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Crater

The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.

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Collector 76% connected

One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.;…

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Depression 76% connected

The act of depressing.

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Formation 76% connected

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

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Volcano 70% connected

A mountain or hill, usually more or less conical in form, from which lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases, and the like, are ejected; -- often popular…

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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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-mo unknown · 78% connection

A suffix added to the names of certain numerals or to the numerals themselves, to indicate the number of leaves made by folding a shee…

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Agreeably adverb · 78% connection

Alike; similarly.

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Bang noun · 78% connection

The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp. when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn.

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Bible noun · 78% connection

The Book by way of eminence, -- that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of divine origin and auth…

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Bite verb · 78% connection

The act of seizing with the teeth or mouth; the act of wounding or separating with the teeth or mouth; a seizure with the teeth or mou…

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Brunswick green unknown · 78% connection

An oxychloride of copper, used as a green pigment; also, a carbonate of copper similarly employed.

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Built adjective · 78% connection

Formed; shaped; constructed; made; -- often used in composition and preceded by the word denoting the form; as, frigate-built, clipper…

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Burin noun · 78% connection

The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off obliquely so…

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Common verb · 78% connection

Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.

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Cone noun · 78% connection

Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone; as, a volcanic cone, a collection of scoriae around the crater of a volcano, us…

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Conico- adjective · 78% connection

A combining form, meaning somewhat resembling a cone; as, conico-cylindrical, resembling a cone and a cylinder; conico-hemispherical;…

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Constitutional economics noun · 78% connection

A branch of economics which focuses on the conditions that exist in and choices constrained by the legal framework of a political cons…

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Coom noun · 78% connection

Soot; coal dust; refuse matter, as the dirty grease which comes from axle boxes, or the refuse at the mouth of an oven.

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