Related Words:
- caucus
collapse - a closed political meeting
- meet to select a candidate or promote a policy related words >
- assemblee,
- assembly,
- assignation,
- at home,
- ball,
- brawl,
- breakaway group,
- by-election,
- camp,
- closed primary,
- colloquium,
- commission,
- committee,
- conclave,
- concourse,
- congregation,
- congress,
- congressional caucus,
- congressional election,
- contested election,
- conventicle,
- convention,
- convocation,
- council,
- dance,
- date,
- diet,
- direct primary,
- division,
- eisteddfod,
- election,
- ethnic group,
- faction,
- festivity,
- fete,
- forgathering,
- forum,
- gathering,
- general election,
- gerrymander,
- get-together,
- housewarming,
- interest,
- interest group,
- levee,
- mandatory primary,
- meet,
- meeting,
- minority group,
- nonpartisan primary,
- offshoot,
- open primary,
- optional primary,
- packed caucus,
- panel,
- partisan election,
- party,
- plenum,
- political party,
- politicize,
- preference primary,
- presidential election,
- presidential preference primary,
- presidential primary,
- pressure group,
- primary,
- primary election,
- prom,
- quorum,
- rally,
- reception,
- referendum,
- rendezvous,
- runoff,
- runoff election,
- runoff primary,
- seance,
- secret caucus,
- sect,
- session,
- shindig,
- side,
- silent majority,
- sit-in,
- sitting,
- soiree,
- splinter,
- splinter group,
- symposium,
- synod,
- turnout,
- vocal minority,
- wing
- Lambert conformal projection,
- Mercator projection,
- Miller projection,
- aeronautical chart,
- altimetry,
- astronomical chart,
- atlas,
- azimuthal equidistant projection,
- azimuthal projection,
- bathymetry,
- biometrics,
- biometry,
- cadastration,
- cartographer,
- cartography,
- celestial chart,
- celestial globe,
- chart,
- chorographer,
- climatic chart,
- conic projection,
- contour line,
- contour map,
- craniometry,
- cylindrical projection,
- general reference map,
- geodesy,
- geodetic satellite,
- geodetics,
- geography,
- globe,
- gnomonic projection,
- goniometry,
- graphic scale,
- grid line,
- hachure,
- heliographic chart,
- hydrographic chart,
- hypsography,
- hypsometry,
- index,
- isoline,
- latitude,
- layer tint,
- legend,
- longitude,
- map,
- map maker,
- map projection,
- mapper,
- mensuration,
- meridian,
- metrology,
- navigation,
- oceanography,
- orbiting geophysical observatory,
- parallel,
- photogrammetrist,
- photogrammetry,
- photomap,
- phototopography,
- physical map,
- planimetry,
- political map,
- polyconic projection,
- projection,
- psychometrics,
- psychometry,
- relief map,
- representative fraction,
- road map,
- scale,
- sinusoidal projection,
- special map,
- stereometry,
- surveying,
- terrain map,
- terrestrial globe,
- thematic map,
- topographer,
- topographic chart,
- topography,
- transportation map,
- weather chart,
- weather map
- Lambert conformal projection,
- Mercator projection,
- Miller projection,
- aeronautical chart,
- altimetry,
- astronomical chart,
- atlas,
- azimuthal equidistant projection,
- azimuthal projection,
- bathymetry,
- biometrics,
- biometry,
- cadastration,
- cartographer,
- celestial chart,
- celestial globe,
- chart,
- chorographer,
- chorography,
- climatic chart,
- conic projection,
- contour line,
- contour map,
- craniometry,
- cylindrical projection,
- general reference map,
- geodesy,
- geodetic satellite,
- geodetics,
- geography,
- globe,
- gnomonic projection,
- goniometry,
- graphic scale,
- grid line,
- hachure,
- heliographic chart,
- hydrographic chart,
- hypsography,
- hypsometry,
- index,
- isoline,
- latitude,
- layer tint,
- legend,
- longitude,
- map,
- map maker,
- map projection,
- mapper,
- mensuration,
- meridian,
- metrology,
- navigation,
- oceanography,
- orbiting geophysical observatory,
- parallel,
- photogrammetrist,
- photogrammetry,
- photomap,
- phototopography,
- physical map,
- planimetry,
- political map,
- polyconic projection,
- projection,
- psychometrics,
- psychometry,
- relief map,
- representative fraction,
- road map,
- scale,
- sinusoidal projection,
- special map,
- stereometry,
- surveying,
- terrain map,
- terrestrial globe,
- thematic map,
- topographer,
- topographic chart,
- topography,
- transportation map,
- weather chart,
- weather map
- ledger
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- a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books" related words >
- Domesday Book,
- account,
- account book,
- accounts payable ledger,
- accounts receivable ledger,
- address book,
- adversaria,
- album,
- annual,
- appointment calendar,
- appointment schedule,
- balance sheet,
- bank ledger,
- bankbook,
- bill,
- bill of fare,
- bill of lading,
- blankbook,
- blotter,
- books,
- calendar,
- card ledger,
- carte,
- cashbook,
- catalog,
- classified catalog,
- commonplace book,
- cost card,
- cost ledger,
- cost sheet,
- court calendar,
- daybook,
- desk calendar,
- diary,
- diptych,
- docket,
- engagement book,
- factory ledger,
- inventory,
- invoice,
- journal,
- log,
- logbook,
- loose-leaf notebook,
- manifest,
- memo book,
- memorandum book,
- memory book,
- menu,
- notebook,
- pad,
- passbook,
- petty cashbook,
- pocket notebook,
- pocketbook,
- police blotter,
- purchase ledger,
- record book,
- register,
- registry,
- sales journal,
- sales ledger,
- scrapbook,
- scratch pad,
- spiral notebook,
- statement,
- stock ledger,
- stores ledger,
- suspense ledger,
- table,
- tablet,
- triptych,
- workbook,
- writing tablet,
- yearbook
- underwrite
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- guarantee financial support of; "The opera tour was subvented by a bank" related words >
- OK,
- accede to,
- accept,
- accredit,
- affirm,
- agree to,
- amen,
- approve,
- arm,
- armor,
- assure,
- attest,
- authenticate,
- authorize,
- autograph,
- avouch,
- back,
- back up,
- be sponsor for,
- bless,
- bond,
- certify,
- champion,
- cloak,
- compass about,
- confirm,
- consent to,
- copyright,
- cosign,
- countersecure,
- countersign,
- cover,
- cushion,
- defend,
- endorse,
- ensure,
- fence,
- fend,
- finance,
- give permission,
- give the go-ahead,
- give the imprimatur,
- give thumbs up,
- guarantee,
- guaranty,
- guard,
- harbor,
- haven,
- indorse,
- initial,
- insure,
- invest in,
- keep,
- keep from harm,
- make a promise,
- make safe,
- nestle,
- notarize,
- okay,
- pass,
- pass on,
- pass upon,
- patent,
- permit,
- pledge,
- plight,
- police,
- promise,
- protect,
- ratify,
- register,
- ride shotgun for,
- rubber stamp,
- safeguard,
- sanction,
- say amen to,
- screen,
- seal,
- second,
- secure,
- shelter,
- shield,
- shroud,
- sign,
- sign and seal,
- sign for,
- sponsor,
- stand behind,
- stand up for,
- subscribe to,
- subsidize,
- subvene,
- support,
- swear,
- swear and affirm,
- swear to,
- troth,
- undersign,
- uphold,
- validate,
- visa,
- vise,
- vouch,
- vow,
- warrant
- Grade A,
- Washingtonese,
- adulation,
- applesauce,
- balderdash,
- balls,
- baloney,
- bang-up,
- big talk,
- bilge,
- blague,
- blah,
- blah-blah,
- blandishment,
- blarney,
- blue-ribbon,
- bop,
- bosh,
- boss,
- bull,
- bullshit,
- bunk,
- cajolement,
- cajolery,
- champion,
- claptrap,
- compliment,
- crap,
- eyewash,
- fair words,
- fancy talk,
- fawning,
- federalese,
- fine talk,
- first-string,
- fish story,
- fit,
- flam,
- flapdoodle,
- flattery,
- flimflam,
- gammon,
- gas,
- gobbledygook,
- grease,
- guff,
- gup,
- hale,
- highfalutin,
- highfaluting,
- hogwash,
- hoke,
- hokum,
- honeyed phrases,
- honeyed words,
- hooey,
- hot air,
- humbug,
- humbuggery,
- incense,
- jiggery-pokery,
- malarkey,
- moonshine,
- official jargon,
- officialese,
- oil,
- palaver,
- piffle,
- political doubletalk,
- poppycock,
- praise,
- pretty lies,
- pussyfooting,
- right,
- rot,
- sane,
- scat,
- shit,
- soap,
- soft soap,
- sound,
- sweet nothings,
- sweet talk,
- sweet words,
- sycophancy,
- tall story,
- tall talk,
- tommyrot,
- top,
- top-notch,
- tripe,
- well,
- wheedling,
- wholesome,
- wind
- confederation
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- the act of forming an alliance or confederation
- a union of political organizations related words >
- Anschluss,
- Bund,
- Rochdale cooperative,
- addition,
- affiliation,
- agglomeration,
- aggregation,
- agreement,
- alignment,
- alliance,
- amalgamation,
- anschluss,
- assemblage,
- assimilation,
- association,
- axis,
- band,
- blend,
- blending,
- bloc,
- body,
- cabal,
- cahoots,
- cartel,
- centralization,
- coadunation,
- coalescence,
- coalition,
- colleagueship,
- college,
- collegialism,
- collegiality,
- combination,
- combine,
- combo,
- common market,
- composition,
- comradeship,
- confederacy,
- confraternity,
- congeries,
- conglomeration,
- conjugation,
- conjunction,
- consolidation,
- conspiracy,
- consumer cooperative,
- cooperative,
- cooperative society,
- copartnership,
- copartnery,
- corps,
- council,
- credit union,
- customs union,
- economic community,
- ecumenism,
- embodiment,
- encompassment,
- enosis,
- federalization,
- federation,
- fellowship,
- fraternalism,
- fraternity,
- fraternization,
- free trade area,
- freemasonry,
- fusion,
- gang,
- group,
- grouping,
- hookup,
- inclusion,
- incorporation,
- integration,
- junction,
- junta,
- league,
- machine,
- marriage,
- meld,
- melding,
- merger,
- mob,
- package,
- package deal,
- partnership,
- political machine,
- ring,
- society,
- sodality,
- solidification,
- sorority,
- syncretism,
- syndication,
- syneresis,
- synthesis,
- tie-in,
- tie-up,
- unification,
- union,
- wedding
- topography
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- the configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features
- precise detailed study of the surface features of a region related words >
- Lambert conformal projection,
- Mercator projection,
- Miller projection,
- aeronautical chart,
- altimetry,
- astronomical chart,
- atlas,
- azimuthal equidistant projection,
- azimuthal projection,
- bathymetry,
- biometrics,
- biometry,
- cadastration,
- cartographer,
- cartography,
- celestial chart,
- celestial globe,
- chart,
- chorographer,
- chorography,
- climatic chart,
- conic projection,
- contour line,
- contour map,
- craniometry,
- cylindrical projection,
- general reference map,
- geodesy,
- geodetic satellite,
- geodetics,
- geography,
- globe,
- gnomonic projection,
- goniometry,
- graphic scale,
- grid line,
- hachure,
- heliographic chart,
- hydrographic chart,
- hypsography,
- hypsometry,
- index,
- isoline,
- latitude,
- layer tint,
- legend,
- longitude,
- map,
- map maker,
- map projection,
- mapper,
- mensuration,
- meridian,
- metrology,
- navigation,
- oceanography,
- orbiting geophysical observatory,
- parallel,
- photogrammetrist,
- photogrammetry,
- photomap,
- phototopography,
- physical map,
- planimetry,
- political map,
- polyconic projection,
- projection,
- psychometrics,
- psychometry,
- relief map,
- representative fraction,
- road map,
- scale,
- sinusoidal projection,
- special map,
- stereometry,
- surveying,
- terrain,
- terrain map,
- terrestrial globe,
- thematic map,
- topographer,
- topographic chart,
- transportation map,
- weather chart,
- weather map
- empire
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- an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple
- a group of countries under a single authority; "the British empire"
- a monarchy with an emperor as head of state
- the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised related words >
- administration,
- ally,
- archduchy,
- archdukedom,
- authority,
- body politic,
- buffer state,
- caliphate,
- captive nation,
- chieftaincy,
- chieftainry,
- city-state,
- civil government,
- claws,
- clutches,
- colony,
- command,
- commonweal,
- commonwealth,
- control,
- country,
- county,
- czardom,
- direction,
- discipline,
- dispensation,
- disposition,
- domain,
- dominion,
- duchy,
- dukedom,
- earldom,
- emperorship,
- empery,
- form of government,
- free city,
- governance,
- government,
- grand duchy,
- grip,
- hand,
- hands,
- imperialism,
- iron hand,
- jurisdiction,
- kaiserdom,
- kinghood,
- kingship,
- land,
- majesty,
- management,
- mandant,
- mandate,
- mandated territory,
- mandatee,
- mandatory,
- nation,
- nationality,
- oversight,
- polis,
- political organization,
- polity,
- possession,
- power,
- principality,
- principate,
- protectorate,
- province,
- puppet government,
- puppet regime,
- queenhood,
- queenship,
- raj,
- rajaship,
- realm,
- regime,
- regimen,
- regnancy,
- regulation,
- reign,
- republic,
- royalty,
- rule,
- satellite,
- seneschalty,
- settlement,
- sovereign nation,
- sovereignty,
- state,
- sultanate,
- sultanship,
- superpower,
- supervision,
- sway,
- system of government,
- talons,
- territory,
- the crown,
- the throne,
- toparchia,
- toparchy
- road map
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- a map showing roads (for automobile travel)
- a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action; "the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam" related words >
- Baedeker,
- Lambert conformal projection,
- Mercator projection,
- Miller projection,
- Yellow Pages,
- aeronautical chart,
- astronomical chart,
- atlas,
- azimuthal equidistant projection,
- azimuthal projection,
- bibliography,
- business directory,
- cartographer,
- cartography,
- catalog,
- celestial chart,
- celestial globe,
- chart,
- checklist,
- chorographer,
- chorography,
- city directory,
- classified directory,
- climatic chart,
- conic projection,
- contour line,
- contour map,
- cylindrical projection,
- directory,
- finding list,
- general reference map,
- globe,
- gnomonic projection,
- graphic scale,
- grid line,
- guidebook,
- hachure,
- handbook,
- handlist,
- heliographic chart,
- hydrographic chart,
- index,
- isoline,
- itinerary,
- latitude,
- layer tint,
- legend,
- longitude,
- map,
- map maker,
- map projection,
- mapper,
- meridian,
- parallel,
- phone book,
- photogrammetrist,
- photogrammetry,
- photomap,
- phototopography,
- physical map,
- political map,
- polyconic projection,
- projection,
- reference book,
- relief map,
- representative fraction,
- roadbook,
- scale,
- sinusoidal projection,
- special map,
- telephone book,
- telephone directory,
- terrain map,
- terrestrial globe,
- thematic map,
- topographer,
- topographic chart,
- topography,
- transportation map,
- weather chart,
- weather map
- regiment
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- army unit smaller than a division
- assign to a regiment; "regiment soldiers"
- subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization; "regiment one's children"
- form (military personnel) into a regiment related words >
- KP,
- age group,
- align,
- allocate,
- allot,
- apportion,
- army,
- army group,
- array,
- band,
- battalion,
- battery,
- battle group,
- bevy,
- body,
- brigade,
- bunch,
- cabal,
- cadre,
- cast,
- clique,
- cohort,
- collocate,
- column,
- combat command,
- combat team,
- company,
- complement,
- compose,
- contingent,
- control,
- corps,
- coterie,
- covey,
- crew,
- crowd,
- deal,
- deal out,
- detachment,
- detail,
- discipline,
- dispose,
- distribute,
- division,
- faction,
- field army,
- field train,
- file,
- fix,
- fleet,
- flying column,
- gang,
- garrison,
- group,
- grouping,
- groupment,
- in-group,
- junta,
- keep in line,
- kitchen police,
- legion,
- line,
- line up,
- maniple,
- marshal,
- mob,
- movement,
- order,
- organization,
- organize,
- out-group,
- outfit,
- pack,
- parcel out,
- party,
- peer group,
- phalanx,
- place,
- platoon,
- posse,
- rally,
- range,
- rank,
- regulate,
- salon,
- section,
- set,
- set out,
- space,
- squad,
- squadron,
- stable,
- standardize,
- string,
- systematize,
- tactical unit,
- task force,
- team,
- train,
- tribe,
- troop,
- troupe,
- unit,
- whip into shape,
- wing
- faith
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- loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person; "keep the faith"; "they broke faith with their investors"
- complete confidence in a person or plan etc; "he cherished the faith of a good woman"; "the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust" related words >
- Weltanschauung,
- abandon,
- acceptation,
- acception,
- acquiescence,
- activity,
- adherence,
- adherents,
- adhesion,
- adoration,
- allegiance,
- apostolic faith,
- ardency,
- ardor,
- arrogance,
- articles of religion,
- aspiration,
- assumption,
- assurance,
- assured faith,
- assuredness,
- attachment,
- avouch,
- avouchment,
- belief,
- bona fides,
- bond,
- bonne foi,
- campaign,
- cardinal virtues,
- catechism,
- cause,
- certainty,
- certitude,
- charity,
- cheerful expectation,
- church,
- churchgoing,
- class,
- cocksureness,
- commitment,
- committedness,
- communion,
- compliance,
- confession,
- confidence,
- confidentness,
- conformity,
- connection,
- consecration,
- constancy,
- conviction,
- courage,
- credence,
- credenda,
- credit,
- credo,
- credulity,
- creed,
- crusade,
- cult,
- cultism,
- dedication,
- denomination,
- dependence,
- desire,
- devotedness,
- devotion,
- devoutness,
- disciples,
- doctrinal statement,
- doctrine,
- dogma,
- doomed hope,
- drive,
- duteousness,
- dutifulness,
- duty,
- earnestness,
- expectation,
- fair prospect,
- faithfulness,
- fealty,
- fervency,
- fervent hope,
- fervidness,
- fervor,
- fidelity,
- fire,
- firmness,
- followers,
- formulated belief,
- fortitude,
- good cheer,
- good faith,
- good hope,
- gospel,
- great cause,
- great expectations,
- guarantee,
- heartiness,
- heat,
- heatedness,
- high hopes,
- homage,
- hope,
- hopeful prognosis,
- hopefulness,
- hopes,
- hoping,
- hoping against hope,
- hubris,
- ideology,
- impassionedness,
- intensity,
- intentness,
- interest,
- ism,
- issue,
- justice,
- lifework,
- love,
- love of God,
- loyalty,
- mass movement,
- movement,
- natural virtues,
- oath,
- obedience,
- obediency,
- obligation,
- observance,
- old-time religion,
- order,
- orthodoxy,
- overconfidence,
- oversureness,
- overweening,
- overweeningness,
- parole,
- passion,
- passionateness,
- persuasion,
- pietism,
- piety,
- piousness,
- pledge,
- plight,
- poise,
- political faith,
- political philosophy,
- pomposity,
- positiveness,
- prayerful hope,
- presumption,
- pride,
- primitive faith,
- principle,
- promise,
- prospect,
- prospects,
- prudence,
- reason for being,
- reception,
- reliance,
- reliance on,
- religion,
- religionism,
- religious belief,
- religious faith,
- religiousness,
- resolution,
- reverence,
- sanguine expectation,
- school,
- sect,
- security,
- self-assurance,
- self-confidence,
- self-importance,
- self-reliance,
- seriousness,
- service,
- servility,
- servitium,
- settled belief,
- sincerity,
- solemn declaration,
- spirit,
- staunchness,
- steadfastness,
- stock,
- store,
- subjective certainty,
- submission,
- submissiveness,
- suit and service,
- suit service,
- supernatural virtues,
- sureness,
- surety,
- suspension of disbelief,
- system of belief,
- system of beliefs,
- teaching,
- temperance,
- tenets,
- the faith,
- theism,
- theological virtues,
- theology,
- tie,
- tradition,
- troth,
- true blue,
- true faith,
- trueness,
- trust,
- vehemence,
- veneration,
- vow,
- warmth,
- warranty,
- well-grounded hope,
- willingness,
- word,
- word of honor,
- world view,
- worship,
- worshipfulness,
- zeal
- semaphore
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- an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms
- convey by semaphore, of information
- send signals by or as if by semaphore related words >
- Roman candle,
- aid to navigation,
- alarm,
- amber light,
- balefire,
- beacon,
- beacon fire,
- bell,
- bell buoy,
- blinker,
- blue peter,
- buoy,
- caution light,
- flare,
- fog bell,
- fog signal,
- fog whistle,
- foghorn,
- glance,
- go light,
- gong buoy,
- green light,
- heliograph,
- high sign,
- international alphabet flag,
- international numeral pennant,
- kick,
- leer,
- marker beacon,
- nod,
- nudge,
- parachute flare,
- pilot flag,
- poke,
- police whistle,
- quarantine flag,
- radio beacon,
- red flag,
- red light,
- rocket,
- sailing aid,
- semaphore flag,
- semaphore telegraph,
- sign,
- signal,
- signal beacon,
- signal bell,
- signal fire,
- signal flag,
- signal gong,
- signal gun,
- signal lamp,
- signal light,
- signal mast,
- signal post,
- signal rocket,
- signal shot,
- signal siren,
- signal tower,
- spar buoy,
- stop light,
- the nod,
- the wink,
- touch,
- traffic light,
- traffic signal,
- watch fire,
- white flag,
- wigwag,
- wigwag flag,
- wink,
- yellow flag
- blinker
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- a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages
- a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn
- put blinders on (a horse) related words >
- Roman candle,
- aid to navigation,
- alarm,
- amber light,
- balefire,
- beacon,
- beacon fire,
- bell,
- bell buoy,
- blue peter,
- buoy,
- caution light,
- flare,
- fog bell,
- fog signal,
- fog whistle,
- foghorn,
- glance,
- go light,
- gong buoy,
- green light,
- heliograph,
- high sign,
- international alphabet flag,
- international numeral pennant,
- kick,
- leer,
- marker beacon,
- nod,
- nudge,
- parachute flare,
- pilot flag,
- poke,
- police whistle,
- quarantine flag,
- radio beacon,
- red flag,
- red light,
- rocket,
- sailing aid,
- semaphore,
- semaphore flag,
- semaphore telegraph,
- sign,
- signal,
- signal beacon,
- signal bell,
- signal fire,
- signal flag,
- signal gong,
- signal gun,
- signal lamp,
- signal light,
- signal mast,
- signal post,
- signal rocket,
- signal shot,
- signal siren,
- signal tower,
- spar buoy,
- stop light,
- the nod,
- the wink,
- touch,
- traffic light,
- traffic signal,
- watch fire,
- white flag,
- wigwag,
- wigwag flag,
- wink,
- yellow flag
- traffic light
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- a visual signal to control the flow of traffic at intersections related words >
- Roman candle,
- aid to navigation,
- alarm,
- amber light,
- balefire,
- beacon,
- beacon fire,
- bell,
- bell buoy,
- blinker,
- blue peter,
- buoy,
- caution light,
- flare,
- fog bell,
- fog signal,
- fog whistle,
- foghorn,
- glance,
- go light,
- gong buoy,
- green light,
- heliograph,
- high sign,
- international alphabet flag,
- international numeral pennant,
- kick,
- leer,
- marker beacon,
- nod,
- nudge,
- parachute flare,
- pilot flag,
- poke,
- police whistle,
- quarantine flag,
- radio beacon,
- red flag,
- red light,
- rocket,
- sailing aid,
- semaphore,
- semaphore flag,
- semaphore telegraph,
- sign,
- signal,
- signal beacon,
- signal bell,
- signal gong,
- signal gun,
- signal lamp,
- signal light,
- signal mast,
- signal post,
- signal rocket,
- signal shot,
- signal siren,
- signal tower,
- spar buoy,
- stop light,
- stop-and-go light,
- the nod,
- the wink,
- touch,
- traffic signal,
- watch fire,
- white flag,
- wigwag,
- wigwag flag,
- wink,
- yellow flag
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