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Fallow

Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound.

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Unbroken 84% connected

Not broken; continuous; unsubdued; as, an unbroken colt.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Unbroken 84% connected

Not broken; continuous; unsubdued; as, an unbroken colt.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Plowland 76% connected

Alt. of Plougland

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tillage 76% connected

The operation, practice, or art of tilling or preparing land for seed, and keeping the ground in a proper state for the growth of crops.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tilth 76% connected

The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture; as, land is good tilth.

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Fertility noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Ground noun · 85% connection

material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the…

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Land noun · 85% connection

material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the…

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Prolificacy noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Rankness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Richness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Soil noun · 85% connection

material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the…

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Badlands noun · 84% connection

deeply eroded barren land

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Bottom noun · 84% connection

low-lying alluvial land near a river

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Greensward noun · 84% connection

surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots

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Overburden noun · 84% connection

the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits

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Polder noun · 84% connection

low-lying land that has been reclaimed and is protected by dikes (especially in the Netherlands)

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Scablands noun · 84% connection

(geology) flat elevated land with poor soil and little vegetation that is scarred by dry channels of glacial origin (especially in eas…

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Sod noun · 84% connection

surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots

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Sward noun · 84% connection

surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots

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Turf noun · 84% connection

surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots

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Wetland noun · 84% connection

a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Bog noun · 84% connection

wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried…

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Alutaceous adjective · 78% connection

Of a pale brown color; leather-yellow.

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Axis noun · 78% connection

The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name).

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Blacktail noun · 78% connection

The black-tailed deer (Cervus / Cariacus Columbianus) of California and Oregon; also, the mule deer of the Rocky Mountains. See Mule d…

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Brinjaree noun · 78% connection

A rough-haired East Indian variety of the greyhound.

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Buck noun · 78% connection

The male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits.

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Calcium noun · 78% connection

An elementary substance; a metal which combined with oxygen forms lime. It is of a pale yellow color, tenacious, and malleable. It is…

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Canary noun · 78% connection

A pale yellow color, like that of a canary bird.

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Cerargyrite noun · 78% connection

Native silver chloride, a mineral of a white to pale yellow or gray color, darkening on exposure to the light. It may be cut by a knif…

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Cervicide noun · 78% connection

The act of killing deer; deer-slaying.

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Doe noun · 78% connection

A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to the female…

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Fallow deer unknown · 78% connection

A European species of deer (Cervus dama), much smaller than the red deer. In summer both sexes are spotted with white. It is common in…

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Ferret noun · 78% connection

An animal of the Weasel family (Mustela / Putorius furo), about fourteen inches in length, of a pale yellow or white color, with red e…

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