airway | (noun) a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers | Synonyms: airline, airline business |
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(noun) a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines) | Synonyms: air duct, air passage |
(noun) the passages through which air enters and leaves the body | Synonyms: respiratory tract |
(noun) a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another | Synonyms: air lane, flight path, skyway |
alleyway | (noun) a narrow street with walls on both sides | Synonyms: alley, back street |
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always | (adverb) at all times; all the time and on every occasion | Synonyms: e'er, ever |
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(adverb) forever; throughout all time | - |
(adverb) at any time or in any event | - |
(adverb) invariably | Synonyms: constantly, forever, incessantly, perpetually |
(adverb) without variation or change, in every case | Synonyms: constantly, invariably |
anyway | (adverb) used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement | Synonyms: anyhow, anyways, at any rate, in any case, in any event |
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(adverb) in any way whatsoever | Synonyms: anyhow |
anyways | (adverb) used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement | Synonyms: anyhow, anyway, at any rate, in any case, in any event |
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archway | (noun) a passageway under a curved masonry construction | Synonyms: arch |
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areaway | (noun) a passageway between buildings or giving access to a basement | - |
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away | (adjective) used of an opponent's ground | - |
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(adjective) not present; having left | - |
(adjective) (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter | Synonyms: outside |
(adverb) from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete) | Synonyms: forth, off |
(adverb) from one's possession | Synonyms: out |
(adverb) in reserve; not for immediate use | Synonyms: aside, by |
(adverb) out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts) | Synonyms: aside |
(adverb) out of existence | - |
(adverb) indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily | - |
(adverb) in a different direction | Synonyms: aside |
(adverb) in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping) | - |
(adverb) at a distance in space or time | Synonyms: off |
(adverb) so as to be removed or gotten rid of | - |
(adverb) freely or at will | - |
awayness | (noun) the state of being elsewhere than in particular place | - |
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beltway | (noun) a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center | Synonyms: bypass, ring road, ringway |
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breadthways | (adverb) in the direction of the breadth | Synonyms: breadthwise, broadwise |
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breakaway | (adjective) having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude | Synonyms: fissiparous, separatist |
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(noun) the act of breaking away or withdrawing from | Synonyms: breaking away |
byway | (noun) a side road little traveled (as in the countryside) | Synonyms: bypath, byroad |
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caraway | (noun) leaves used sparingly in soups and stews | - |
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(noun) a Eurasian plant with small white flowers yielding caraway seed | Synonyms: Carum carvi |
carriageway | (noun) one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes | - |
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castaway | (noun) a shipwrecked person | Synonyms: shipwreck survivor |
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(noun) a person who is rejected (from society or home) | Synonyms: Ishmael, outcast, pariah |
causeway | (noun) a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand | - |
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(verb) pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles | - |
(verb) provide with a causeway | - |
clearway | (noun) a road on which you are not allowed to stop (unless you have a breakdown) | - |
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companionway | (noun) a stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship | - |
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crossway | (noun) a junction where one street or road crosses another | Synonyms: carrefour, crossing, crossroad, intersection |
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crossways | (adverb) transversely | Synonyms: across, crosswise |
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cutaway | (noun) a man's coat cut diagonally from the waist to the back of the knees | - |
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(noun) a representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts | Synonyms: cutaway drawing, cutaway model |
doorway | (noun) the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close | Synonyms: door, room access, threshold |
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driveway | (noun) a road leading up to a private house | Synonyms: drive, private road |
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edgeways | (adverb) with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge | Synonyms: edgewise |
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(adverb) as if by an edge; barely | Synonyms: edgewise |
endways | (adverb) with the end forward or toward the observer | Synonyms: end on, endwise |
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(adverb) in or toward the direction of the ends; lengthwise | Synonyms: endwise |
(adverb) on end or upright | Synonyms: endwise |
entranceway | (noun) something that provides access (to get in or get out) | Synonyms: entrance, entree, entry, entryway |
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entryway | (noun) something that provides access (to get in or get out) | Synonyms: entrance, entranceway, entree, entry |
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expressway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway |
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fairway | (noun) the area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short | - |
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(noun) a tract of ground free of obstacles to movement | - |
(noun) the usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or coastal waters | - |
faraway | (adjective) far removed mentally | - |
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(adjective) very far away in space or time | Synonyms: far-off |
farawayness | (noun) the property of being remote | Synonyms: farness, remoteness |
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flyaway | (adjective) guided by whim and fancy | Synonyms: flighty, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained |
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(adjective) (of hair or clothing) worn loose | - |
flyway | (noun) the geographic route along which birds customarily migrate | Synonyms: migration route |
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foldaway | (adjective) capable of being folded up and stored | Synonyms: foldable, folding |
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freeway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: expressway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway |
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gangway | (noun) a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site) | - |
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(noun) a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside | Synonyms: gangboard, gangplank |
(noun) passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores | Synonyms: aisle |
gateway | (noun) an entrance that can be closed by a gate | - |
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getaway | (noun) a rapid escape (as by criminals) | Synonyms: lam |
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(noun) the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration | Synonyms: pickup |
giveaway | (noun) an unintentional disclosure | - |
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(noun) a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards | Synonyms: game show |
(noun) a gift of public land or resources for the private gain of a limited group | - |
greenway | (noun) a belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city | Synonyms: greenbelt |
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halfway | (adjective) equally distant from the extremes | Synonyms: center, centre, middle, midway |
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(adjective) including only half or a portion | - |
(adjective) at a point midway between two extremes | - |
(adverb) at half the distance; at the middle | Synonyms: midway |
hallway | (noun) an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open | Synonyms: hall |
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hatchway | (noun) an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship | Synonyms: opening, scuttle |
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headway | (noun) forward movement | Synonyms: head |
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(noun) vertical space available to allow easy passage under something | Synonyms: clearance, headroom |
hideaway | (noun) an area where you can be alone | Synonyms: retreat |
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(noun) a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws | Synonyms: den, hideout |
highway | (noun) a major road for any form of motor transport | Synonyms: main road |
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highwayman | (noun) a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it | Synonyms: highjacker, hijacker, road agent |
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leastways | (adverb) if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial) | Synonyms: at any rate, at least, leastwise |
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leeway | (noun) a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits | Synonyms: allowance, margin, tolerance |
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(noun) (of a ship or plane) sideways drift | - |
lengthways | (adjective) running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing | Synonyms: lengthwise |
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(adverb) in the direction of the length | Synonyms: lengthwise, longitudinally, longways, longwise |
longways | (noun) country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other | Synonyms: longways dance |
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(adverb) in the direction of the length | Synonyms: lengthways, lengthwise, longitudinally, longwise |
midway | (adjective) equally distant from the extremes | Synonyms: center, centre, halfway, middle |
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(noun) the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located | - |
(adverb) at half the distance; at the middle | Synonyms: halfway |
motorway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: expressway, freeway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway |
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mulloway | (noun) large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre | Synonyms: jewfish, Sciaena antarctica |
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parkway | (noun) a wide scenic road planted with trees | Synonyms: drive |
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passageway | (noun) a passage between rooms or between buildings | - |
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(noun) a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass | Synonyms: passage |
pathway | (noun) a trodden path | Synonyms: footpath |
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(noun) a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain | Synonyms: nerve pathway, nerve tract, tract |
raceway | (noun) a canal for a current of water | Synonyms: race |
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(noun) a course over which races are run | Synonyms: racecourse, racetrack, track |
railway | (noun) line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight | Synonyms: railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system |
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(noun) a line of track providing a runway for wheels | Synonyms: railroad, railroad track |
railwayman | (noun) an employee of a railroad | Synonyms: railroad man, railroader, railway man, trainman |
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ringway | (noun) a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center | Synonyms: beltway, bypass, ring road |
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roadway | (noun) a road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel | - |
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ropeway | (noun) a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers | Synonyms: aerial tramway, cable tramway, tram, tramway |
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runaway | (adjective) completely out of control | - |
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(noun) an easy victory | Synonyms: blowout, laugher, romp, shoo-in, walkaway |
(noun) someone who flees from an uncongenial situation | Synonyms: fleer, fugitive |
runway | (noun) a strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land | - |
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(noun) a narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc. | - |
(noun) a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll | Synonyms: rail, rails, track |
(noun) a chute down which logs can slide | - |
seaway | (noun) a lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels | Synonyms: sea lane, ship route, trade route |
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shipway | (noun) structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired | Synonyms: slipway, ways |
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(noun) a canal large enough for seagoing vessels | Synonyms: ship canal |
sideway | (adverb) from the side; obliquely | Synonyms: sideways, sidewise |
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(adverb) with one side forward or to the front | Synonyms: sideways, sidewise |
(adverb) in a lateral direction | Synonyms: sideways, sidewise |
sideways | (adjective) (of movement) at an angle | Synonyms: crabwise |
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(adverb) to, toward or at one side | Synonyms: obliquely, sidelong |
(adverb) from the side; obliquely | Synonyms: sideway, sidewise |
(adverb) with one side forward or to the front | Synonyms: sideway, sidewise |
(adverb) in a lateral direction | Synonyms: sideway, sidewise |
skyway | (noun) a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another | Synonyms: air lane, airway, flight path |
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slantways | (adverb) at a slant; moving or directed in a slantwise position or direction | Synonyms: slantwise |
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slideway | (noun) sloping channel through which things can descend | Synonyms: chute, slide, sloping trough |
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slipway | (noun) structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired | Synonyms: shipway, ways |
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sluiceway | (noun) conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate | Synonyms: penstock, sluice |
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someway | (adverb) in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means | Synonyms: somehow, someways |
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someways | (adverb) in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means | Synonyms: somehow, someway |
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speedway | (noun) a racetrack for racing automobiles or motorcycles | - |
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(noun) road where high speed driving is allowed | - |
spillway | (noun) a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction | Synonyms: spill, wasteweir |
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stairway | (noun) a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps | Synonyms: staircase |
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steerageway | (noun) (nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered | - |
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stowaway | (noun) a person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage | - |
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straightaway | (adjective) performed with little or no delay | Synonyms: immediate, prompt, quick |
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(noun) a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse | Synonyms: straight |
(adverb) without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening | Synonyms: at once, directly, forthwith, immediately, instantly, like a shot, now, right away, straight off |
straightway | (adverb) in a direct course | - |
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(adverb) at once | - |
subway | (noun) an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) | Synonyms: metro, subway system, tube, underground |
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(noun) an underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway | Synonyms: underpass |
superhighway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, throughway, thruway |
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(noun) an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form | Synonyms: information superhighway |
sway | (noun) pitching dangerously to one side | Synonyms: careen, rock, tilt |
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(noun) controlling influence | - |
(verb) move back and forth or sideways | Synonyms: rock, shake |
(verb) move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner | Synonyms: swing |
(verb) cause to move back and forth | Synonyms: rock |
(verb) win approval or support for | Synonyms: carry, persuade |
swayback | (adjective) having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses) | Synonyms: dipped, lordotic, swaybacked |
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swaybacked | (adjective) having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses) | Synonyms: dipped, lordotic, swayback |
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swayer | (noun) a person who rules or commands | Synonyms: ruler |
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takeaway | (noun) the act of taking the ball or puck away from the team on the offense (as by the interception of a pass) | - |
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(noun) a concession made by a labor union to a company that is trying to lower its expenditures | - |
(noun) prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises | Synonyms: takeout, takeout food |
taxiway | (noun) a paved surface in the form of a strip; used by planes taxiing to or from the runway at an airport | Synonyms: taxi strip |
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tearaway | (adjective) characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation | Synonyms: brainish, hotheaded, impetuous, impulsive, madcap |
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(noun) a reckless and impetuous person | - |
throughway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, thruway |
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throwaway | (adjective) intended to be thrown away after use | - |
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(adjective) thrown away | Synonyms: cast-off, discarded, thrown-away |
(noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | Synonyms: bill, broadsheet, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, handbill |
(noun) words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis | - |
(noun) (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets | Synonyms: gamin, street arab |
thruway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway |
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tideway | (noun) a channel in which a tidal current runs | - |
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tramway | (noun) the track on which trams or streetcars run | Synonyms: streetcar track, tramline |
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(noun) a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers | Synonyms: aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway, tram |
twayblade | (noun) orchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brown; Europe to central Asia | Synonyms: Listera ovata |
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(noun) an orchid of the genus Liparis having a pair of leaves | - |
underway | (adjective) currently in progress | Synonyms: afoot |
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