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affiliate(noun, organization, break, part, firm)
6
beck(noun, current, flood, stream, river)
6
furcate
6
river(noun, stream, river, brook, watercourse)
6
rivulet(noun, current, flood, stream, channel)
6
runnel(noun, current, flood, stream, river)
6
spread(noun, verb, area, increase, separate)
6
sprout(noun, development, sucker, offshoot, posterity)
5
appendage(noun, increase, delay, development, spread)
5
confluent(adjective, nature)
5
extension(noun, area, increase, spread, link)
5
feeder(noun, nature)
5
growth(noun, thing, arm, stem, limb)
5
joint(noun, part, junction, crook, angle)
5
local(noun, division, subdivision, department, outlet)
5
outpost(noun, division, section, subdivision, department)
5
runner(noun, part, vine)
5
segment(noun, verb, break, part, cut)
5
spin-off(noun, product, result, extension, sucker)
5
subdivide(verb, break, part, cut, separate)
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