Specialist dictionary

Human geography

People, societies, places, movement and spatial organisation.

Core vocabulary

89 featured terms

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Culturenoun

the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that…

Geographicsnoun

study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation

Geographynoun

study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation

Humanadjective

relating to a person; "the experiment was conducted on 6 monkeys and 2 human subjects"

Migrationnoun

the movement of persons from one country or locality to another

Outer spacenoun

any location outside the Earth's atmosphere; "the astronauts walked in outer space without a tether"; "the first major milestone in space explor…

Partnoun

the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"

Placenoun

an abstract mental location; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prom…

Populationnoun

the people who inhabit a territory or state; "the population seemed to be well fed and clothed"

Regionnoun

the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"

Settlementnoun

a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it

Spacenoun

any location outside the Earth's atmosphere; "the astronauts walked in outer space without a tether"; "the first major milestone in space explor…

Territorynoun

an area of knowledge or interest; "his questions covered a lot of territory"

Accommodationnoun

a settlement of differences; "they reached an accommodation with Japan"

Airnoun

the mass of air surrounding the Earth; "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"; "it was exposed to the air"

Airnoun

the region above the ground; "her hand stopped in mid air"; "he threw the ball into the air"

Atmospherenoun

the mass of air surrounding the Earth; "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"; "it was exposed to the air"

Beltnoun

an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found; "a belt of high pressure"

biospherenoun

the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist

Black holenoun

a region of space resulting from the collapse of a star; extremely high gravitational field

Bottomnoun

the lowest part of anything; "they started at the bottom of the hill"

Conclusionnoun

a final settlement; "the conclusion of a business deal"; "the conclusion of the peace treaty"

Countynoun

(United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government; "the county has a population of 12,345 people"

Distancenoun

a distant region; "I could see it in the distance"

Edennoun

any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

Emigrationnoun

migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)

Expatriationnoun

migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)

Exteriornoun

the region that is outside of something

Extremitynoun

the outermost or farthest region or point

Heavennoun

any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

Hellnoun

any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits"

Housenoun

(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

Immigrationnoun

migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)

Insidenoun

the region that is inside of something

Interiornoun

the region that is inside of something

Layernoun

an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning…

Layernoun

a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another

Levelnoun

an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning…

Mansionnoun

(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

Marenoun

a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon

Nirvananoun

any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

Outsidenoun

the region that is outside of something

Paradisenoun

any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

Physiographynoun

the study of physical features of the earth's surface

Property settlementnoun

(matrimonial law) the division of property owned or acquired by marriage partners during their marriage

Radiusnoun

a circular region whose area is indicated by the length of its radius; "they located it within a radius of 2 miles"

Sidenoun

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location; "they always sat on the right side of the church"; "he never left…

Signnoun

(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

Stratumnoun

an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning…

Topnoun

the upper part of anything; "the mower cuts off the tops of the grass"; "the title should be written at the top of the first page"

Topographynoun

precise detailed study of the surface features of a region

Vacuitynoun

a region that is devoid of matter

Vacuumnoun

a region that is devoid of matter

Zodiacnoun

a belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposes

Zonenoun

an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic

Basenoun

(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull"

Bedsidenoun

space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person); "the doctor stood at her bedside"

Boundnoun

the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

Boundarynoun

the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

Buffernoun

a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict

Capnoun

the upper part of a column that supports the entablature

Capitalnoun

the upper part of a column that supports the entablature

Chapiternoun

the upper part of a column that supports the entablature

Chromospherenoun

a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun

Compromisenoun

an accommodation in which both sides make concessions; "the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it ‘business…

Crownnoun

the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant

Crownnoun

the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel

Crustnoun

the outer layer of the Earth

Endnoun

either extremity of something that has length; "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"; "…

Extremenoun

the point located farthest from the middle of something

Footnoun

the lower part of anything; "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain"

Handnoun

a position given by its location to the side of an object; "objections were voiced on every hand"

Headnoun

the top of something; "the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list"

Hydrospherenoun

the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor

Limitnoun

as far as something can go

Mantlenoun

the layer of the earth between the crust and the core

Mastheadnoun

the head or top of a mast

Midlandnoun

the interior part of a country

Midstnoun

the location of something surrounded by other things; "in the midst of the crowd"

Opennoun

where the air is unconfined; "he wanted to get outdoors a little"; "the concert was held in the open air"; "camping in the open"

Outdoorsnoun

where the air is unconfined; "he wanted to get outdoors a little"; "the concert was held in the open air"; "camping in the open"

Snownoun

a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground

Stratospherenoun

the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere

Stratumnoun

one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedim…

Surfacenoun

the outermost level of the land or sea; "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by wate…

Terminalnoun

either extremity of something that has length; "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"; "…

Thicknoun

the location of something surrounded by other things; "in the midst of the crowd"

Topologynoun

topographic study of a given place (especially the history of the place as indicated by its topography); "Greenland's topology has been shaped b…

Tropospherenoun

the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude)