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Landlock :: Landlock (v. t.) To inclose, or nearly inclose, as a harbor or a vessel, with land..

Bystander :: Bystander (n.) One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting.

Approximation :: Approximation (n.) A continual approach or coming nearer to a result; as, to solve an equation by approximation..

Neighbor :: Neighbor (v. i.) To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near..

Cathead :: Cathead (n.) A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured..

Rectilinear :: Rectilinear (a.) Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course..

Chimpanzee :: Chimpanzee (n.) An african ape (Anthropithecus troglodytes or Troglodytes niger) which approaches more nearly to man, in most respects, than any other ape. When full grown, it is from three to four feet high..

Thereabouts :: Thereabouts (adv.) Near that place.

Year :: Year (n.) The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissext

Paramastoid :: Paramastoid (a.) Situated beside, or near, the mastoid portion of the temporal bone; paroccipital; -- applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals..

Rise :: Rise (n.) The spring of a fish to seize food (as a fly) near the surface of the water.

Inferior :: Inferior (a.) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus..

What :: What (pron., a., & adv.) Sometimes prefixed to adjectives in an adverbial sense, as nearly equivalent to how; as, what happy boys!.

Calcarine :: Calcarine (a.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the calcar of the brain..

Domestic :: Domestic (a.) Living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated; tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals..

Scutate :: Scutate (a.) Buckler-shaped; round or nearly round.

Propinquity :: Propinquity (n.) Nearness in place; neighborhood; proximity.

Neighbor :: Neighbor (a.) Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring.

Gismondite :: Gismondite (n.) A native hydrated silicate of alumina, lime, and potash, first noticed near Rome..

Beacon :: Beacon (n.) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners..

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