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n. Plural form of tide.

"Thus the primary phenomenon of the tides is after all the tidal current; and it is the tidal currents that are referred to on charts where we have arrow-heads marked with the statement that we have “very little tide here, ” or that we have “strong tides” there."

tidal wave   

tided    tides    tiding   

course    feed    flow    run    float    time period    period of time    period    variation    fluctuation   

atmospheric tides    alkaline tide    to tide on    true tide    primary tide    declinational tide    to make a tide and a quarter tide    meteorological tide    low tide    to work double tides   

betide   

spring tide    neap tide   

tide over   

Time    period    season    stream    current    flood    course    betide    happen    flow   

Clyde    Eid    Hyde    Outside    Pride    Ride    Stateside    abide    allied    alongside   

wave    flood    stream    rush    storm    surge    current    ocean    cloud    breeze