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Water level

The level formed by the surface of still water.

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Elevation 76% connected

The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the ele…

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Formation 76% connected

The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Water gage 76% connected

See Water gauge.

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Water gauge 76% connected

A wall or bank to hold water back.

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Water glass 76% connected

See Soluble glass, under Glass.

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Sea level 76% connected

The level of the surface of the sea; any surface on the same level with the sea.

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Water line 92% connected

Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at various heights from the keel.

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Water table 92% connected

A molding, or other projection, in the wall of a building, to throw off the water, -- generally used in the United States for the first table above t…

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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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Air level unknown · 78% connection

Spirit level. See Level.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: level, formed, surface, still, water.
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Even verb · 78% connection

To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: level, formed, surface, still, water.
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Evenness noun · 78% connection

The state of being ven, level, or disturbed; smoothness; horizontal position; uniformity; impartiality; calmness; equanimity; appropri…

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Flat noun · 78% connection

A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences; an extended plain; specifically, in the United States, a level tract along…

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Flush adjective · 78% connection

Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint.

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Food pyramid noun · 78% connection

(ecology) a hierarchy of food chains with the principal predator at the top; each level preys on the level below

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Fur verb · 78% connection

To nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide for a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: level, formed, surface, still, water.
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Horizontal combination noun · 78% connection

absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in the same level of production and sharing resources at that level

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Horizontal integration noun · 78% connection

absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in the same level of production and sharing resources at that level

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: level, formed, surface, still, water.
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Hush verb · 78% connection

To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; -- esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: level, formed, surface, still, water.
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Hypsography noun · 78% connection

the scientific study of the earth's configuration above sea level (emphasizing the measurement of land altitudes relative to sea level)

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: level, formed, surface, still, water.
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Land noun · 78% connection

In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, as the level pa…

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Level noun · 78% connection

A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel…

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