A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses.
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Aquifer
underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc
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An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement excep…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggy la…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.A pond for watering horses.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.The science of water, its properties, phenomena, and distribution over the earth's surface.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Geomorphology and geology.A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.See Lagoon.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with aluminium hydr…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.The deposit of slime at the mouth of a river; slime.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.A lake; a bay or arm of the sea.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass.
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A suffix signifying bearing, producing, yielding; as, auriferous, yielding gold; chyliferous, producing chyle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, layer, yielding, ground, water.Of or pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, layer, yielding, ground, water.A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, layer, yielding, ground, water.One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish bro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, layer, yielding, ground, water.A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, layer, yielding, ground, water.Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, layer, yielding, ground, water.A layer of cells forming a kind of cuticle inside of the proper cortical layer, or surrounding an individual fibrovascular bundle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, layer, yielding, ground, water.The outer, nonsensitive layer of the skin; cuticle; scarfskin. See Dermis.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, layer, yielding, ground, water.A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, layer, yielding, ground, water.A plant belonging to one of the greater part of the vegetable kingdom, and which the plants are characterized by having c wood bark, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, layer, yielding, ground, water.A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, layer, yielding, ground, water.A paling; a hurdle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, layer, yielding, ground, water.
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