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Tillage

The operation, practice, or art of tilling or preparing land for seed, and keeping the ground in a proper state for the growth of crops.

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Culture 76% connected

The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil.

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Ground 76% connected

of Grind

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Land 76% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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Soil 76% connected

To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence…

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Fallow 76% connected

Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound.

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Till 74% connected

A vetch; a tare.

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Till 74% connected

A vetch; a tare.

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Plowland 92% connected

Alt. of Plougland

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Tilth 92% connected

The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture; as, land is good tilth.

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Consumption noun · 85% connection

(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"

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Spillover noun · 85% connection

(economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure

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Usance noun · 85% connection

(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"

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Use noun · 85% connection

(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"

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Use of goods and services noun · 85% connection

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Fertility noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Land and soil.
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Prolificacy noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Rankness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Richness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Conspicuous consumption noun · 85% connection

buying expensive services and products in order to flaunt your wealth

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Consumption of materials noun · 85% connection

the expenditure in specific terms (per unit of production) of material resources (basic and auxiliary materials, fuel, energy, and dep…

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Generation noun · 85% connection

the production of heat or electricity; "dams were built for the generation of electricity"

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benefit resulting from some event or action; "it turned out to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of generosity"

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the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); "the fluctuating monetar…

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Agriculture noun · 78% connection

The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage…

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Apparently adverb · 78% connection

from appearances alone; "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"; "the child is seemingly healthy but the…

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Approach pattern noun · 78% connection

the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport; "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crow…

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Bush verb · 78% connection

To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush; as, to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the gr…

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Cradle noun · 78% connection

A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.

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Croftland noun · 78% connection

Land of superior quality, on which successive crops are raised.

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Cultivation noun · 78% connection

(agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)

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Custody noun · 78% connection

A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security.

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Disseminate v. t. & i. · 78% connection

To sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, op…

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Earthwork noun · 78% connection

The operation connected with excavations and embankments of earth in preparing foundations of buildings, in constructing canals, railr…

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Expert adjective · 78% connection

Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; having facility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and ready from…

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