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Escarpment

A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See Scarp.

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Fortification 76% connected

The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places in order to defend them against an enemy.

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Incline 76% connected

To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to…

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Munition 76% connected

Fortification; stronghold.

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Side 76% connected

The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distin…

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Slope 76% connected

An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface t…

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Escarp 92% connected

The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp.

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Scarp 92% connected

A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.

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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

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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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Abrupt adjective · 78% connection

Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steep, descent, declivity, face, edge.
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Acacia noun · 78% connection

A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steep, descent, declivity, face, edge.
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Bank noun · 78% connection

A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a ban…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steep, descent, declivity, face, edge.
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Bench noun · 78% connection

a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steep, descent, declivity, face, edge.
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Bombardment noun · 78% connection

An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or f…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steep, descent, declivity, face, edge.
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Brink noun · 78% connection

The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brin…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steep, descent, declivity, face, edge.
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Brow noun · 78% connection

The edge or projecting upper part of a steep place; as, the brow of a precipice; the brow of a hill.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steep, descent, declivity, face, edge.
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Cliff noun · 78% connection

a steep high face of rock; "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town"; "a steep drop"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steep, descent, declivity, face, edge.
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Col noun · 78% connection

A short ridge connecting two higher elevations or mountains; the pass over such a ridge.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steep, descent, declivity, face, edge.
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Declivity noun · 78% connection

Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the sam…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steep, descent, declivity, face, edge.
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Descent noun · 78% connection

Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steep, descent, declivity, face, edge.
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Downhill noun · 78% connection

Declivity; descent; slope.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steep, descent, declivity, face, edge.
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Drop noun · 78% connection

a steep high face of rock; "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town"; "a steep drop"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steep, descent, declivity, face, edge.
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