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Answer for the clue "A current below the surface of a fluid ", 9 letters:
undertide

Word definitions for undertide in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Undertide \Un"der*tide`\, Undertime \Un"der*time`\, n. [Under + tide , time. Cf. Undern .] The under or after part of the day; undermeal; evening. He, coming home at undertime, there found The fairest creature that he ever saw. --Spenser.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a current below the surface of a fluid [syn: undercurrent ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context figurative English) undercurrent

Usage examples of undertide.

Indeed, it was to me almost a relief to turn from these deadly undertides to the ill-starred but spirited enterprises in the military sphere.

He came to the altar and knelt before it, and all the fear and the doubt which he had been cloistering within his heart came pouring out, an undertide to prayer.