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Afforest

To convert into a forest; as, to afforest a tract of country.

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Plant 76% connected

A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though c…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Set 76% connected

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Afforestation 74% connected

The act of converting into forest or woodland.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Afforestation 74% connected

The act of converting into forest or woodland.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Forest 92% connected

An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never be…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Accretion noun · 78% connection

(geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment

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Bed noun · 78% connection

(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of sandstone"

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Break noun · 78% connection

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Clast noun · 78% connection

(geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock

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Clastic rock noun · 78% connection

(geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks

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Deflation noun · 78% connection

(geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind; "a constant deflation of th…

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Eating away noun · 78% connection

(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

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Eroding noun · 78% connection

(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

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Erosion noun · 78% connection

(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

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Esker noun · 78% connection

(geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets

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Exceedance noun · 78% connection

(geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a…

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Fault line noun · 78% connection

(geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface

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Fracture noun · 78% connection

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…

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Geologic process noun · 78% connection

(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified

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Geological fault noun · 78% connection

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…

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Geological formation noun · 78% connection

(geology) the geological features of the earth

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Geological process noun · 78% connection

(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified

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Geology noun · 78% connection

a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks

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Base noun · 78% connection

A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forw…

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Basin noun · 78% connection

The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake.

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Bloody hand unknown · 78% connection

A hand stained with the blood of a deer, which, in the old forest laws of England, was sufficient evidence of a man's trespass in the…

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Border verb · 78% connection

To be, or to have, contiguous to; to touch, or be touched, as by a border; to be, or to have, near the limits or boundary; as, the reg…

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Borderer noun · 78% connection

One who dwells on a border, or at the extreme part or confines of a country, region, or tract of land; one who dwells near to a place…

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Campagna noun · 78% connection

An open level tract of country; especially "Campagna di Roma." The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome.

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Chersonese noun · 78% connection

A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the Cimbric Ch…

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Coafforest verb · 78% connection

To convert into, or add to, a forest.

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Colonialism noun · 78% connection

exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger coun…

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Convertase noun · 78% connection

any of several enzymes that convert a compound into smaller, biologically-active compounds.; "There are four different C5 convertases…

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Country adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.

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Disafforest verb · 78% connection

To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to exempt from forest laws.

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Disboscation noun · 78% connection

Converting forest land into cleared or arable land; removal of a forest.

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