Cofferdam: alternatives and connections

The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water.

So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder.

Clay, or potter's earth; sometimes pure clay, or alumina. See Clay.

Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey.

Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current , or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or a…

An inclosure with mud or stone walls, for keeping cattle; a fortified inclosure.

The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river.

the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets; "blood ca…

Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and…

Of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under; as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices.

Having at the bottom, or as a bottom; resting upon a bottom; grounded; -- mostly, in composition; as, sharp-bottomed; well-bottomed.

a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"

A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow wate…

A French mechanical lamp, for lighthouses, in which a superabundance of oil is pumped to the wick tube by clockwork.

the amount of blood pumped out by the ventricles in a given period of time; "a resting adult has a cardiac output of about three quart…

Consisting of clay; abounding with clay; partaking of clay; like clay.

a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"

a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water; "the Mississippi River delta"…