose altitude,
- parachute,
- pitch,
- plummet,
- plunge,
- point,
- point to,
- pounce,
- pour down,
- precipitate,
- rain,
- redound to,
- serve,
- set,
- set toward,
- settle,
- show a tendency,
- sink,
- stoop,
- subside,
- swoop,
- tend,
- tend to go,
- trend,
- trend downward,
- turn,
- verge,
- warp,
- work toward
- bourn
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- an archaic term for a goal or destination
- an archaic term for a boundary related words >
- adolescent stream,
- anchorage,
- arroyo,
- beck,
- border line,
- bound,
- boundary,
- boundary condition,
- boundary line,
- braided stream,
- branch,
- break boundary,
- breakoff point,
- brook,
- brooklet,
- burn,
- ceiling,
- channel,
- circumscription,
- compass,
- confine,
- creek,
- crick,
- cutoff,
- cutoff point,
- deadline,
- delimitation,
- destination,
- determinant,
- division line,
- end,
- extremity,
- finish,
- floor,
- flowing stream,
- fluviation,
- fresh,
- freshet,
- frontier,
- gill,
- goal,
- harbor,
- haven,
- hedge,
- high-water mark,
- interface,
- kill,
- last stop,
- lazy stream,
- limen,
- limit,
- limitation,
- limiting factor,
- line,
- line of demarcation,
- low-water mark,
- lower limit,
- march,
- mark,
- meandering stream,
- mete,
- midchannel,
- midstream,
- millstream,
- moving road,
- navigable river,
- port,
- race,
- racing stream,
- river,
- rivulet,
- run,
- rundle,
- runlet,
- runnel,
- sike,
- spill stream,
- start,
- starting line,
- starting point,
- stop,
- stopping place,
- stream,
- stream action,
- streamlet,
- subterranean river,
- target date,
- term,
- terminal,
- terminal date,
- terminal point,
- terminus,
- threshold,
- time allotment,
- upper limit,
- wadi,
- watercourse,
- waterway
- today
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- the day that includes the present moment (as opposed to yesterday or tomorrow); "Today is beautiful"; "did you see today's newspaper?"
- the present time or age; "the world of today"; "today we have computers"
- on this day as distinct from yesterday or tomorrow; "I can't meet with you today" related words >
- as of now,
- as things are,
- at present,
- at this juncture,
- at this moment,
- at this point,
- at this time,
- but now,
- contemporaneity,
- contemporaneousness,
- even now,
- for the nonce,
- for this occasion,
- here,
- here and now,
- hereat,
- hic et nunc,
- historical present,
- in our time,
- in these days,
- just now,
- modernity,
- newness,
- now,
- nowadays,
- nowness,
- on the spot,
- our times,
- present,
- present tense,
- presently,
- presentness,
- the Now Generation,
- the nonce,
- the now,
- the present,
- the present age,
- the present day,
- the present hour,
- the present juncture,
- the present time,
- the time being,
- the times,
- these days,
- this day,
- this hour,
- this instant,
- this moment,
- this night,
- this point,
- this stage,
- tonight
- exigency
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- a pressing or urgent situation; "the health-care exigency" related words >
- case of need,
- climacteric,
- clutch,
- compulsion,
- constraint,
- contingency,
- convergence of events,
- crisis,
- critical juncture,
- critical point,
- crossroads,
- crucial period,
- crunch,
- demandingness,
- dire necessity,
- drive,
- emergency,
- exigence,
- extremity,
- high pressure,
- hinge,
- immediacy,
- imperative,
- imperativeness,
- importunacy,
- importunateness,
- importunity,
- impulse,
- impulsion,
- insistence,
- matter of necessity,
- pass,
- persistence,
- pertinaciousness,
- pertinacity,
- pinch,
- predicament,
- press,
- pressingness,
- pressure,
- push,
- rash impulse,
- rub,
- strait,
- stress,
- tension,
- turn,
- turning,
- turning point,
- urge,
- urgency,
- urgent need
- rocker
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- a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro
- an ice skate with a curved blade
- a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold
- a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles
- a performer or composer or fan of rock music
- an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle related words >
- burin,
- clarifier,
- colander,
- cradle,
- cribble,
- die,
- engraving tool,
- etching ball,
- etching ground,
- etching needle,
- etching point,
- filter,
- graver,
- intaglio,
- lixiviator,
- metronome,
- needle,
- oscillator,
- pendulum,
- percolator,
- point,
- punch,
- purifier,
- refiner,
- refinery,
- riddle,
- rocking chair,
- rocking stone,
- scorper,
- screen,
- seal,
- seesaw,
- shuttle,
- shuttlecock,
- sieve,
- sifter,
- stamp,
- strainer,
- style,
- swing,
- teeter,
- teeter-totter,
- teeterboard,
- teetery-bender,
- vibrator,
- winnow,
- winnowing basket,
- winnowing fan,
- winnowing machine
- flying start
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- a quick and auspicious beginning
- a racing start in which the contestants are already in full motion when they pass the starting line related words >
- A,
- advantage,
- alpha,
- beginning,
- blast-off,
- bulge,
- coign of vantage,
- commencement,
- creation,
- cutting edge,
- dawn,
- drop,
- edge,
- establishment,
- foundation,
- fresh start,
- head start,
- inside track,
- institution,
- jump,
- jump-off,
- kick-off,
- leading edge,
- new departure,
- odds,
- oncoming,
- onset,
- opening,
- origin,
- origination,
- outbreak,
- outset,
- running start,
- send-off,
- setting in motion,
- setting-up,
- something extra,
- something in reserve,
- square one,
- start,
- start-off,
- starting point,
- take-off,
- upper hand,
- vantage,
- vantage ground,
- vantage point,
- whip hand
- affront,
- aspersion,
- atrocity,
- blow,
- box,
- brickbat,
- buffet,
- casus belli,
- contempt,
- contumely,
- cuff,
- cut,
- despite,
- dump,
- enormity,
- flat refusal,
- flout,
- flouting,
- gibe,
- humiliation,
- indignity,
- injury,
- insult,
- jeer,
- jeering,
- mock,
- mockery,
- offense,
- outrage,
- point-blank refusal,
- provocation,
- put-down,
- raw nerve,
- rebuff,
- red rag,
- repulse,
- scoff,
- scurrility,
- short shrift,
- slap,
- smack,
- sore point,
- sore spot,
- summary negative,
- taunt,
- tender spot,
- token punishment,
- uncomplimentary remark,
- whack,
- whomp
- celestial navigation
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- navigating according to the positions of the stars related words >
- VAR,
- aspect,
- astronavigation,
- attitude,
- automatic electronic navigation,
- azimuth,
- bearing,
- bearings,
- chronometer,
- coastwise navigation,
- consolan,
- dead reckoning,
- electronic navigation,
- exposure,
- fix,
- frontage,
- lay,
- lie,
- line of position,
- loran,
- navar,
- navigation,
- omnidirectional range,
- omnirange,
- orientation,
- pilotage,
- plane sailing,
- point-to-point navigation,
- position,
- position line,
- radar,
- radio beacon,
- radio bearing,
- radio navigation,
- set,
- sextant,
- shoran,
- sofar,
- sonar,
- tables,
- tacan,
- teleran,
- visual-aural range
- iota
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- the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet related words >
- ace,
- atom,
- bit,
- crumb,
- dab,
- dole,
- dot,
- dram,
- dribble,
- driblet,
- drop,
- droplet,
- dwarf,
- farthing,
- fleck,
- flyspeck,
- fragment,
- gnat,
- gobbet,
- grain,
- granule,
- groat,
- hair,
- handful,
- jot,
- little,
- little bit,
- microbe,
- microorganism,
- midge,
- minim,
- minimum,
- minutia,
- minutiae,
- mite,
- modicum,
- molecule,
- mote,
- nutshell,
- ounce,
- particle,
- pebble,
- pinch,
- pinhead,
- pinpoint,
- pittance,
- point,
- ray,
- scrap,
- scruple,
- smidgen,
- smitch,
- snip,
- snippet,
- speck,
- spoonful,
- spot,
- thimbleful,
- tiny bit,
- tittle,
- trifling amount,
- trivia,
- vanishing point,
- whit
- cutoff
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- a device that terminates the flow in a pipe
- a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated related words >
- air line,
- arrest,
- beeline,
- bell,
- border line,
- bound,
- boundary,
- boundary condition,
- boundary line,
- bourn,
- break boundary,
- breakoff point,
- ceiling,
- check,
- checkmate,
- circumscription,
- compass,
- confine,
- cut,
- cutoff point,
- dead stop,
- deadline,
- deadlock,
- delimitation,
- determinant,
- division line,
- end,
- endgame,
- ending,
- extremity,
- final whistle,
- finish,
- floor,
- frontier,
- full stop,
- grinding halt,
- gun,
- halt,
- hedge,
- high-water mark,
- interface,
- limen,
- limit,
- limitation,
- limiting factor,
- line,
- line of demarcation,
- lockout,
- low-water mark,
- lower limit,
- march,
- mark,
- mete,
- shortcut,
- shortest way,
- sit-down strike,
- stalemate,
- stand,
- standoff,
- standstill,
- start,
- starting line,
- starting point,
- stay,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- strike,
- target date,
- term,
- terminal date,
- terminus,
- threshold,
- time allotment,
- upper limit,
- walkout,
- work stoppage
- sky
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- the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth related words >
- Caelus,
- Olympian heights,
- acme,
- aerial heights,
- air,
- apex,
- apogee,
- azure,
- blue sky,
- brow,
- caelum,
- canopy,
- canopy of heaven,
- cap,
- cerulean,
- climax,
- cloud nine,
- cope,
- crest,
- crown,
- culmen,
- culmination,
- dizzy heights,
- edge,
- elevation,
- eminence,
- empyrean,
- ether,
- extreme limit,
- extremity,
- firmament,
- heaven,
- heavens,
- height,
- heights,
- high noon,
- highest pitch,
- highest point,
- hyaline,
- lift,
- lifts,
- limit,
- maximum,
- meridian,
- mountaintop,
- ne plus ultra,
- no place higher,
- noon,
- peak,
- pinnacle,
- pitch,
- point,
- pole,
- raise,
- ridge,
- rise,
- rising ground,
- seventh heaven,
- spire,
- starry heaven,
- steep,
- stratosphere,
- summit,
- the blue,
- the blue serene,
- tip,
- tip-top,
- top,
- upmost,
- upper extremity,
- uppermost,
- uprise,
- utmost,
- vantage ground,
- vantage point,
- vault,
- vault of heaven,
- vertex,
- very top,
- welkin,
- zenith
- pith
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- soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants
- remove the pith from (a plant) related words >
- affective meaning,
- axiom,
- axis,
- backbone,
- bearing,
- bench mark,
- bottom,
- burden,
- butter,
- cardinal point,
- cataplasm,
- center,
- center of action,
- center of gravity,
- centroid,
- centrum,
- chief thing,
- chutzpah,
- climax,
- coloring,
- connotation,
- consequence,
- core,
- cornerstone,
- courage,
- crisis,
- critical point,
- crush,
- crux,
- dead center,
- denotation,
- dental pulp,
- depth,
- distillate,
- distillation,
- drift,
- effect,
- elixir,
- epicenter,
- essence,
- essential,
- essential matter,
- essentiality,
- extension,
- fabric,
- flower,
- focal point,
- focus,
- force,
- fulcrum,
- fundamental,
- gameness,
- gist,
- grammatical meaning,
- gravamen,
- gravity,
- great point,
- grit,
- guts,
- gutsiness,
- guttiness,
- heart,
- heart of oak,
- high point,
- hub,
- hypostasis,
- idea,
- impact,
- implication,
- import,
- importance,
- important thing,
- inner essence,
- intension,
- intestinal fortitude,
- issue,
- kernel,
- keystone,
- landmark,
- lexical meaning,
- literal meaning,
- magnitude,
- main point,
- main thing,
- marrow,
- mash,
- material,
- material point,
- matter,
- meaning,
- meaningfulness,
- meat,
- medium,
- medulla,
- metacenter,
- mettle,
- mettlesomeness,
- middle,
- milestone,
- moment,
- momentousness,
- moxie,
- mush,
- nave,
- navel,
- nerve,
- nub,
- nucleus,
- nuts and bolts,
- omphalos,
- overtone,
- paper pulp,
- paste,
- pertinence,
- pivot,
- plaster,
- pluck,
- pluckiness,
- point,
- porridge,
- postulate,
- poultice,
- practical consequence,
- principle,
- pudding,
- pulp,
- pulp lead,
- pulpwood,
- purport,
- quick,
- quid,
- quiddity,
- quintessence,
- quintessential,
- rag pulp,
- range of meaning,
- real issue,
- real meaning,
- recap,
- recapitulation,
- reference,
- referent,
- relation,
- relevance,
- resume,
- rock bottom,
- root,
- run-through,
- rundown,
- salient point,
- sap,
- sauce,
- scope,
- semantic cluster,
- semantic field,
- sense,
- short,
- significance,
- signification,
- significatum,
- signifie,
- sine qua non,
- smash,
- soul,
- span of meaning,
- spirit,
- sponge,
- spunk,
- spunkiness,
- squash,
- stamina,
- storm center,
- stout heart,
- structural meaning,
- stuff,
- substance,
- substantive point,
- sulfate pulp,
- sulfite pulp,
- sum,
- sum and substance,
- summary,
- summation,
- symbolic meaning,
- tenor,
- the bottom line,
- the nitty-gritty,
- the point,
- thrust,
- totality of associations,
- toughness,
- transferred meaning,
- true grit,
- turning point,
- umbilicus,
- unadorned meaning,
- undertone,
- upshot,
- value,
- virtuality,
- weight,
- weightiness,
- white lead,
- wood pulp
- sextant
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- a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant
- a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees related words >
- astrolabe,
- astronavigation,
- azimuth circle,
- azimuth compass,
- bevel,
- bevel protractor,
- bevel square,
- celestial navigation,
- chronometer,
- clinometer,
- coastwise navigation,
- consolan,
- crescent,
- dead reckoning,
- fix,
- goniometer,
- graphometer,
- half circle,
- hemicycle,
- line of position,
- loran,
- pantometer,
- pilotage,
- plane sailing,
- point-to-point navigation,
- protractor,
- quadrant,
- radar,
- radio beacon,
- radio navigation,
- radiogoniometer,
- sector,
- semicircle,
- shoran,
- sofar,
- sonar,
- tables,
- theodolite,
- transit,
- transit circle,
- transit instrument,
- transit theodolite
- specify
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- decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
- be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?"
- determine the essential quality of related words >
- address to,
- adduce,
- advert to,
- allude to,
- anatomize,
- assign,
- atomize,
- baptize,
- be taken as,
- bound,
- bring to attention,
- bring to notice,
- call,
- call attention to,
- christen,
- circle in,
- circumscribe,
- circumstantiate,
- cite,
- condition,
- define,
- delimit,
- delimitate,
- delineate,
- demarcate,
- denominate,
- denote,
- descend to particulars,
- designate,
- detail,
- determine,
- direct attention to,
- direct to,
- document,
- dub,
- emblematize,
- enclose,
- enter into detail,
- entitle,
- enumerate,
- establish,
- figure,
- finger,
- fix,
- focus on,
- give full particulars,
- identify,
- indicate,
- individualize,
- instance,
- inventory,
- itemize,
- label,
- lay off,
- limit,
- list,
- mark,
- mark boundaries,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- mark the periphery,
- mention,
- name,
- nickname,
- nominate,
- particularize,
- pick out,
- pin down,
- point at,
- point out,
- point to,
- precise,
- refer to,
- rope off,
- select,
- set,
- set forth,
- set out,
- set the limit,
- settle,
- signify,
- specialize,
- spell out,
- stake out,
- stand for,
- state,
- stigmatize,
- stipulate,
- style,
- substantiate,
- surround,
- symbol,
- symbolize,
- tag,
- term,
- title,
- touch on,
- typify
- threshold
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- the smallest detectable sensation
- the starting point for a new state or experience; "on the threshold of manhood" related words >
- French door,
- archway,
- back door,
- barway,
- beginning,
- border line,
- bound,
- boundary,
- boundary condition,
- boundary line,
- bourn,
- break boundary,
- breakoff point,
- brink,
- bulkhead,
- carriage entrance,
- ceiling,
- cellar door,
- cellarway,
- circumscription,
- commencement,
- compass,
- confine,
- cutoff,
- cutoff point,
- dawn,
- deadline,
- delimitation,
- determinant,
- division line,
- door,
- doorjamb,
- doorpost,
- doorsill,
- doorstep,
- doorstone,
- doorway,
- edge,
- end,
- entrance,
- entrance hall,
- entranceway,
- entry,
- entryway,
- extremity,
- finish,
- floor,
- foyer,
- front door,
- frontier,
- galilee,
- gate,
- gatepost,
- gateway,
- groundsel,
- hatch,
- hatchway,
- hedge,
- high-water mark,
- interface,
- limen,
- limit,
- limitation,
- limiting factor,
- line,
- line of demarcation,
- lintel,
- lobby,
- low-water mark,
- lower limit,
- march,
- mark,
- mete,
- mudsill,
- narthex,
- outset,
- point,
- porch,
- portal,
- porte cochere,
- portico,
- postern,
- propylaeum,
- pylon,
- scuttle,
- side door,
- sill,
- start,
- starting line,
- starting point,
- stile,
- stoa,
- storm door,
- target date,
- term,
- terminal date,
- terminus,
- time allotment,
- tollgate,
- trap,
- trap door,
- turnpike,
- turnstile,
- upper limit,
- verge,
- vestibule,
- window sill
- hairline
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- the natural margin formed by hair on the head
- a very thin line related words >
- band,
- bar,
- cross-hatching,
- dash,
- delicacy,
- delicate,
- delicate distinction,
- delineation,
- diagonal,
- differentia,
- differential,
- distinction,
- dotted line,
- fine point,
- finespun,
- hachure,
- hairsplitting,
- hatching,
- line,
- lineation,
- margin,
- narrow margin,
- nice,
- nice distinction,
- nicety,
- nuance,
- particle of difference,
- point of difference,
- refined,
- refinement,
- score,
- shade of difference,
- slash,
- streak,
- streaking,
- striation,
- strip,
- stripe,
- striping,
- stroke,
- sublineation,
- subtle,
- subtle distinction,
- subtlety,
- underline,
- underlining,
- underscore,
- underscoring,
- virgule,
- wide margin
- acme,
- apex,
- apogee,
- brow,
- cap,
- climax,
- cloud nine,
- crest,
- crown,
- culmen,
- culmination,
- edge,
- eight bells,
- extreme limit,
- extremity,
- heaven,
- heavens,
- height,
- highest pitch,
- highest point,
- limit,
- maximum,
- meridian,
- meridiem,
- midday,
- mountaintop,
- ne plus ultra,
- no place higher,
- noon,
- noonday,
- nooning,
- noonlight,
- noontide,
- noontime,
- peak,
- pinnacle,
- pitch,
- point,
- pole,
- ridge,
- seventh heaven,
- sky,
- spire,
- summit,
- tip,
- tip-top,
- top,
- upmost,
- upper extremity,
- uppermost,
- utmost,
- vertex,
- very top,
- zenith
- downtime
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- a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is not operating (especially as a result of malfunctions) related words >
- break,
- breath,
- breather,
- breathing place,
- breathing space,
- breathing spell,
- breathing time,
- cigarette break,
- cocktail hour,
- coffee break,
- enforced respite,
- half time,
- half-time intermission,
- halt,
- happy hour,
- holiday,
- interim,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- intermittence,
- interregnum,
- interruption,
- interval,
- letup,
- lull,
- off-time,
- pause,
- plateau,
- point of repose,
- quiet spell,
- recess,
- relief,
- respite,
- rest,
- resting point,
- spell,
- stay,
- surcease,
- suspension,
- tea break,
- time off,
- time out,
- vacation
- beachhead
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- an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments; "the town became a beachhead in the campaign to ban smoking outdoors"; "they are presently attempting to gain a foothold in the Russian market"
- a bridgehead on the enemy's shoreline seized by an amphibious operation; "the Germans were desperately trying to contain the Anzio beachhead" related words >
- acropolis,
- advance guard,
- airhead,
- avant-garde,
- bastion,
- battle line,
- blockhouse,
- bridgehead,
- bunker,
- castle,
- citadel,
- donjon,
- farthest outpost,
- fasthold,
- fastness,
- first line,
- forefront,
- fort,
- fortress,
- front,
- front line,
- front rank,
- front-runner,
- garrison,
- garrison house,
- hold,
- keep,
- line,
- martello,
- martello tower,
- mote,
- motte,
- outguard,
- outpost,
- peel,
- peel tower,
- pillbox,
- pioneer,
- point,
- post,
- precursor,
- railhead,
- rath,
- safehold,
- scout,
- spearhead,
- strong point,
- stronghold,
- tower,
- tower of strength,
- van,
- vanguard,
- ward
- bridgehead
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- a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy
- an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies; "an attempt to secure a bridgehead behind enemy lines"; "the only foothold left for British troops in Europe was Gibraltar" related words >
- acropolis,
- advance guard,
- airhead,
- avant-garde,
- bastion,
- battle line,
- beachhead,
- blockhouse,
- bunker,
- castle,
- citadel,
- donjon,
- farthest outpost,
- fasthold,
- fastness,
- first line,
- forefront,
- fort,
- fortress,
- front,
- front line,
- front rank,
- front-runner,
- garrison,
- garrison house,
- hold,
- keep,
- line,
- martello,
- martello tower,
- mote,
- motte,
- outguard,
- outpost,
- peel,
- peel tower,
- pillbox,
- pioneer,
- point,
- post,
- precursor,
- railhead,
- rath,
- safehold,
- scout,
- spearhead,
- strong point,
- stronghold,
- tower,
- tower of strength,
- van,
- vanguard,
- ward
- bloat,
- bloatedness,
- bloating,
- blowing up,
- boil,
- breaking point,
- bump,
- bunion,
- carbuncle,
- corn,
- cyst,
- diastole,
- dilatation,
- dilation,
- dropsy,
- edema,
- extension,
- extreme tension,
- flatulence,
- flatulency,
- flatus,
- furuncle,
- gassiness,
- inflation,
- intumescence,
- lump,
- meteorism,
- overdistension,
- overdrawing,
- overexpansion,
- overextension,
- overstrain,
- overstraining,
- overstretching,
- pimple,
- pock,
- puff,
- puffiness,
- puffing,
- pustule,
- rising,
- sebaceous cyst,
- snapping point,
- strain,
- straining,
- stretch,
- stretching,
- swell,
- swellage,
- swelling,
- swollenness,
- tension,
- tumefaction,
- tumescence,
- tumidity,
- tumidness,
- tumor,
- turgescence,
- turgescency,
- turgidity,
- turgidness,
- tympanism,
- tympany,
- wen,
- windiness
- address to,
- affect,
- allude to,
- answer to,
- appertain to,
- apply to,
- bear on,
- bear upon,
- belong to,
- blink,
- bring to attention,
- bring to notice,
- brush,
- brush by,
- call attention to,
- carefully ignore,
- cite,
- cold-shoulder,
- comment upon,
- concern,
- connect,
- correspond to,
- criticize,
- cut a corner,
- cut corners,
- deal with,
- descant,
- dip into,
- direct attention to,
- direct to,
- discourse,
- discuss,
- dissert,
- dissertate,
- dodge,
- examine cursorily,
- focus on,
- fudge,
- give the once-over,
- glance,
- glance at,
- go into,
- graze,
- handle,
- have connection with,
- inquire into,
- interest,
- involve,
- kiss,
- liaise with,
- link with,
- mention,
- page through,
- pass over,
- pass over lightly,
- pertain to,
- pick out,
- point at,
- point out,
- point to,
- refer to,
- regard,
- relate to,
- remark upon,
- respect,
- review,
- scamp,
- scan,
- scrape,
- scratch the surface,
- skim,
- skim over,
- skim the surface,
- skimp,
- skip over,
- slight,
- slip through,
- slubber over,
- slur,
- slur over,
- specify,
- survey,
- sweep,
- take up,
- thumb through,
- tie in with,
- touch,
- touch lightly,
- touch on,
- touch upon lightly,
- treat,
- treat of,
- write up,
- zip through
- acme,
- apex,
- apogee,
- brow,
- cap,
- climax,
- cloud nine,
- crest,
- crown,
- culmen,
- culmination,
- edge,
- extreme limit,
- extremity,
- heaven,
- heavens,
- height,
- high noon,
- highest pitch,
- highest point,
- hilltop,
- knoll,
- limit,
- lofty peak,
- maximum,
- meridian,
- ne plus ultra,
- no place higher,
- noon,
- peak,
- pic,
- pico,
- pike,
- pinnacle,
- pitch,
- point,
- pole,
- precipice,
- ridge,
- seventh heaven,
- sky,
- spire,
- spur,
- summit,
- tip,
- tip-top,
- top,
- tor,
- upmost,
- upper extremity,
- uppermost,
- utmost,
- vertex,
- very top,
- zenith
- noon
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- the middle of the day related words >
- acme,
- apex,
- apogee,
- brow,
- cap,
- capstone,
- climax,
- cloud nine,
- crest,
- crown,
- culmen,
- culmination,
- edge,
- eight bells,
- extreme limit,
- extremity,
- heaven,
- heavens,
- height,
- high noon,
- highest pitch,
- highest point,
- limit,
- maximum,
- meridian,
- meridiem,
- midday,
- mountaintop,
- ne plus ultra,
- no place higher,
- noonday,
- nooning,
- noonish,
- noonlight,
- noonlit,
- noontide,
- noontime,
- not a soul,
- peak,
- pinnacle,
- pitch,
- point,
- pole,
- ridge,
- seventh heaven,
- sky,
- spire,
- summit,
- tip,
- tip-top,
- top,
- upmost,
- upper extremity,
- uppermost,
- utmost,
- vertex,
- very top,
- zenith
- climax
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- the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"
- arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
- the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding; "the climax of the artist's career"; "in the flood tide of his success"
- the most severe stage of a disease related words >
- achieve satisfaction,
- acme,
- acme of perfection,
- act of love,
- adultery,
- all,
- apex,
- aphrodisia,
- apogee,
- apoplexy,
- ass,
- balling,
- bench mark,
- bitter end,
- breakup,
- brow,
- button up,
- cap,
- capstone,
- cardinal point,
- carnal knowledge,
- carry to completion,
- cataclysm,
- catastrophe,
- ceiling,
- chief thing,
- clean up,
- close out,
- close up,
- cloud nine,
- cohabitation,
- coition,
- coitus,
- coitus interruptus,
- come,
- commerce,
- complete,
- completion,
- conclude,
- conclusion,
- congress,
- connection,
- consummate,
- consummation,
- content,
- convulsion,
- copestone,
- copula,
- copulation,
- core,
- cornerstone,
- coupling,
- crest,
- crisis,
- critical point,
- crossroads,
- crown,
- crux,
- culmen,
- culminate,
- culmination,
- denouement,
- diastrophism,
- diddling,
- disaster,
- edge,
- ejaculate,
- end,
- end result,
- essence,
- essential,
- essential matter,
- extreme,
- extreme limit,
- extremity,
- final result,
- final stroke,
- final touch,
- finale,
- finalize,
- finish,
- finish off,
- finish up,
- finisher,
- finishing stroke,
- fit,
- fornication,
- frost,
- fundamental,
- get done,
- get it over,
- get off,
- get through,
- get through with,
- gist,
- gravamen,
- great point,
- head,
- heart,
- heaven,
- heavens,
- height,
- high noon,
- high point,
- highest degree,
- highest pitch,
- highest point,
- ice,
- important thing,
- intercourse,
- intimacy,
- issue,
- kernel,
- keystone,
- landmark,
- last act,
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