The total mass of organisms in a given area or volume
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Nonrenewable
that can not be renewed; "books on that shelf are unrenewable"; "gas and oil are nonrenewable resources"
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A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.The act of depleting or emptying.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; -- used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing energies…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.An aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanent…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.An oil used for illuminating purposes, formerly obtained from the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc., and hence calle…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essentia…
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Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renewed, books, shelf, unrenewable, resources.sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renewed, books, shelf, unrenewable, resources.A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renewed, books, shelf, unrenewable, resources.A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renewed, books, shelf, unrenewable, resources.A narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renewed, books, shelf, unrenewable, resources.Convenient sea room.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renewed, books, shelf, unrenewable, resources.Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renewed, books, shelf, unrenewable, resources.Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renewed, books, shelf, unrenewable, resources.One who writes and publishes books; especially, one who gathers his materials from other books; a compiler.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renewed, books, shelf, unrenewable, resources.A shelf to hold books.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renewed, books, shelf, unrenewable, resources.A law or rule.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renewed, books, shelf, unrenewable, resources.A board or shelf for cups and dishes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: renewed, books, shelf, unrenewable, resources.To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.
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