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Avalanche

A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.

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Descend 76% connected

To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall;…

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Fall 76% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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Happening 76% connected

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Occurrence 76% connected

A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.

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Occurrent 76% connected

Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.

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Slide 76% connected

To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.

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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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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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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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Groundmass noun · 86% connection

(geology) the matrix of fine-grained crystalline material in which larger crystals are embedded

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Isostasy noun · 86% connection

(geology) a general equilibrium of the forces tending to elevate or depress the earth's crust

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Kettle hole noun · 86% connection

(geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits

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Landslide noun · 86% connection

a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff

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Ball verb · 78% connection

To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls.

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Besnow verb · 78% connection

To cover with snow; to whiten with snow, or as with snow.

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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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Cam noun · 78% connection

A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, mass, body, snow, sliding.
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Cataract noun · 78% connection

A great fall of water over a precipice; a large waterfall.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, mass, body, snow, sliding.
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Coasting noun · 78% connection

Sliding down hill; sliding on a sled upon snow or ice.

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Continent adjective · 78% connection

One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an isl…

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Down adjective · 78% connection

Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway.

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Glacier noun · 78% connection

An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in th…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, mass, body, snow, sliding.
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Glissade noun · 78% connection

A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps.

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Large superl. · 78% connection

Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; gre…

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Left adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action of the limbs is usually weaker than on the other side; -…

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