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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Hydrology
The science of water, its properties, phenomena, and distribution over the earth's surface.
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underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Geomorphology and geology.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.(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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Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: Sour-tempered.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, water, properties, phenomena, distribution.The physical phenomena of organized bodies, in opposition to their organic or vital phenomena.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, water, properties, phenomena, distribution.That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, water, properties, phenomena, distribution.The science which treats of the laws of distribution of living organisms over the earth's surface as to latitude, altitude, locality,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, water, properties, phenomena, distribution.The science which treats of diamagnetic phenomena, and of the properties of diamagnetic bodies.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, water, properties, phenomena, distribution.The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, water, properties, phenomena, distribution.The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retaine…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, water, properties, phenomena, distribution.The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, water, properties, phenomena, distribution.A driving; a violent movement.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, water, properties, phenomena, distribution.the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several min…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, water, properties, phenomena, distribution.The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, water, properties, phenomena, distribution.A power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, water, properties, phenomena, distribution.That branch of physical science which treats of the phenomena of electricity and its properties.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, water, properties, phenomena, distribution.
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