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Valley

The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively.

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Dale 76% connected

A low place between hills; a vale or valley.

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Glen 76% connected

A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression between hills.

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Gully 76% connected

A large knife.

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Hollow 76% connected

Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow s…

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Ravine 76% connected

Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven.

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Depression 76% connected

The act of depressing.

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Vale 92% connected

A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley.

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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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Alp noun · 78% connection

A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzer…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: space, inclosed, ranges, hills, mountains.
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Anastrophe noun · 78% connection

An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: space, inclosed, ranges, hills, mountains.
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Angle noun · 78% connection

The space between two intersecting lines or planes

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: space, inclosed, ranges, hills, mountains.
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Appalachian adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: space, inclosed, ranges, hills, mountains.
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Batten n . · 78% connection

A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: space, inclosed, ranges, hills, mountains.
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Bitterroot noun · 78% connection

A plant (Lewisia rediviva) allied to the purslane, but with fleshy, farinaceous roots, growing in the mountains of Idaho, Montana, etc…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: space, inclosed, ranges, hills, mountains.
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Bottom adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under; as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: space, inclosed, ranges, hills, mountains.
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Bottomed adjective · 78% connection

Having at the bottom, or as a bottom; resting upon a bottom; grounded; -- mostly, in composition; as, sharp-bottomed; well-bottomed.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: space, inclosed, ranges, hills, mountains.
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Chain noun · 78% connection

a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: space, inclosed, ranges, hills, mountains.
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Chain of mountains noun · 78% connection

a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: space, inclosed, ranges, hills, mountains.
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Chalet noun · 78% connection

A summer cottage or country house in the Swiss mountains; any country house built in the style of the Swiss cottages.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: space, inclosed, ranges, hills, mountains.
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Court noun · 78% connection

An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: space, inclosed, ranges, hills, mountains.
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Cylinder noun · 78% connection

The space inclosed by any cylindrical surface. The space may be limited or unlimited in length.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: space, inclosed, ranges, hills, mountains.
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