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2
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a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
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8
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a promontory extending into a large body of water.
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9
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surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
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10
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the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
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a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed on the floor of a cave or the like by the dripping of percolating calcareous water.
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12
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a stream that flows to a larger stream or other body of water.
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13
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the various mechanical and chemical processes that cause exposed rock to decompose.
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18
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a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, shaped like an icicle, hanging from the roof of a cave or the like, andformed by the dripping of percolating calcareous water.
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19
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something that drains or flows off, as rain that flows off from the land in streams.
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the part of the shore of an ocean, sea, large river, lake, etc., washed by the tide or waves.
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3
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the process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc.
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4
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the force of attraction by which terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward the center of the earth.
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5
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a small valley or ravine originally worn away by running water and serving as a drainageway after prolonged heavy rains.
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an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly.
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7
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of or relating to the thesis that processes that operated in the remote geological past are not different from those observed now.
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13
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any stream of air, as that produced by a bellows or fan.
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14
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soil and dirt, as distinguished from rock and sand; the softer part of the land.
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15
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a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen.
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16
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a small rivulet or brook.
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mineral or organic matter deposited by water, air, or ice.
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