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Water table

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 the surface of the ground (see Table, n., 9), that is, for the table at the top of the foundation and the beginning of the upper wall.

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Formation 76% connected

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

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Water level 92% connected

The level formed by the surface of still water.

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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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(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified

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a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks

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Acid noun · 78% connection

One of a class of compounds, generally but not always distinguished by their sour taste, solubility in water, and reddening of vegetab…

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Aisle noun · 78% connection

A lateral division of a building, separated from the middle part, called the nave, by a row of columns or piers, which support the roo…

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Astragal noun · 78% connection

A convex molding of rounded surface, generally from half to three quarters of a circle.

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Bluebonnet noun · 78% connection

low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock pois…

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Bond noun · 78% connection

The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways…

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Bulkhead noun · 78% connection

A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a mine; the limiting wall…

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Cable noun · 78% connection

A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called a…

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Chimney-breast noun · 78% connection

The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built; -- commonly applied to its projection in the inside of a bu…

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Circuit noun · 78% connection

(law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different lo…

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Confederate adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establish an inde…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: molding, projection, wall, building, throw.
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Constitutional Convention noun · 78% connection

the convention of United States statesmen who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787

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Dover's Powder unknown · 78% connection

A powder of ipecac and opium, compounded, in the United States, with sugar of milk, but in England (as formerly in the United States)…

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Elevation noun · 78% connection

A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertica…

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