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Alp

A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc.

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Mount 76% connected

A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always ins…

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Mountain 76% connected

A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land; earth and rock forming an isolated peak or a ridge; an e…

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Accretion noun · 86% connection

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

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Bed noun · 86% connection

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

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Break noun · 86% 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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Clast noun · 86% connection

(geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock

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Clastic rock noun · 86% connection

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

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Deflation noun · 86% 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 · 86% 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 · 86% 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 · 86% 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 · 86% 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 · 86% 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 · 86% connection

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

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Fracture noun · 86% 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 · 86% connection

(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified

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Geological fault noun · 86% 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 · 86% connection

(geology) the geological features of the earth

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Geological process noun · 86% connection

(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified

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Geology noun · 86% connection

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

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Alpine adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty mountain; as, Alpine snows; Alpine plants.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: high, mountain, specifically, plural, highest.
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Apennine adjective · 78% connection

Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Apennines, a chain of mountains extending through Italy.

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Appalachian adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains.

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Bitterroot noun · 78% connection

A plant (Lewisia rediviva) allied to the purslane, but with fleshy, farinaceous roots, growing in the mountains of Idaho, Montana, etc…

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Butte noun · 78% connection

A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the general level of the surrounding plain; -- applied to peculiar elevations in…

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Chain noun · 78% connection

A series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains;…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: high, mountain, specifically, plural, highest.
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Chain of mountains noun · 78% connection

a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"

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Chalet noun · 78% connection

A herdsman's hut in the mountains of Switzerland.

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Halysites noun · 78% connection

A genus of Silurian fossil corals; the chain corals. See Chain coral, under Chain.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: high, mountain, specifically, plural, highest.
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High adjective · 78% connection

greater than normal in quantity or amount; "a high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of his career"; "high risks"; "has hi…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: high, mountain, specifically, plural, highest.
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Jura noun · 78% connection

1. A range of mountains between France and Switzerland.

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Laramie group unknown · 78% connection

An extensive series of strata, principally developed in the Rocky Mountain region, as in the Laramie Mountains, and formerly supposed…

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Lavaret noun · 78% connection

A European whitefish (Coregonus laveretus), found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland.

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