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Geyser

A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam.

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Fountain 76% connected

A spring of water issuing from the earth.

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Outflow 76% connected

A flowing out; efflux.

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Overflow 76% connected

To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.

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Overrun 76% connected

of Overrun

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Spring 76% connected

To leap; to bound; to jump.

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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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Beam verb · 78% connection

To send forth; to emit; -- followed ordinarily by forth; as, to beam forth light.

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Boil verb · 78% connection

To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.

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Chromatic adjective · 78% connection

Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or semitones) of the scale, instead of the regular intervals of the diatonic scale.

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Condenser noun · 78% connection

An apparatus, separate from the cylinder, in which the exhaust steam is condensed by the action of cold water or air. See Illust. of S…

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Cut-off noun · 78% connection

The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stro…

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Decoct verb · 78% connection

To prepare by boiling; to digest in hot or boiling water; to extract the strength or flavor of by boiling; to make an infusion of.

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Emit verb · 78% connection

To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boilin…

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Expansive adjective · 78% connection

Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the ex…

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Frequent adjective · 78% connection

coming at short intervals or habitually; "a frequent guest"; "frequent complaints"

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Frequently adverb · 78% connection

At frequent or short intervals; many times; often; repeatedly; commonly.

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Fusee noun · 78% connection

The cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel wh…

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Gassing noun · 78% connection

The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibers;…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: boiling, spring, throws, forth, frequent.
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Gelatine noun · 78% connection

Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal tissues by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a nitrogeneous coll…

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