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Seaquake

A quaking of the sea.

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Earthquake 76% connected

A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes trav…

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Quake 76% connected

To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble.

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Avalanche noun · 86% connection

a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain

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Landslide noun · 86% connection

a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff

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Landslip noun · 86% connection

a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff

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Seism noun · 86% connection

shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity

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Shock noun · 86% connection

an instance of agitation of the earth's crust; "the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch"

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Temblor noun · 86% connection

shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity

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Tremor noun · 86% connection

a small earthquake

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Vent noun · 86% connection

a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt

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Volcano noun · 86% connection

a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt

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Clast noun · 85% connection

(geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock

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Clastic rock noun · 85% connection

(geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks

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Eating away noun · 85% connection

(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

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Exceedance noun · 85% connection

(geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a…

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Fault line noun · 85% connection

(geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface

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Geologic process noun · 85% connection

(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified

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Geological fault noun · 85% connection

(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…

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Geological formation noun · 85% connection

(geology) the geological features of the earth

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Geological process noun · 85% connection

(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified

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Cowquake noun · 78% connection

A genus of plants (Briza); quaking grass.

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Fleshquake noun · 78% connection

A quaking or trembling of the flesh; a quiver.

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Lady's hair unknown · 78% connection

A plant of the genus Briza (B. media); a variety of quaking grass.

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Quaker noun · 78% connection

Any grasshopper or locust of the genus (Edipoda; -- so called from the quaking noise made during flight.

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Quakingly adverb · 78% connection

In a quaking manner; fearfully.

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Quaky adjective · 78% connection

Shaky, or tremulous; quaking.

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Shake noun · 78% connection

The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering;…

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Spikelet noun · 78% connection

A small or secondary spike; especially, one of the ultimate parts of the in florescence of grasses. See Illust. of Quaking grass.

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Trepid adjective · 78% connection

Trembling; quaking.

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Trepidation noun · 78% connection

An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering.

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Quaking p. pr. & vb. n. · 72% connection

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