(geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment
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free from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children"
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(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of sandstone"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Landscapes and landforms.(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…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Landscapes and landforms.(geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Landscapes and landforms.(geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Landscapes and landforms.(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…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Landscapes and landforms.(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Landscapes and landforms.(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Landscapes and landforms.(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Landscapes and landforms.(geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Landscapes and landforms.(geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Landscapes and landforms.(geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Landscapes and landforms.(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…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Landscapes and landforms.(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Landscapes and landforms.(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…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Landscapes and landforms.(geology) the geological features of the earth
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Landscapes and landforms.(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Landscapes and landforms.a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
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A noun suffix denoting an act; a state or quality; as in error, fervor, pallor, candor, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: free, effort, soften, disguise, plain.A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, "He is a man of so much honor and candor,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: free, effort, soften, disguise, plain.Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: free, effort, soften, disguise, plain.unmistakably (‘plain’ is often used informally for ‘plainly’); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: free, effort, soften, disguise, plain.A essay, trial, or endeavor; an undertaking; an attack, or an effort to gain a point; esp. an unsuccessful, as contrasted with a succe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: free, effort, soften, disguise, plain.A self-evident and necessary truth, or a proposition whose truth is so evident as first sight that no reasoning or demonstration can m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: free, effort, soften, disguise, plain.the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: free, effort, soften, disguise, plain.The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: free, effort, soften, disguise, plain.A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: free, effort, soften, disguise, plain.Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by orna…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: free, effort, soften, disguise, plain.To hide by a counterfeit appearance; to cloak by a false show; to mask; as, to disguise anger; to disguise one's sentiments, character…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: free, effort, soften, disguise, plain.Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: free, effort, soften, disguise, plain.To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: free, effort, soften, disguise, plain.
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