underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc
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a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face; "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face"
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a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face; "…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers.a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers.wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers.a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers.a small brook
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers.the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers.the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers.a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers.emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers.emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers.the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers.the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers.low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers.low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers.a pond for watering horses
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers.the branch of geology that studies water on the earth and in the atmosphere: its distribution and uses and conservation
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers.a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
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To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bathroom, sink, permanently, installed, connected.an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bathroom, sink, permanently, installed, connected.an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bathroom, sink, permanently, installed, connected.To make a hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool; as, to bor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bathroom, sink, permanently, installed, connected.A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendere…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bathroom, sink, permanently, installed, connected.an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bathroom, sink, permanently, installed, connected.A movable sink or stand for a wash bowl, with closet.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bathroom, sink, permanently, installed, connected.an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will; "her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bathroom, sink, permanently, installed, connected.To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bathroom, sink, permanently, installed, connected.An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary form consists of two glass bulbs, connecte…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bathroom, sink, permanently, installed, connected.To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; -- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bathroom, sink, permanently, installed, connected.Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face of, in the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or against th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bathroom, sink, permanently, installed, connected.To give warning to; -- said of a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, the warning being to the effect that he sh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bathroom, sink, permanently, installed, connected.
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