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Beach

Pebbles, collectively; shingle.

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Formation 76% connected

The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.

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Land 76% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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Plage 76% connected

A region; country.

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Substance part 1

Sand 70% connected

Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when…

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Shore 70% connected

of Shear

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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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Acreage noun · 78% connection

Acres collectively; as, the acreage of a farm or a country.

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Administration noun · 78% connection

The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of pub…

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Aggregately adverb · 78% connection

Collectively; in mass.

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Aldermanity noun · 78% connection

Aldermen collectively; the body of aldermen.

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Androecium noun · 78% connection

The stamens of a flower taken collectively.

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Anecdotage noun · 78% connection

Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes.

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Anglo-Saxon noun · 78% connection

The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest.

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Antique adjective · 78% connection

In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains o…

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Bare noun · 78% connection

That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.

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Body noun · 78% connection

A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective w…

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Cascalho noun · 78% connection

A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand, in which the Brazilian diamond is usually found.

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Chessil noun · 78% connection

Gravel or pebbles.

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Chisley adjective · 78% connection

Having a large admixture of small pebbles or gravel; -- said of a soil.

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