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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Massif
a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range
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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 overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to qu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, earth, crust, bounded, faults.Of or pertaining to the high mountain range of "thunder-smitten" peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, earth, crust, bounded, faults.Division into areolae.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, earth, crust, bounded, faults.of Bind
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, earth, crust, bounded, faults.A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the general level of the surrounding plain; -- applied to peculiar elevations in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, earth, crust, bounded, faults.A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of rest…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, earth, crust, bounded, faults.a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, earth, crust, bounded, faults.One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, earth, crust, bounded, faults.The state or quality of having crust or being like crust; hardness.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, earth, crust, bounded, faults.a dash that is one-half the length of an em dash.; "The en dash is commonly used to indicate a closed range of values — a range with c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, earth, crust, bounded, faults.Defect; want; lack; default.
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, earth, crust, bounded, faults.An upward bend or flexure of a considerable portion of the earth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountain elevations…
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