Argosy

Synonyms for "argosy" (55 found)

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Noun(3 words)
fleetflotillamerchant fleet

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mosquito fleetnaval construction battalionnaval forcesnaval militianaval reservenavypacketrnroyal navyseabeeseabeesshipshippingshipssquadrontankertask forcetask grouptonnagetub
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united states navyusnvesselwatercraftwhaling fleet
Noun(2 words)

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antique collectionart collectionbook collectionmerchant fleettrading convoy

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argosy collectionargosy of manuscriptsargosy of shipsargosy of treasureshistorical argosylarge argosy

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Balancing work and life can seem like an impossible task. Meeting the demands of family, children, work, and personal health can feel like climbing a greased pole. But Argosy University Associate Professor Nancy Aragon has some tips to achieving work-life balance.

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Gremio, 'tis known my father hath no less Than three great argosies, besides two galliasses, And twelve tight galleys; these I will assure her, And twice as much, whate'er thou offer'st next.

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The wreck was total—as total as that ever is which trusts its all to one argosy.

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...here smiting with irresistible force some adamantine rock of gross ignorance or cruel superstition, there shaking with its mighty voice of thunder some dread abyss where lurks the taint of covert vice, or crouches the misshapen form of monstrous irreligion, coursing through gloomy chasms and deep dark ravines, and laying bare to the glorious rays of universal and progressive intelligence the golden sands of philosophic lore and scientific research, ever widening, ever expanding, the while bearing richly-freighted argosies of accumulated lore onward through years, and ephochs, and cycles — forever onward — to the borad bosom of that illimitable ocean of perfected wisdom which, unsweapt by temporal gale, unruffled by even a transient breeze of earthly misconception or scepticism, placid and profound, sleeps forever beneath the beams of the eternal sun.

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