underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc
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water that is not salty
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the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Water and aquatic environments.the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Water and aquatic environments.the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Water and aquatic environments.located on or near or bordering on a coast; "coastal marshes"; "coastal waters"; "the Atlantic coastal plain"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Water and aquatic environments.the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Water and aquatic environments.the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Water and aquatic environments.water that is not salty
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Water and aquatic environments.a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Water and aquatic environments.native to or inhabiting the sea; "marine plants and animals such as seaweed and whales"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Water and aquatic environments.a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Water and aquatic environments.an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Water and aquatic environments.a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Water and aquatic environments.the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Water and aquatic environments.a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Water and aquatic environments.the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Water and aquatic environments.a low area where the land is saturated with water
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A fresh-water weed of the frog's-bit family (Hydrocharidaceae), native to America. Transferred to England it became an obstruction to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, salty.A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh-water ducks.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, salty.a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); bur…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, salty.a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abun…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, salty.To apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, to bathe the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one's forehead with camp…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, salty.A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but gene…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, salty.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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, salty.An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary form consists of two glass bulbs, connecte…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, salty.To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; -- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, salty.salt produced from the mineral water of Bad Ems, used as a medicine for diseases of the upper respiratory tract.; "Gargling with Emser…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, salty.A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, salty.Of, pertaining to, or living in, water not salt; as, fresh-water geological deposits; a fresh-water fish; fresh-water mussels.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, salty.underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water; "spring rains had raised the water table"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, salty.the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth; "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, salty.plant growing naturally in very salty soil
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, salty.The peculiar quality exhibited by water which has mineral salts dissolved in it. Such water forms an insoluble compound with soap, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, salty.A gaseous element, colorless, tasteless, and odorless, the lightest known substance, being fourteen and a half times lighter than air…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, salty.a chemical reaction in which water reacts with a compound to produce other compounds; involves the splitting of a bond and the additio…
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