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Alluvium
noun · 78% connection
Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently subm…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gravel, pebbles.
Arena
noun · 78% connection
"Sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gravel, pebbles.
Asphaltum
noun · 78% connection
A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gravel, pebbles.
Ballast
adjective · 78% connection
Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gravel, pebbles.
Bar
noun · 78% connection
A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gravel, pebbles.
Beach
noun · 78% connection
Pebbles, collectively; shingle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gravel, pebbles.
Blind
verb · 78% connection
To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel; as a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gravel, pebbles.
Blinding
noun · 78% connection
A thin coating of sand and fine gravel over a newly paved road. See Blind, v. t., 4.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gravel, pebbles.
Caddis
noun · 78% connection
The larva of a caddice fly. These larvae generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with pieces of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gravel, pebbles.
Calculous
adjective · 78% connection
Caused, or characterized, by the presence of a calculus or calculi; a, a calculous disorder; affected with gravel or stone; as, a calc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gravel, pebbles.
Cascalho
noun · 78% connection
A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand, in which the Brazilian diamond is usually found.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gravel, pebbles.
Chisley
adjective · 78% connection
Having a large admixture of small pebbles or gravel; -- said of a soil.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gravel, pebbles.
Concrete
noun · 78% connection
A mixture of gravel, pebbles, or broken stone with cement or with tar, etc., used for sidewalks, roadways, foundations, etc., and esp.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gravel, pebbles.
Conglomerate
adjective · 78% connection
Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rocks, cemented together.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gravel, pebbles.
Crag
noun · 78% connection
A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Tertiary age.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gravel, pebbles.
Deposit
verb · 78% connection
That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the sili…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gravel, pebbles.
Diluvium
noun · 78% connection
A deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc., caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gravel, pebbles.
Dirt
noun · 78% connection
In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gravel, pebbles.
