The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
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Groundwater level
underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water; "spring rains had raised the water table"
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An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to br…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.A general decrease in prices over time.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.of Erode
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.The act or operation of eroding or eating away.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.See Eschar.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(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…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) the geological features of the earth
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.The science which treats: (a) Of the structure and mineral constitution of the globe; structural geology. (b) Of its history as regard…
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An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; -- so called from the rains which p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.A way or road raised above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evap…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.A flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.A raised part of the floor of a large room; a platform for a raised table or throne. See Dais.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.A kind of loose jacket for men.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.
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