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verbwalk as if unable to control one's movementstype of:
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nouna projection or ridge that suggests a keeltype of:
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nounone of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability
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nounthe median ridge on the breastbone of birds that flytype of:part of:
Definition that contains keel
- draft the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)
- keel a projection or ridge that suggests a keel
- carina any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom
- carina a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the star Canopus
- draught the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)
- centerboard a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward
- keeled having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship
- ridged having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship
- waterline a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship
- flightless bird flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds