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  1. n. Any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass. There may be 4, 8, 16 or 32 compass points on a compass, depending on its size and accuracy.

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  1. n. any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass

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  1. point of the compass

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  1. direction

hyponyms (69)

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  1. SSE
  2. SEbE
  3. north northeast
  4. east-southeast
  5. NW
  6. north by east
  7. sou'-east
  8. SSW
  9. EbN
  10. south by west
  11. EbS
  12. southwest by south
  13. sou'-sou'-east
  1. nor'-west
  2. northeast by east
  3. west by south
  4. west northwest
  5. NbW
  6. northwest by west
  7. Sw.
  8. north northwest
  9. east-northeast
  10. south southeast
  11. SbE
  12. NEbE
  13. west southwest
  1. south southwest
  2. SbW
  3. Se
  4. SEbS
  5. WbS
  6. WbN
  7. west by north
  8. southeast by south
  9. NNE
  10. southeastward
  11. northwest by north
  12. northwest
  13. northwestward
  1. WNW
  2. northeast
  3. WSW
  4. NNW
  5. SWbW
  6. sou'-west
  7. southeast
  8. southwest
  9. ENE
  10. NEbN
  11. northeastward
  12. northeast by north
  13. southeast by east
  1. SWbS
  2. southwestward
  3. southwest by west
  4. nor'-east
  5. sou'-sou'-west
  6. ese
  7. NbE
  8. north by west
  9. south by east
  10. cardinal compass point
  11. east by south
  12. east by north
  13. NWbN
  1. nor'-nor'-west
  2. ne
  3. nor'-nor'-east
  4. NWbW

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. east by north
  2. WbN
  3. WbS
  4. west by north
  5. west by south
  6. SbE
  7. SbW
  8. SEbE
  9. SEbS
  10. south by east
  11. south by west
  12. southeast by east
  13. southeast by south
  14. southwest by south
  15. southwest by west
  16. SWbS
  17. SWbW
  18. east by south
  19. EbN
  20. EbS
  21. NbE
  22. NbW
  23. NEbE
  24. NEbN
  25. north by east
  26. north by west
  1. northeast by east
  2. northeast by north
  3. northwest by north
  4. northwest by west
  5. NWbN
  6. NWbW
  7. east
  8. west
  9. east-northeast
  10. east-southeast
  11. west northwest
  12. west southwest
  13. WNW
  14. WSW
  15. Se
  16. sou'-east
  17. sou'-sou'-east
  18. sou'-sou'-west
  19. sou'-west
  20. south southeast
  21. south southwest
  22. southeastward
  23. southwestward
  24. SSE
  25. SSW
  26. Sw.
  1. northeast
  2. northwest
  3. southwest
  4. southeast
  5. ENE
  6. ese
  7. ne
  8. NNE
  9. NNW
  10. nor'-east
  11. nor'-nor'-east
  12. nor'-nor'-west
  13. nor'-west
  14. north northeast
  15. north northwest
  16. northeastward
  17. northwestward
  18. NW
  19. westward
  20. southward
  21. south
  22. north
  23. due east
  24. due north
  25. due south
  26. due west
  1. eastward
  2. n
  3. northward
  4. s
  5. w
  6. e
  7. projection
  8. point
  9. magnetic amplitude
  10. bearing
  11. vernier-compass
  12. line of force
  13. course
  14. quarter
  15. needle-point
  16. artifice
  17. side
  18. loxodromic curve
  19. lubber's line
  20. lily
  21. to haul around
  22. wind-star
  23. airt
  24. compass-signal
  25. lubber-line
  26. south-southeast
  1. south-southwest
  2. north-northeast
  3. north-northwest
  4. west-southwest
  5. west-northwest
  6. arrive
  7. abaft the beam
  8. before the beam
  9. bear
  10. face of a
  11. orientation
  12. periscians
  13. traverse board
  14. vernier compass
  15. wind
  16. cursor
  17. exposition
  18. front
  19. high
  20. monoclinal
  21. orientate
  22. quartering
  23. rhumb
  24. sight
  25. nephodoscope
  26. traverse-board

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