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Mere

A pool or lake.

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Plain 84% connected

To lament; to bewail; to complain.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Plain 84% connected

To lament; to bewail; to complain.

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Specified 84% connected

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Pond 76% connected

A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, and usually of less extent than a lake.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pool 76% connected

A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for wat…

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Bare 92% connected

Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Simple 92% connected

Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Aquifer noun · 86% connection

underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc

Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.
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Basin noun · 86% connection

the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…

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Bayou noun · 86% connection

a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)

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Bog noun · 86% connection

wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried…

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Catchment area noun · 86% connection

the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…

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Catchment basin noun · 86% connection

the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…

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Drainage area noun · 86% connection

the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…

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Drainage basin noun · 86% connection

the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…

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Fen noun · 86% connection

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…

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Fenland noun · 86% connection

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…

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Horsepond noun · 86% connection

a pond for watering horses

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Lagoon noun · 86% connection

a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral

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Lagune noun · 86% connection

a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral

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Lake noun · 86% connection

a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land

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Liman noun · 86% connection

a long narrow lagoon near the mouth of a river

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Loch noun · 86% connection

Scottish word for a lake

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Lough noun · 86% connection

Irish word for a lake

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Marsh noun · 86% connection

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…

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Amia noun · 78% connection

A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, an…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pool, lake.
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Ante noun · 78% connection

Each player's stake, which is put into the pool before (ante) the game begins.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pool, lake.
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Attractive nuisance noun · 78% connection

anything on your premises that might attract children into danger or harm; "their swimming pool is an attractive nuisance; they should…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pool, lake.
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Cisco noun · 78% connection

The Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to C. Hoyi, a re…

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Crannoge noun · 78% connection

One of the stockaded islands in Scotland and Ireland which in ancient times were numerous in the lakes of both countries. They may be…

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Dimply adjective · 78% connection

Full of dimples, or small depressions; dimpled; as, the dimply pool.

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Dub noun · 78% connection

A pool or puddle.

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Flash noun · 78% connection

A pool.

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Gentle wind noun · 78% connection

a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pool, lake.
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Gorce noun · 78% connection

A pool of water to keep fish in; a wear.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pool, lake.
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Hall noun · 78% connection

a large room for gatherings, receiving guests, or entertainment; "lecture hall"; "pool hall"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pool, lake.
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Kettle hole noun · 78% connection

(geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits

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