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Sierra

A ridge of mountain and craggy rocks, with a serrated or irregular outline; as, the Sierra Nevada.

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Chain 76% connected

A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornam…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Range 76% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

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Accretion noun · 86% connection

(geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment

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Bed noun · 86% connection

(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of sandstone"

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Break noun · 86% 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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Clast noun · 86% connection

(geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock

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Clastic rock noun · 86% connection

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

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Deflation noun · 86% connection

(geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind; "a constant deflation of th…

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Eating away noun · 86% connection

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

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Eroding noun · 86% connection

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

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Erosion noun · 86% connection

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

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Esker noun · 86% connection

(geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets

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Exceedance noun · 86% 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 · 86% connection

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

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Fracture noun · 86% 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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Geologic process noun · 86% connection

(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified

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Geological fault noun · 86% 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 · 86% connection

(geology) the geological features of the earth

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Geological process noun · 86% connection

(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified

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Geology noun · 86% connection

a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks

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Abrupt adjective · 78% connection

Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, mountain, craggy, rocks, serrated.
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Back noun · 78% connection

An extended upper part, as of a mountain or ridge.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, mountain, craggy, rocks, serrated.
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Bank noun · 78% connection

A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a ban…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, mountain, craggy, rocks, serrated.
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Butte noun · 78% connection

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: ridge, mountain, craggy, rocks, serrated.
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Cliffy adjective · 78% connection

Having cliffs; broken; craggy.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, mountain, craggy, rocks, serrated.
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Col noun · 78% connection

A short ridge connecting two higher elevations or mountains; the pass over such a ridge.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, mountain, craggy, rocks, serrated.
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Contour noun · 78% connection

The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, mountain, craggy, rocks, serrated.
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Cordillera noun · 78% connection

A mountain ridge or chain.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, mountain, craggy, rocks, serrated.
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Cragginess noun · 78% connection

The state of being craggy.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, mountain, craggy, rocks, serrated.
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Craggy adjective · 78% connection

Full of crags; rugged with projecting points of rocks; as, the craggy side of a mountain.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, mountain, craggy, rocks, serrated.
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Crest noun · 78% connection

The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, mountain, craggy, rocks, serrated.
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Crystallite noun · 78% connection

A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not ref…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, mountain, craggy, rocks, serrated.
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Foray noun · 78% connection

A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, mountain, craggy, rocks, serrated.
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