The term 'compass direction' refers to the four cardinal directions (NORTH, south, EAST, and WEST) as well as the four intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest). The crossword solutions for this term are POINT (5 letters), south (5 letters), NORTH (5 letters), EAST (4 letters), este (4 letters), se (2 letters), ene (3 letters), ese (3 letters), nne (3 letters), sse (3 letters), WEST (4 letters), and norte (5 letters). POINT is a synonym for direction, while the other words are all variations of the cardinal and intermediate directions in different languages.