oewn-deviate-v oewn-vary-v oewn-diverge-v oewn-depart-v

be at variance with; be out of line with


diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration

The surfaces of the concave lens may be proportioned so as to aberrate exactly equal to the convex lens


The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman


be subject to change in accordance with a variable


vary in the same time period (of two random variables)


vary or move from a fixed point or course


oewn-corroborate-v oewn-underpin-v oewn-bear_out-v oewn-support-v

support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

The stories and claims were born out by the evidence


oewn-repose_on-v oewn-rest_on-v oewn-build_on-v oewn-build_upon-v


be dependent on, as for support or maintenance

elderly parents often depend on their adult children


oewn-depend_on-v oewn-depend_upon-v oewn-rely_on-v oewn-rely_upon-v

she is someone you can really rely on when times get rough


be contingent upon (something that is elided)


One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!


This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living


appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to


If you look at it long enough, this portrait comes to life!


These two tests differ in only one respect


constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to


to show differences when compared; be different

the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities


be incompatible; be or come into conflict


be what is needed or be good enough for what is required

Does this restaurant fit the bill for the celebration?


It behooves us to reflect on this matter


fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns

This sentence violates the rules of syntax


This action flies in the face of the agreement


oewn-exceed-v oewn-transcend-v oewn-overstep-v oewn-pass-v oewn-go_past-v oewn-top-v

be superior or better than some standard


be greater in scope or size than some standard

Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds


oewn-suffice-v oewn-do-v oewn-answer-v oewn-serve-v

be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity


suffice or be adequate for a while or to a certain extent


The scandal served to increase his popularity


promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to


This ticket will admit one adult to the show


This heap of stones will act as a barrier


fail to satisfy, as of expectations, for example


oewn-satisfy-v oewn-fulfill-v oewn-fulfil-v oewn-live_up_to-v

meet the requirements or expectations of


oewn-equal-v oewn-touch-v oewn-rival-v oewn-match-v


oewn-compensate-v oewn-counterbalance-v oewn-correct-v oewn-make_up-v oewn-even_out-v oewn-even_off-v oewn-even_up-v

engineers will work to correct the effects of air resistance


make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities

he is compensating for being a bad father


oewn-balance-v oewn-equilibrate-v oewn-equilibrize-v oewn-equilibrise-v

She has to balance work and her domestic duties


take precedence or surpass others in rank


be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance


oewn-leap_out-v oewn-jump_out-v oewn-jump-v oewn-stand_out-v oewn-stick_out-v


be or be capable of being changed or made into


appear like, as in behavior or appearance


imitate uncritically and in every aspect


imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software


strive to equal or match, especially by imitating

He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister


oewn-refer-v oewn-pertain-v oewn-relate-v oewn-concern-v oewn-come_to-v oewn-bear_on-v oewn-touch-v oewn-touch_on-v oewn-have_to_do_with-v

There were lots of questions referring to her talk


oewn-focus_on-v oewn-center_on-v oewn-revolve_around-v oewn-revolve_about-v oewn-concentrate_on-v oewn-center-v oewn-centre-v

Her entire attention centered on her children


connect closely and often incriminatingly


bring into intimate and incriminating connection

He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government


Don't involve me in your family affairs!


oewn-embroil-v oewn-tangle-v oewn-sweep-v oewn-sweep_up-v oewn-drag-v oewn-drag_in-v

force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action


How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs?


Our people should not be mired in the past


oewn-concern-v oewn-interest-v oewn-occupy-v oewn-worry-v

I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift


be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series


We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible


oewn-continue-v oewn-uphold-v oewn-carry_on-v oewn-bear_on-v oewn-preserve-v

keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last


mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of


shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation


used in the imperative (get away, or stop it)


oewn-discontinue-v oewn-stop-v oewn-cease-v oewn-give_up-v oewn-quit-v oewn-lay_off-v


At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books


She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes


cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity


keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time


keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change


keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing


The Federal Government carried the province for many years


we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living


maintain a household; take care of all business related to a household


remain in a certain state, position, or condition


oewn-taper_off-v oewn-peter_out-v oewn-fizzle_out-v oewn-fizzle-v

The music just petered out--there was no proper ending


the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31


the road leaves off at the edge of the forest


continue talking or writing in a desultory manner


continue undisturbed and without interference


oewn-continue-v oewn-go_on-v oewn-proceed-v oewn-go_along-v oewn-keep-v

continue a certain state, condition, or activity


oewn-cross-v oewn-traverse-v oewn-span-v oewn-sweep-v

to cover or extend over an area or time period


oewn-run-v oewn-go-v oewn-pass-v oewn-lead-v oewn-extend-v

stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point


cause something to pass or lead somewhere


extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center

spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel


go along the rim, like a beard around the chin


span an interval of distance, space or time


rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction


The roofs of the houses overlap in this crowded city


spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline

The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island


scatter or intersperse like dots or studs


The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk


range or extend over; occupy a certain area


His residences spread-eagle the entire county


be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position


The White House sits on Pennsylvania Avenue


The little cottage nestles in the forest


be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events

This interlude intervenes between the two movements


be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point


occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others


lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another


oewn-localize-v oewn-localise-v oewn-focalize-v oewn-focalise-v

concentrate on a particular place or spot

The infection has localized in the left eye


Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify


be around, often idly or without specific purpose


be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to


be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry


be located at the sides of something or somebody


The list was headed by the name of the president


determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey

Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space


locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar


The pilot managed to radiolocate the lost aircraft


locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences


We localized the source of the infection


oewn-dominate-v oewn-command-v oewn-overlook-v oewn-overtop-v


This year's debt dwarfs that of last year


oewn-loom-v oewn-tower-v oewn-predominate-v oewn-hulk-v

appear very large or occupy a commanding position

The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain


come into view indistinctly, often threateningly


oewn-endanger-v oewn-jeopardize-v oewn-jeopardise-v oewn-menace-v oewn-threaten-v oewn-imperil-v oewn-peril-v


This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town


oewn-incarnate-v oewn-body_forth-v oewn-embody-v oewn-substantiate-v

He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system


be born anew in another body after death


invest with or as with a body; give body to


embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of

The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition


take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to

Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an `h' in Greek stands for an `s' in Latin


A person's arms homologize with a quadruped's forelimbs


This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!


oewn-harmonize-v oewn-harmonise-v oewn-consort-v oewn-accord-v oewn-concord-v oewn-fit_in-v oewn-agree-v


This flavor will blend with those in your dish


oewn-hold-v oewn-bear-v oewn-carry-v oewn-contain-v


hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright

I am standing my ground and won't give in!


My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000


This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court


come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character


This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches


This dress wore well for almost ten years


oewn-hover-v oewn-vibrate-v oewn-vacillate-v oewn-oscillate-v

be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement


give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk


oewn-defy-v oewn-withstand-v oewn-hold-v oewn-hold_up-v


oewn-weather-v oewn-endure-v oewn-brave-v oewn-brave_out-v


This theory lends itself well to our new data


oewn-piddle-v oewn-wanton-v oewn-wanton_away-v oewn-piddle_away-v oewn-trifle-v

waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently


use up a period of time in a specific way

how are you spending your summer vacation?


spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time


spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily


enclose with banks, as for support or protection


oewn-depend_on-v oewn-devolve_on-v oewn-depend_upon-v oewn-ride-v oewn-turn_on-v oewn-hinge_on-v oewn-hinge_upon-v

The outcomes rides on the results of the election


These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before


oewn-predate-v-1 oewn-precede-v oewn-forego-v oewn-forgo-v oewn-antecede-v oewn-antedate-v


oewn-stick_out-v oewn-protrude-v oewn-jut_out-v oewn-jut-v oewn-project-v


The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air


force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock


bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge


be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities


have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles


The room abounded with screaming children


The old cheese was crawling with maggots


oewn-attach_to-v oewn-accompany-v oewn-come_with-v oewn-go_with-v

be present or associated with an event or entity


to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result

Menuhin's playing was attended by a 15-minute standing ovation


oewn-company-v oewn-companion-v oewn-accompany-v oewn-keep_company-v


have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac


His skills offset his opponent's superior strength


be in a huff and display one's displeasure

She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted


He did not take kindly to my critical remarks


oewn-tend-v oewn-be_given-v oewn-lean-v oewn-incline-v oewn-run-v

have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined

She tends to be nervous before her lectures


She suffers from a tendency to talk too much


the uniform looks like it belonged to a museum collection


come as a logical consequence; follow logically


A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake


Mary plays best, with John and Sue following


to bring something about at a later time than


make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to

People who smoke incur a great danger to their health


oewn-leave-v oewn-allow_for-v oewn-allow-v oewn-provide-v

make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain


oewn-look_out_on-v oewn-look_out_over-v oewn-overlook-v oewn-look_across-v


Elections figure prominently in every government program


be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way

This speech didn't play well with the American public


behave violently, as if in state of a great anger


be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by


act in one's own or everybody's best interest

You will do well to arrive on time tomorrow!


This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue


surround with a cloister, as of a garden


be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals


There are marshes that stagnate the waters


Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy


be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide


abstain from doing; always used with a negative


He just stood by when the police beat up the demonstrators


not participate in (an activity, such as a dance or a sports event)


bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune


Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion


oewn-stay-v oewn-stay_on-v oewn-continue-v oewn-remain-v

continue in a place, position, or situation

After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser


be sold at a certain price or in a certain way


be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way


These gems retail at thousands of dollars each


be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions


be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel


The governor came in for a lot of criticism


act or be so as to become in a specified state


This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes


This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go


The project ran into numerous financial difficulties


have or contain a certain wording or form


remain present although waning or gradually dying


have a place in relation to something else

The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West


The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members


be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense

This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory


Boys gravitate towards girls at that age


The conversation gravitated towards politics


approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit


maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger


be resplendent or radiant; to shine brightly

The Queen's garments resplended in velvet and jewels


The corals iridesced under the surface of the clear water


exhibit a play of colors like that of an opal

This nitrate opalesces under certain conditions


be and remain in a particular state or condition


occupy a place or location, also metaphorically


undergo being photographed in a certain way


be the end of; be the last or concluding part of


be in connection with something relevant

This ties in closely with his earlier remarks


A lot of energy went into the organization of this banquet


have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to

This story would lend itself well to serialization on television


have some of the qualities or attributes of something


The tree was clearly defined by the light


Don't be so worried all the time--just let go!


come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

She was descended from an old Italian noble family


be rightly classified in a class or category


If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried


wind or turn in volutions, especially in an inward spiral, as of snail


marry or cohabit with a person of another race


oewn-synchronize-v oewn-synchronise-v oewn-contemporize-v oewn-contemporise-v


In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background


have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality


represent or express something abstract in tangible form

This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period


be sufficiently competent in a certain situation


Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum


have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun


Her voice carries very well in this big opera house


Subjects and verbs must always agree in English


The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume


begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.


exist or occur in a certain point in a series


oewn-brood-v oewn-hover-v oewn-loom-v oewn-bulk_large-v

hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing

The terrible vision brooded over her all day long


the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness


have the financial means to do something or buy something

We can't afford to send our children to college


to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form


show a certain characteristic when tested


vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity


have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence

This new washer carries a two year guarantee


have a certain value or carry a certain weight


be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation

The local train does not connect with the Amtrak train


The demonstration continued after a break for lunch


do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop

We continued our research into the cause of the illness


The new idea sold well in certain circles


oewn-deck-v oewn-adorn-v oewn-decorate-v oewn-grace-v oewn-embellish-v oewn-beautify-v


be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable


correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance

The accented vowels assonated in this poem


have its essential character; be comprised or contained in; be embodied in


have at least three points in common with


go back in order of genealogical succession


Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear


balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces


be intermediate between two taxonomic groups


oewn-summarize-v oewn-summarise-v oewn-sum-v oewn-sum_up-v

The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper


the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power


These delicate plants do not transplant easily


have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results

the principles by which societies cohere


cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole


The door sticks--we will have to plane it


exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate)


The stock market closed high this Friday


These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas


be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses


the function distributes the values evenly


resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

His body rejected the liver of the donor


choose a simpler life style after questioning personal and career satisfaction goals

After 3 decades in politics, she cashed out and moved to Polynesia


be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun


be covered with or submerged in a liquid


my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne


we will base this project in the new lab


be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place)


to stop following a user on social media


a river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine


a bay on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt


a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)


the deep sea (2000 meters or more) where there is no light


(Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon


a needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal; as a spine or bristle or crystal


the highest mountain in the western hemisphere; located in the Andes in western Argentina (22,834 feet high)


a mountain peak in southwestern Washington in the Cascade Range (12,307 feet high)


a mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high)


a river in northern Italy that flows southeast into the Adriatic Sea


a mountain range in northeastern New York State; a popular resort area


mountains in Antarctica to the north of Victoria Land


something added to another thing but not an essential part of it


an arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west


an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia


a creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey; at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War


oewn-aerie-n oewn-aery-n oewn-eyrie-n oewn-eyry-n

the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)


a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals


the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean


an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect

their research uncovered new disease agents


a transmission mechanism in the which the infectious agent is spread as an aerosol and usually enters a person through the respiratory tract


a river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire


a river in Alabama formed by the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers near Montgomery; flows southwestward to become a tributary of the Mobile River


a peninsula of southwestern Alaska (a continuation of the Aleutian Islands)


a mountain range in south central Alaska; contains Mount McKinley


the second brightest star in Perseus; the first known eclipsing binary


the western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia


a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River


oewn-alluvial_sediment-n oewn-alluvial_deposit-n oewn-alluvium-n oewn-alluvion-n

clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down


a flat resulting from repeated deposits of alluvial material by running water


brightest star in Centaurus; second nearest star to the sun


the brightest star in the Southern Cross


a positively charged particle that is the nucleus of the helium atom; emitted from natural or radioactive isotopes


a glacier that moves down from a high valley


a large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction


a mountain range in central Asia that extends a thousand miles from Kazakhstan eastward into western Mongolia and northern China


double star 15.7 light years from Earth; the brightest star in the Aquila constellation


a cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles


a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles


a major South American river; arises in the Andes and flows eastward into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles)


North America and South America and Central America


a part of Niagara Falls in western New York (north of Buffalo)


one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks


oewn-Amur-n oewn-Amur_River-n oewn-Heilong_Jiang-n oewn-Heilong-n

an Asian river between China and Russia; flows into the Sea of Okhotsk


a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (20,960 feet high)


part of the Bay of Bengal to the west of the Malay Peninsula


a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast


a constellation in the Northern Hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus; contains the Andromeda galaxy


oewn-Angara-n oewn-Angara_River-n oewn-Tunguska-n oewn-Upper_Tunguska-n

a river in southeastern Siberia that flows northwest from Lake Baikal to become a tributary of the Yenisei River


the highest waterfall; has more than one leap; flow varies seasonally


a mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (26,500 feet high)


an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep

Antarctica is twice the size of Australia


the southern waters surrounding Antarctica


a large peninsula of Antarctica that extends some 1200 miles north toward South America; separates the Weddell Sea from the South Pacific


a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest


the antiparticle of a baryon; a hadron with a baryon number of -1


the antiparticle of a muon; decays to positron and neutrino and antineutrino


a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and its antiparticle results in annihilation and the production of radiant energy


an unstable negatively charged proton; the antiparticle of a proton


a faint constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Hydra and Vela


a river in northwestern Florida formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee River and the Flint River at the Florida border


a mountain range extending the length of the Italian peninsula


an asteroid whose orbit crosses the Earth's orbit


a mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico; a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States


a constellation in the polar region of the Southern Hemisphere near Octans


a zodiacal constellation in the Southern Hemisphere; between Capricornus and Pisces


underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc


a constellation in the Milky Way near Cygnus; contains the star Altair


a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma


a northwestern arm of the Indian Ocean between India and Arabia


a part of the western Pacific Ocean to the north of Australia and to the south of New Guinea and the eastern islands of Indonesia


oewn-Araguaia-n oewn-Araguaia_River-n oewn-Araguaya-n oewn-Araguaya_River-n

a river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River


the mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded


a river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea; ancient name was Araxes


a river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela


a relic that has been excavated from the soil


a group of many islands in a large body of water


ice covered waters surrounding the North Pole; mostly covered with solid ice or with ice floes and icebergs


the 4th brightest star and the brightest star in the constellation Bootes; 36 light-years from Earth


a sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains


formerly a large constellation in the Southern Hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross; now divided into Carina and Pyxis and Puppis and Vela


a river in eastern Asia that arises in China and flows northeast along the border between China and Russia to become a tributary of the Amur River


a small zodiacal constellation in the Northern Hemisphere; between Pisces and Taurus


a river that rises in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and flows southeast through Kansas and Oklahoma and through Arkansas to become a tributary of the Mississippi River


a river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea


oewn-ascent-n oewn-acclivity-n oewn-rise-n oewn-raise-n oewn-climb-n oewn-upgrade-n


the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations


(astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation)


any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)


a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile


the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east


a mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara Desert; extends from southwestern Morocco to northern Tunisia


the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body


an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon


a conspicuous constellation in the Northern Hemisphere; between Great Bear and Orion at edge of Milky Way


the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean


a range of mountains in Australia that forms the southern end of the Great Dividing Range


oewn-Avon-n oewn-River_Avon-n oewn-Upper_Avon-n oewn-Upper_Avon_River-n

a river in central England that flows through Stratford-on-Avon and empties into the Severn


a river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn


a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam

the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos


a body of water between Greenland and northeastern Canada; connected with the Arctic Ocean to the north and with the Atlantic Ocean (via the Labrador Sea) to the south; icebound in winter


the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula


a sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy


sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)


a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force


a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore

the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river


a pit where wood or charcoal is burned to make a bed of hot coals suitable for barbecuing meat


the part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Norway and Russia


anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access


a long narrow sandy island (wider than a reef) running parallel to the shore


a long coral reef near and parallel to the shore


any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a hadron with a baryon number of +1


a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it


an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf


an arm of the Indian Ocean to the east of India


an arm of the Atlantic Ocean in western Europe; bordered by the west coast of France and the north coast of Spain


a bay of the North Atlantic between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; noted for rapid tides as great as 70 feet


a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)


an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake


part of the Arctic Ocean to the northeast of Alaska


a depression forming the ground under a body of water

he searched for treasure on the ocean bed


(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)


solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil


a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree


a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae


something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured


part of the North Pacific between Alaska and Siberia; connected to the Arctic Ocean by the Bering Strait


a strait connecting the Bering Sea to the Arctic Ocean


a low mountain range in western Massachusetts; a resort area


a narrow ledge or shelf typically at the top or bottom of a slope


the second brightest star in the Southern Cross


a high-speed electron or positron emitted in the decay of a radioactive isotope


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a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major


a river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana


a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline


a broad indentation of the Gulf of Guinea in western Africa


a river that rises in northeastern South Dakota and flows southward to join the Missouri River at Sioux City, Iowa


a branch of a river made by water flowing from the main stream only when the water level is high


a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently


a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation


any bacterium or virus or toxin that could be used in biological warfare


nest where birds lay their eggs and hatch their young


a narrow bay formed by an inlet from the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern Florida


an arm of the South Pacific to the southwest of the Bismarck Archipelago


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a small fragment of something broken off from the whole


a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it

a black body maintained at a constant temperature is a full radiator at that temperature because the radiation reaching and leaving it must be in equilibrium


a hilly forest region in southwestern Germany


mountains in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming; sacred to the Sioux (whites settling in the Black Hills led to the Battle of Little Bighorn); site of Mount Rushmore


a region of space resulting from the collapse of a star; extremely high gravitational field


a sea between Europe and Asia; a popular resort area of eastern Europeans


something long and thin resembling a blade of grass


a mechanism that creates a barrier between brain tissues and circulating blood; serves to protect the central nervous system

the brain was protected from the large molecules of the virus by the blood-brain barrier


a headstream of the Nile; joins the White Nile at Khartoum to form the Nile


a range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia


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a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)


an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects


the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)


wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel


an inlet of the Yellow Sea, on the coast of Eastern China


a hole through which an animal may bolt when pursued into its burrow or den


a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,546 feet high)


a constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Ursa Major


a pit created to provide earth that can be used as fill at another site


any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle; all nuclei with an even mass number are bosons


a strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea; separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey; an important shipping route


a quark with a charge of -1/3 and a mass about 10,000 times that of an electron


a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean between New Guinea and the Solomon Islands


a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin


an Asian river; flows into the Bay of Bengal


a stream or river connected to a larger one


an open chain of atoms with one or more side chains attached to it


a river that rises in Mexico and flows across Texas into the Gulf of Mexico


an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)


an Alpine mountain pass connecting Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano in Italy that has long been a route for trade and for invasions


an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean between southern Wales and southwestern England


a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)


a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)


a hole made by a bullet passing through it


a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter


a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides


an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern Massachusetts


a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (20,932 feet high)


a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Columba and Eridanus


a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body


a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression


the second largest of Jupiter's satellites


a river in southern Florida that flows westerly to the Gulf of Mexico; forms the western end of the Cross-Florida Waterway


a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River


a rugged plateau that runs north to south through central Wales


a river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma


(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion


a glacial lake in central New York; one of the Finger Lakes


a small zodiacal constellation in the Northern Hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini


a constellation to the southeast of Orion; contains Sirius


a constellation to the east of Orion; contains Procyon


supergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second brightest star in the sky


a range of mountains in northern Spain along the coast of the Bay of Biscay


a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall


a strip of land projecting into a body of water


a sandy promontory (formerly Cape Kennedy) extending into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island off the eastern coast of Florida; the site of a NASA center for spaceflight


a river in North Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic Ocean at Cape Fear


a promontory on the far southern part of Nova Scotia


a cape at the southwest tip of Florida; the southernmost part of the United States mainland


Nelson defeated the French and Spanish fleets off Cape Trafalgar in 1805


the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula at the Torres Strait; the northernmost point of the Australian mainland


a peninsula in Queensland in northeastern Australia between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea


a faint zodiacal constellation in the Southern Hemisphere; between Sagittarius and Aquarius


an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America; the origin of the Gulf stream


a keel-shaped constellation in the Southern Hemisphere; contains the star Canopus


a group of caverns in southeastern New Mexico noted for their stalactites and stalagmites


a mountain range in central Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland southeastward through western Ukraine to northeastern Romania; a popular resort area


a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet


a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls


a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range


a large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River; the largest inland body of water in the world


a W-shaped constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Polaris


a multiple star with 6 components; second brightest in Gemini; close to Pollux


a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice


anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)


a range of the Appalachians to the west of the Hudson in southeastern New York; includes many popular resort areas


the mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia


a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea


a large cave or a large chamber in a cave


a glacial lake in central New York; the longest of the Finger Lakes


a conspicuous constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near the Southern Cross


a faint constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Cassiopeia and the pole star


the largest asteroid and the first discovered


a large constellation on the equator near Pisces and Aquarius


(chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)


a faint constellation in the polar region of the Southern Hemisphere near Apus and Mensa


a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (24,780 feet high)


a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels


a river in Thailand formed by the confluence of the Nan and Ping Rivers; flows southward past Bangkok and empties into the Gulf of Thailand


a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston


a quark with an electric charge of +2/3 and a mass 2900 times that of an electron and a charm of +1


a river rising in northern Georgia and flowing southwest and south to join the Flint River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River


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the largest freshwater lake in Asia or Europe and the deepest lake in the world


a narrow very deep lake in central Washington in the Cascade Range


a lake on the border between Nevada and California to the west of Carson City; a popular resort area


a large inlet of the North Atlantic between Virginia and Maryland; fed by Susquehanna River


a mountain peak in the Andes in Ecuador (20,560 feet high)


a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall


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an asteroid discovered in 1977; it is unique in having an orbit lying mainly between the orbits of Saturn and Uranus


a rock of meteoric origin containing chondrules


small granule (of e.g. chrysolite) found in some meteoric rocks


a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun


peninsula of northeastern Siberia across the Bering Strait from northwestern Alaska


part of the Arctic Ocean just to the north of the Bering Strait


a river that rises in northeastern New Mexico and flows eastward into Oklahoma where it becomes a tributary of the Arkansas River


a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire


a small faint constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Musca and Triangulum Australe


a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake


a cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of regularly arranged small clouds resembling ripples


a thin uniform layer of hazy cloud at high altitude


a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles)


(geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock


(geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks


he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town


a river that rises in southwestern Virginia and flows generally southwestward across eastern Tennessee to the Tennessee River


(chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop


(cosmology) a universe that is spatially closed and in which there is sufficient matter to halt the expansion that began with the big bang; the visible matter is only 10 percent of the matter required for closure but there may be large amounts of dark matter


a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude


a river in western Scotland that flows from the southern uplands into the Firth of Clyde; navigable by oceangoing vessels as far as Glasgow


when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course


a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California


(Greek mythology) a river in Hades that was said to be a tributary of the Acheron


the dregs remaining after brewing coffee


a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks


a crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth


a course of a moving object that will lead to a collision if it continues unchanged


an important river in the southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; the main source of water in the southwestern United States


a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico


a large plateau to the south and west of the Rocky Mountains; abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west; the Grand Canyon is carved out of the southwestern corner


a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Puppis and Caelum


a North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring


(astronomy) the luminous cloud of particles surrounding the frozen nucleus of a comet; forms as the comet approaches the sun and is warmed


a constellation in the Northern Hemisphere between Ursa Major and Bootes; contains a cluster of some 10,000 galaxies


(astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit


an object (such as a coin or postage stamp) made to mark an event or honor a person


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the highest mountain peak in the Pamir Mountains; near the Chinese border in northeastern Tajikistan (24,590 feet high)


a major African river (one of the world's longest); flows through Congo into the South Atlantic


a river in the northeastern United States; flows south from northern New Hampshire along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont and through Massachusetts and Connecticut where it empties into Long Island Sound


something that has consolidated into a compact mass

he dropped the consolidation into the acid bath


a lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps; forms part of the Rhine River


a configuration of stars as seen from the earth


one of the large landmasses of the earth


a glacier that spreads out from a central mass of ice


the relatively shallow (up to 200 meters) seabed surrounding a continent


the steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone


an artificial cloud created by an aircraft; caused either by condensation due to the reduction in air pressure above the wing surface or by water vapor in the engine exhaust


a narrow strait separating the North Island and South Island in New Zealand


river that rises in northwestern Georgia and flows southwest through eastern Alabama to join the Tallapoosa River near Montgomery and form the Alabama River


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a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone


an arm of the South Pacific to the northeast of Australia


a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill


a projecting part where two sides or edges meet


a small constellation in the Northern Hemisphere between Bootes and Hercules


a mountain peak in the Andes in Peru (21,083 feet high)


a small quadrilateral constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Virgo


(physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines


small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain


a natural object that covers or envelops


a remnant of a supernova detected first in 1054 AD


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a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)


a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb


a faint constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus


the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian


a waterway used by small boats to travel between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico through Lake Okeechobee and the Caloosahatchee Canal and the Caloosahatchee River


a hard outer layer that covers something


a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces


any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock


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arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops


a river that rises in southeastern Kentucky and flows westward through northern Tennessee to become a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Kentucky


a pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west


the southwestern part of the Appalachians


a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms


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a piece cut off from the main part of something


a constellation in the Northern Hemisphere between Pegasus and Draco in the Milky Way; contains a black hole


small scales from animal skins or hair or bird feathers that can cause allergic reactions in some people


I could see the dandruff on her shoulders


the 2nd longest European river (after the Volga); flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea

Vienna, Budapest, and Belgrade are on the banks of the Danube


an Australian river; tributary of the Murray River


a saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan; its surface in 1292 feet below sea level


a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)


the outer of two small satellites of Mars


a river that rises in the Catskills in southeastern New York and flows southward along the border of Pennsylvania with New York and New Jersey to northern Delaware where it empties into Delaware Bay


an inlet of the North Atlantic; fed by the Delaware River


a constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Pegasus and Aquila


a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water


an electron ejected from matter by ionizing radiation


a river in northern Guyana that flows northward into the Atlantic


a star in Leo approximately 43 light years from Earth


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the desiderata for a vacation are time and money


a short river flowing from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie along the border between the United States and Canada; one the busiest inland waterways in the world


the nucleus of deuterium; consists of one proton and one neutron; used as a bombarding particle in accelerators


a mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (26,820 feet high)


a domed rock formation where a core of rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata


a cluster of stars within an intricate cloud of gas and dust


a pair of equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles separated by a small distance


a transmission mechanism in which the infectious agent is transferred directly into the body via touching or biting or kissing or sexual intercourse or by droplets entering the eye or nose or mouth


anything that is cast aside or discarded


a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it


a piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club)


(golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke

it was a good drive but the ball ended up in a divot


a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea


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an eastern range of the Alps in northeastern Italy famous for their dolomitic limestone


a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov


a mountain pass in northeastern California near Lake Tahoe; site where in 1844 some members of an emigrant party survived by eating those who had died


a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Reticulum and Pictor; contains most of the Large Magellanic Cloud


(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil


a stable quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 607 times that of an electron


a faint constellation twisting around the North Celestial Pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus


sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid


a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents


he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued


a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans


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the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on


part of the Pacific Ocean near eastern Asia


a river in northeastern Spain; flows into the Mediterranean


a river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea


a dipole with equal and opposite electric charges


an elementary particle with negative charge


(physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter


a short river in southeastern Virginia flowing between Norfolk and Portsmouth into Hampton Roads


a mountain peak in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (21,457 feet high)


a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering


an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that forms a channel between France and Britain


the spacecraft detected an envelope of gas around the comet


a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Fornax and Cetus


a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion


(geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets


the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix


a river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf; was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia


the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia


the 4th largest of Jupiter's satellites; covered with a smooth shell of frozen water


the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles


a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky


a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal; the highest mountain peak in the world (29,028 feet high)


a large subtropical swamp in southern Florida that is noted for its wildlife


a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky


a natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmosphere


a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent


cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons


a crack in metal resulting from metal fatigue


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(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

they built it right over a geological fault


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a branch that flows into the main stream


any particle that obeys Fermi-Dirac statistics and is subject to the Pauli exclusion principle


a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file


the findings in the gastrointestinal tract indicate that he died several hours after dinner


a large cave with basaltic pillars on Staffa island in Scotland


the luminous center of a nuclear explosion


a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)


a sandstone that withstands intense heat; used to line fireplaces and furnaces and kilns


a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)


a firth on the southwestern coast of Scotland emptying into the North Channel


a large firth on the east coast of Scotland and the estuary of the Forth River; location of Edinburgh


any star in the Ptolemaic theory of planetary motion


a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway


a red dwarf star in which luminosity can change several magnitudes in a few minutes


a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River


an object that floats or is capable of floating


a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding


the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water


the ground on which people and animals move about


the lower inside surface of any hollow structure


a body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area

many campsites were located near the flowage


a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid


a thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock


any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another


a relatively low hill on the lower slope of a mountain


a shallow area in a stream that can be forded


land forming the forward margin of something


the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark


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land that is covered with trees and shrubs


a faint constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Cetus and Phoenix


a river in southern Scotland that flows eastward to the Firth of Forth


the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil


a fountain described in folk tales as able to make people young again

Ponce de Leon discovered Florida while searching for the Fountain of Youth


a river in Wisconsin that flows into Lake Michigan


a piece broken off or cut off of something else


electron that is not attached to an atom or ion or molecule but is free to move under the influence of an electric field


a mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high)


one of the four satellites of Jupiter that were discovered by Galileo


a calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts


an arm of the Gulf of Mexico in Texas to the south of Houston


a bay of the North Atlantic on the west coast of Ireland


an Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal; a sacred river of the Hindus


a river in southeastern China that flows generally north into the Chang Jiang to the north of Nanchang


a river that rises in the Pyrenees and flows northwest to the Bay of Biscay


a mountain in northern Kashmir (26,470 feet high)


a particle that mediates the interaction of two elementary particles


a zodiacal constellation in the Northern Hemisphere between Taurus and Cancer on the ecliptic


(mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals


(geology) the geological features of the earth


a spring that discharges hot water and steam


a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun)


a river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River


a boulder that has been carried by a glacier to a place far distant from its place of origin


a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)


a gauge boson that mediates strong interaction among quarks


a strait in western California that connects the San Francisco Bay with the Pacific Ocean; discovered in 1579 by Sir Francis Drake


a hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into India and Australia and Africa and South America and Antarctica


a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it)


a mountain in the Himalayas in Tibet (26,290 feet high)


a relatively small granular particle of a substance


the enormous gorge of the Colorado River in northern Arizona


a river in southern Michigan that flows northwest to empty into Lake Michigan


a mountain peak in northwestern Wyoming; the highest peak in the Teton Range (13,766 feet high)


a gauge boson that mediates the (extremely weak) gravitational interactions between particles


a massive grouping of galaxies in the direction of Centaurus and Hydra whose gravitational attraction is believed to cause deviations in the paths of other galaxies


a wide bay of the Indian Ocean in southern Australia; notorious for storms


a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star, also known as the Great Bear or Charles' Wain


the largest coral reef in the world; in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia


a mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia


a group of five large, interconnected lakes in central North America


a vast prairie region extending from Alberta and Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada south through the west central United States into Texas; formerly inhabited by Native Americans


(geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa; extends from the valley of the Jordan River to Mozambique; marked by geological faults


a shallow body of salt water in northwestern Utah


a lake in the Northwest Territories in northwestern Canada; drained by the Mackenzie River


part of the Appalachians between North Carolina and Tennessee


a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River


part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Iceland


a range of the Appalachian Mountains that extends from south to north through Vermont


material resulting from the process of grinding


a small cave (usually with attractive features)


dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue

it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds


a small iceberg or ice floe just large enough to be hazardous for shipping


a small constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Phoenix


a mountain range in southern New Mexico and western Texas; the southern extension of the Sacramento Mountains


an inlet of the Caribbean Sea; a United States naval station was established on the bay in 1903


a narrow gorge with a stream running through it


an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay


arm of the Indian Ocean at the entrance to the Red Sea


a gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago


a gulf of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Turkey


a northeastern arm of the Red Sea; between the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) and Saudi Arabia


a northern arm of the Baltic Sea; between Sweden and Finland


a gulf to the west of the mainland of Mexico


a part of the Gulf of Mexico to the west of Yucatan


a wide shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea in northern Australia


inlet of the Ionian Sea between central Greece and the Peloponnesus


an eastern arm of the Baltic Sea; between Finland and Estonia


a gulf off the southwest coast of Africa


an arm of the Andaman Sea off southern Myanmar


an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico


an inlet of the Kara Sea in western Siberia


an arm of the Arabian Sea connecting it with the Persian Gulf


an inlet of the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Estonia


an arm of the northwest Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern coast of Canada


wide inlet of the Mediterranean Sea on the north coast of Libya


a northwestern arm of the Red Sea linked to the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal


an arm of the Pacific in southern Mexico


an arm of the South China Sea between Indochina and the Malay Peninsula


deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)


a seamount of volcanic origin (especially in the Pacific Ocean)


any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles


many objects thrown forcefully through the air


a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur)


a channel in southeastern Virginia through which the Elizabeth River and the James River flow into Chesapeake Bay


a mountain peak in the San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado (14,048 feet high)


a bay formed by an inlet of the East China Sea


the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container


a stream that forms the source of a river


a large constellation in the Northern Hemisphere between Lyra and Corona Borealis


a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon


the open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation


a local and well-defined elevation of the land

they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia


a mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world's highest mountain


a mountain range extending to the west of the Himalayas


a depression hollowed out of solid matter


he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians


a soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a ship


a protective covering that is part of a plant


a cape on the southwestern coast of the Netherlands near Rotterdam


a ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land


a natural spring of water at a temperature of 70 F or above


a river that rises in western Massachusetts and flows south through Connecticut to empty into Long Island Sound


a major river of Asia in northern China; flows generally eastward into the Yellow Sea; carries large quantities of yellow silt to its delta


a mountain in the Andes in Peru (22,205 feet high)


a mountain peak in southeastern Alaska that is part of the Coast Range (14,950 feet high)


a New York river; flows southward into New York Bay; explored by Henry Hudson early in the 17th century


an estuary in central northeastern England formed by the Ouse River and the Trent River


a large piece of something without definite shape


a long faint constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer


a positively charged atom of hydrogen; that is to say, a normal hydrogen atomic nucleus


the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor


a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near the South Celestial Pole


any baryon that is not a nucleon; unstable particle with mass greater than a neutron


a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier


a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak)


a steep part of a glacier resembling a frozen waterfall


a large flat mass of ice (larger than an ice floe) floating at sea


a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea


oewn-Iguazu-n oewn-Iguazu_Falls-n oewn-Iguassu-n oewn-Iguassu_Falls-n oewn-Victoria_Falls-n

a large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil


a river in the central Netherlands flowing north to the IJsselmeer


a shallow lake in northwestern Netherlands created in 1932 by building a dam across the entrance to the Zuider Zee


a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (20,870 feet high)


a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,201 feet high)


a river in Illinois that flows southwest to the Mississippi River


crops can be great impairers of the soil


a geological fault in which one side is above the other


any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases)

an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell


a fossil known to have lived in a particular geologic age that can be used to date the rock layer in which it is found


the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south


a river in far eastern Siberia that flows generally northward to the Arctic Ocean


a transmission mechanism in which the infectious agent is transferred to the person by a fomite of vector


a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect


an Asian river that rises in Tibet and flows through northern India and then southwest through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea

the valley of the Indus was the site of an early civilization


a faint constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Telescopium and Tucana


any of the planets whose orbit lies inside the earth's orbit


a naturally protected waterway from Seattle to Skagway in southeastern Alaska


an arm of the Pacific Ocean in southern Japan; surrounded by the islands of Honshu and Shikoku and Kyushu and linked to the Sea of Japan by a narrow channel; the chief port is Hiroshima


an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)


a gauge boson that mediates weak interactions between particles


microscopic particles in the interplanetary medium


a rarefied flow of gas and charged particles (plasma) that stream from the sun and form the solar wind


interplanetary space including forms of energy and gas and dust


interstellar space including streams of protons moving from the stars


the closest of Jupiter's moons; has active volcanoes


a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons


an arm of the Mediterranean Sea between western Greece and southern Italy


an arm of the North Atlantic between Great Britain and Ireland


a fragment of iron rubbed off by the use of a file


the main river of Myanmar rising in the north and flowing south through the length of Burma to empty into the Andaman Sea


oewn-Irtish-n oewn-Irtish_River-n oewn-Irtysh-n oewn-Irtysh_River-n

an Asian river that rises in the Altai Mountains in northern China and flows generally northwest to become a tributary of the Ob River


a river in southeastern France; a tributary of the Rhone


a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water


a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas


a narrow isthmus between the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf; a canal crosses the isthmus so that navigation is possible between the gulfs


a narrow isthmus linking the Malay Peninsula to the Asian mainland


the isthmus that connects Central America and South America; was formerly called the Isthmus of Darien


the isthmus in northeastern Egypt that connects Africa and Asia


the narrowest part of southern Mexico is an isthmus between the Bay of Campeche on the north coast and the Gulf of Tehuantepec on the south coast


a sharp projection on an edge or surface


a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri


a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads


the southern extension of Hudson Bay in Canada between western Quebec and northeastern Ontario


a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean to the northeast of Japan that reaches depths of 30,000 feet


a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules


a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan


any of the four outermost planets in the solar system; much larger than Earth and gaseous in nature (like Jupiter)


the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky


oewn-K2-n oewn-Godwin_Austen-n oewn-Mount_Godwin_Austen-n oewn-Dapsang-n

a mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir; the 2nd highest peak in the world (28,250 feet high)


a mountain in the Himalayas in northern India (25,450 feet high)


a tributary of the Ohio River in West Virginia


oewn-Kangchenjunga-n oewn-Kanchenjunga-n oewn-Mount_Kanchenjunga-n oewn-Kanchanjanga-n oewn-Kinchinjunga-n

a mountain in the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and Tibet (28,208 feet high)


a river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River


oewn-kaon-n oewn-kappa-meson-n oewn-k-meson-n oewn-K_particle-n

an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision


oewn-Karakoram-n oewn-Karakoram_Range-n oewn-Karakorum_Range-n oewn-Mustagh-n oewn-Mustagh_Range-n

a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak


part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Siberia and to the east of the Barents Sea; icebound most of the year


the isthmus between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga that connects Finland and Russia


a river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo


a strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Sweden; connects with the North Sea through the Skagerrak


(geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits


a glacial lake in central New York; the only Y-shaped one of the Finger Lakes


a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida


a mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan; a route by which invaders entered India


oewn-kidney_stone-n oewn-urinary_calculus-n oewn-nephrolith-n oewn-renal_calculus-n


the highest peak in Africa; located in northeastern Tanzania; 19,340 feet high


a river of central Florida that flows southward to Lake Okeechobee


a lake in the mountains of central Africa between Congo and Rwanda


a river flowing southwest from Oregon through northern California to the Pacific Ocean


oewn-knoll-n oewn-mound-n oewn-hillock-n oewn-hummock-n oewn-hammock-n


an island off southern Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska; site of the first European settlement in the area which was founded by the Russians in 1784


a small hill rising up from the African veld


an inlet of the Yellow Sea between the Liaodong Peninsula in China and western Korea


a strait between Korea and Japan; connects the East China Sea and the East Sea


a disk-shaped region of minor planets outside the orbit of Neptune


any of many minor planets in the Kuiper belt outside the orbit of Neptune at the edge of the solar system


oewn-Kunlun-n oewn-Kunlan_Shan-n oewn-Kunlun_Mountains-n oewn-Kuenlun-n oewn-Kuenlun_Mountains-n

a mountain range in western China that extends eastward from the Indian border for 1000 miles


a river in western Asia; rises in northeast Turkey and flows to the Caspian Sea


a peninsular region of eastern Canada between Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea; contains most of Quebec and the mainland part of Newfoundland and Labrador


an arm of the northern Atlantic between Labrador and southern Greenland


a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral


a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land


a shallow lake on the border between Uganda and Congo in the Great Rift Valley


a lake to the east of the Caspian Sea lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan


a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river


a lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont and southern Quebec; site of many battles in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolution and in the War of 1812


a lake in the Great Rift Valley between Congo and Uganda


the 4th largest of the Great Lakes; it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal


a lake between southwestern Switzerland and France that is crossed from east to west by the Rhone


a lake in northwestern Russia; drains through the Volkhov River into Lake Ladoga


a lake in northwestern Russia to the north of St. Petersburg; the largest lake in Europe; drains through the Neva River into the Gulf of Finland


the 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States borders


lake in Egypt formed by dams built on the Nile River at Aswan


a long lake in southeastern Africa between Tanzania, Mozambique, and Malawi


lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland; second largest lake in Europe


a lake between Ontario and Michigan; connected with Lake Huron and Lake Erie


the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes


a lake in northern Ethiopia; the largest lake in Ethiopia and the source of the Blue Nile


the longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo in the Great Rift Valley


a shallow saline lake in northwestern Iran between Tabriz and the eastern border of Turkey


a lake in southwestern Sweden; the largest lake in Sweden


the largest lake in Africa and the 2nd largest fresh water lake in the world; a headwaters reservoir for the Nile River


an electrically neutral baryon with isotopic spin 1


oewn-land-n oewn-dry_land-n oewn-earth-n oewn-ground-n oewn-solid_ground-n oewn-terra_firma-n

the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land


material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)


the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water)


part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Siberia (between the Taimyr Peninsula and the New Siberian Islands) that is icebound most of the year


the larger of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the Southern Hemisphere


a cave in southwestern France that contains Paleolithic paintings


the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse)


a mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (20,997 feet high)


a hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into North America and Europe and Asia


an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape


a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water


the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage


a river in eastern Pennsylvania that flows southeast into the Delaware River


a Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea


a zodiacal constellation in Northern Hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo


an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0


a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Orion and Columba


(Greek mythology) a river in Hades; the souls of the dead had to drink from it, which made them forget all they had done and suffered when they were alive


a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (27,890 feet high)


a peninsula in northeastern China that extends into the Yellow Sea, between Bo Hai and Korea Bay


a small faint zodiacal constellation in the Southern Hemisphere; between Virgo and Scorpius


an arm of the Mediterranean between northwest Italy and Corsica


a long narrow lagoon near the mouth of a river


the second largest river in Africa that drains into the Indian Ocean; flows into the Indian Ocean


a transducing vector that uses liposomes to carry the gene of interest


the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle


a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star, also known as the Little Bear or Little Dipper


a river that flows from northern Wyoming into the Bighorn River in southern Montana; site of Custer's Last Stand


a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris


a river that rises in northeastern Wyoming and flows through Montana and South Dakota to join the Missouri River in North Dakota


a river that rises in southwestern Minnesota and flows southwestward to the Missouri River in western Iowa


a river in eastern Illinois that flows southeastward to the Wabash River


an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America)


a large semiarid plateau forming the southern part of the Great Plains


a mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,057 feet high)


a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)


an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the western coast of Scotland


a lake in the Scottish highlands; the largest body of fresh water in Great Britain


guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy


a mountain peak in the St. Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high)


the longest French river; rises in the Massif Central and flows north and west to the Atlantic Ocean


the valley of the Loire River where many French wines originated


(chemistry) a relatively long chain of atoms in a molecule


a sound between Long Island and Connecticut


a long narrow (nearly landlocked) cove in Ireland


a mountainous peninsula on northwest Mexico


the part of Michigan between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron


a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Centaurus


a small constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Cygnus and Draco; contains the star Vega


a flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion; often filled with water


a Canadian river; flows into the Beaufort Sea


a sky filled with rows of cirrocumulus or small altocumulus clouds


a 3380 km long Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River


a river that rises in the Andes mountains in southwestern Colombia and flows generally northward to empty into the Caribbean Sea at Barranquilla


either of two small galaxies orbiting the Milky Way; visible near the South Celestial Pole


a hypothetical particle with a single magnetic pole instead of the usual two


the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula


a mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (27,790 feet high)


the layer of the earth between the crust and the core


a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon


(closed sea) a navigable body of water under the jurisdiction of a single nation


(free sea) a navigable body of water to which all nations have equal access


(our sea) the Mediterranean to the ancient Romans


oewn-Marmara-n oewn-Sea_of_Marmara-n oewn-Marmara_Denizi-n oewn-Marmora-n oewn-Sea_of_Marmora-n

an inland sea in northwestern Turkey; linked to the Black Sea by the Bosporus and linked to the Aegean by the Dardanelles


a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color


oewn-marsh-n oewn-marshland-n oewn-fen-n oewn-fenland-n

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water


an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean off of eastern Massachusetts extending from Cape Ann on the north to Cape Cod on the south


a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range


a mountainous plateau in southern France that covers almost one sixth of the country


a mass that is densely tangled or interwoven


an enclosure within which something originates or develops


a mountain in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy (14,780 feet high); noted for its distinctive shape


oewn-McKinley-n oewn-Mount_McKinley-n oewn-Mt._McKinley-n oewn-Denali-n

a mountain in south central Alaska; the highest peak in North America (20,300 feet high)


a bend or curve, as in a stream or river


a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function


the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia


an Asian river; flows through a large delta in southern Vietnam into the South China Sea


a strait in northern Wales between Anglesey Island and the mainland


a glacier of the Piedmont type near Juneau in Alaska


a faint constellation in the polar region of the Southern Hemisphere and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud


a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,210 feet high)


the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun


a river that rises in south central New Hampshire and flows through Concord and Manchester into Massachusetts and empties into the Atlantic Ocean


the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water


a range of hills in northeastern Minnesota where rich iron ore deposits were discovered in 1887


an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0


the atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere


a fragment of metal rubbed off by the use of a file


stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface


(astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere


a group of meteoroids with similar paths


a European river; flows into the North Sea


an electrically charged particle built up from polymeric molecules or ions and occurring in certain colloidal electrolytic solutions like soaps and detergents


a fossil that must be studied microscopically


a meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere


a faint constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Sagittarius and Capricornus


a very long narrow elevation on the ocean floor that runs all the way from Iceland in the North Atlantic to Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic


the water that is well below the surface but also well above the bottom

many marine fishes inhabit the mid-waters


a river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River


the galaxy containing the solar system; consists of millions of stars that can be seen as a diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky


a pond formed by damming a stream to provide a head of water to turn a mill wheel


a bay on the west coast of Kyushu; in the 1950s industrial wastes caused mercury poisoning among the Japanese people who ate fish from Minamata Bay


any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun


oewn-mire-n oewn-quagmire-n oewn-quag-n oewn-morass-n oewn-slack-n

a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot


a major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico


the longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis

The Missouri and Mississippi Rivers together form the third longest river in the world


a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay


a bay of the Gulf of Mexico; fed by the Mobile River


a river of central New York that flows southeastward to the Hudson River


the boundary between the Earth's crust and the underlying mantle

the Mohorovicic discontinuity averages 5 miles down under oceans and 20 miles down under continents


a mound of earth made by moles while burrowing


a geological formation in which all strata are inclined in the same direction


a river that rises in northern West Virginia and flows north into Pennsylvania where it joins the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River


the highest mountain peak in the Alps; on the border between France and Italy to the south of Geneva (15,781 feet high)


an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in western California


the average distance to the Moon is 384,400 kilometers


he made a moon lamp that he used as a night light


open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss


accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier


an inlet of the North Sea on the northeast coast of Scotland


a river that rises in western South Dakota and flows eastward to the Missouri River


an arm of the Tasman Sea forming a bay to the east of Brisbane


oewn-morning_star-n oewn-daystar-n oewn-Phosphorus-n oewn-Lucifer-n

a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky


happiness is the aim of all men and the motor of all action


a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill


conifer forests cover the eastern versant


the highest mountain peak in Queensland, Australia


a mountain range in northwestern Israel near the Mediterranean coast

according to the Old Testament, Elijah defeated the priests of Baal at Mount Carmel


the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,431 feet high)


the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water


an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge)


an arm of the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and southeastern Africa


a term used in Scottish names of promontories


a system of three or more stars associated by gravity


an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino


a southeast Australian river; flows westward and then south into the Indian Ocean at Adelaide


a river of southeastern Australia; flows westward into the Murray River


a small constellation in the polar region of the Southern Hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon


any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation


a highest mountain peak in the Kunlun Shan in China; near the Indian border (23,891 feet high)


a mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,302 feet high)


a luminous iridescent cloud at a high altitude that may be seen when the sun is a few degrees below the horizon


a river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River


a river of western Thailand flowing southward to join the Ping River to form the Chao Phraya


a mountain in the Himalayas in northern India (25,660 feet high)


a mountain in the Himalayas in Kashmir (26,660 feet high)


a mountain range in southeastern China running generally east to west


a depression in the floor of the Atlantic Ocean to the north of Haiti and Puerto Rico


a deep inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in Rhode Island


a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water


a sunken or depressed geological formation


a raised or elevated geological formation


the physical universe considered as an orderly system subject to natural (not human or supernatural) laws


the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.

they tried to preserve nature as they found it


an immense cloud of gas (mainly hydrogen) and dust in interstellar space


oewn-necessity-n oewn-essential-n oewn-requirement-n oewn-requisite-n oewn-necessary-n

food and shelter are necessities of life


a narrow elongated projecting strip of land


a river in Germany; rises in the Black Forest and flows north into the Rhine


he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs


a river that rises in eastern Kansas and flows eastward into Oklahoma to become a tributary of the Arkansas River


a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants

the existence of Neptune was predicted from perturbations in the orbit of Uranus and it was then identified in 1846


the ocean waters from the low tide mark to a depth of about 100 fathoms


a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young


an elementary, electrically neutral particle with a very small mass


an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton; enters into the structure of the atomic nucleus


a star that has collapsed under its own gravity; it is composed of neutrons


a river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into the Gulf of Finland


the upper part of a glacier (beyond the limit of perpetual snow) where the snow turns to ice


a river in the southeastern United States that flows northward from North Carolina to West Virginia where it empties into the Kanawha River


a bay of the North Atlantic; fed by the Hudson River


a river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario; forms boundary between Ontario and New York


waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; in the United States it is the American Falls


a nest in which spiders or insects deposit their eggs


an African river; flows into the South Atlantic


the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization


(mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment)


a small constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Lupus and Ara in the Milky Way


an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall


a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama


that part of the Atlantic Ocean to the north of the equator


a strait between Northern Ireland and Scotland that connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea


a cluster of 5 bright stars forming a cross in the constellation Cygnus


that part of the Pacific Ocean to the north of the equator


mountain peak in Alaska close to Denali, 19,370 feet high


a river that rises in northern Colorado and flows northward into Wyoming and then eastward and southeastward through Nebraska where it joins the South Platte to form the Platte River


an arm of the North Atlantic between the British Isles and Scandinavia; oil was discovered under the North Sea in 1970


the part of the Atlantic that lies off the Norwegian coast to the north of the North Sea


a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and becomes more luminous in the process


a small nub (especially an undeveloped fruit or ear of corn)


a constituent (proton or neutron) of an atomic nucleus


the positively charged dense center of an atom


(astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail


a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth


a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (25,726 feet high)


a major river of western Siberia; flows generally northward and westward to the Gulf of Ob and the Kara Sea


an eliminator that does away with all traces


a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere


oewn-ocean_floor-n oewn-sea_floor-n oewn-ocean_bottom-n oewn-seabed-n oewn-sea_bottom-n oewn-Davy_Jones-ap-s_locker-n oewn-Davy_Jones-n


the constellation that includes the southern celestial pole


a European river which rises in the Czech republic and flows through western Poland; flows into the Baltic Sea


the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area


a river that is formed in western Pennsylvania and flows westward to become a tributary of the Mississippi River


an interface forming the boundary between the non-miscible liquids oil and water


a mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,572 feet high)


a lake in southeast Florida to the north of the Everglades


a large swampy area of northeast Florida and southeast Georgia


a geyser in Yellowstone National Park that erupts for about 4 minutes about every 65 minutes


a gorge in northeastern Tanzania where anthropologists have found some of the earliest human remains


oewn-Olympus-n oewn-Mount_Olympus-n oewn-Mt._Olympus-n oewn-Olimbos-n

a mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast; believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods (9,570 feet high)


a globular cluster in the constellation Centaurus


a chain of atoms in a molecule whose ends are not joined to form a ring


an open or empty space in or between things

there was a small opening between the trees


a large constellation in the equatorial region between Hercules and Scorpius


a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean


a South American river 1,500 miles long; flows into the South Atlantic


a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel


a river in Missouri that is a tributary of the Missouri River


a bay of the western Pacific in southern Honshu


a river in southeastern Canada that flows along the boundary between Quebec and Ontario to the Saint Lawrence River near Montreal


a river that rises in western Arkansas and flows southeast into eastern Louisiana to become a tributary of the Red River


a river in northeastern England that flows generally southeastward to join the Trent River and form the Humber


the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land


(astronomy) a major planet whose orbit is outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto)


an outcropping of rock that extends outward


the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits


the land inside an oxbow bend in a river


a crescent-shaped lake (often temporary) that is formed when a meander of a river is cut off from the main channel