the mass of air surrounding the Earth; "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"; "it was exposed to the air"
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Hydrosphere
the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor
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the mass of air surrounding the Earth; "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"; "it was exposed to the air"
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Physical geography, Human geography.the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Physical geography, Human geography.study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Physical geography, Human geography.study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Physical geography, Human geography.the study of physical features of the earth's surface
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Physical geography, Human geography.precise detailed study of the surface features of a region
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Physical geography, Human geography.topographic study of a given place (especially the history of the place as indicated by its topography); "Greenland's topology has bee…
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Physical geography, Human geography.(oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas ti…
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Physical geography.the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Physical geography.the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Physical geography.the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain"
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Physical geography.the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the r…
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Human geography.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…
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Physical geography.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…
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Physical geography.the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain"
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Physical geography.the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain"
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Physical geography.the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room"
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A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: watery, layer, earth, surface, includes.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: watery, layer, earth, surface, includes.A layer of cells forming a kind of cuticle inside of the proper cortical layer, or surrounding an individual fibrovascular bundle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: watery, layer, earth, surface, includes.The outermost layer of the cells, which covers both surfaces of leaves, and also the surface of stems, when they are first formed. As…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: watery, layer, earth, surface, includes.The imaginary great circle on the earth's surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and dividing the earth's surface int…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: watery, layer, earth, surface, includes.To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in practice too minute to be visible.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: watery, layer, earth, surface, includes.To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: watery, layer, earth, surface, includes.A plant belonging to one of the greater part of the vegetable kingdom, and which the plants are characterized by having c wood bark, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: watery, layer, earth, surface, includes.To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapor; to emit in minute particles; to exhale; as, the earth expires a damp vapor; p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: watery, layer, earth, surface, includes.The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: watery, layer, earth, surface, includes.A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: watery, layer, earth, surface, includes.That property which some transparent bodies have of producing at their surface, or within their substance, light different in color fr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: watery, layer, earth, surface, includes.Watery vapor condensed in the lower part of the atmosphere and disturbing its transparency. It differs from cloud only in being near t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: watery, layer, earth, surface, includes.Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: watery, layer, earth, surface, includes.double-walled stage of the embryo resulting from invagination of the blastula; the outer layer of cells is the ectoderm and the inner…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: watery, layer, earth, surface, includes.That branch of applied mathematics which determines, by means of observations and measurements, the figures and areas of large portion…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: watery, layer, earth, surface, includes.Containing sensible moisture; damp; moist; as, a humidair or atmosphere; somewhat wet or watery; as, humid earth; consisting of water…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: watery, layer, earth, surface, includes.That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a…
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