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unit, whole
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
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location
a point or extent in space
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charm, good luck charm
something believed to bring good luck
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curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity
something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
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draw, lot
anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
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film
a thin coating or layer
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hoodoo
something believed to bring bad luck
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je ne sais quoi
something indescribable
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keepsake, relic, souvenir, token
something of sentimental value
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filler, makeweight
anything added to fill out a whole
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part, portion
something less than the whole of a human artifact
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prop, property
any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie
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snake
something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake
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stuff
miscellaneous unspecified objects
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small beer, trifle, trivia, triviality
something of small importance
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paring
(usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel
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catch
anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
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commemorative
an object (such as a coin or postage stamp) made to mark an event or honor a person
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discard
anything that is cast aside or discarded
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finding
something that is found
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floater
an object that floats or is capable of floating
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fomite, vehicle
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
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formation, geological formation
(geology) the geological features of the earth
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growth
something grown or growing
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hail
many objects thrown forcefully through the air
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head
a rounded compact mass
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ice
the frozen part of a body of water
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dry land, earth, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma
the solid part of the earth's surface
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ground, land, soil
material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
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moon
any object resembling a moon
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neighbor, neighbour
a nearby object of the same kind
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remains
any object that is left unused or still extant
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ribbon, thread
any long object resembling a thin line
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shiner
something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)
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vagabond
anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place
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wall
anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect
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web
an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
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congener
a whole (a thing or person) of the same kind or category as another
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animate thing, living thing
a living (or once living) entity
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natural object
an object occurring naturally; not made by man
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artefact, artifact
a man-made object taken as a whole
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amulet, talisman
a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease
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appendage
a part that is joined to something larger
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assembly
a unit consisting of components that have been fitted together
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bagatelle, fluff, frippery, frivolity
something of little value or significance
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bit
the part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers
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bottleneck
the narrow part of a bottle near the top
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bric-a-brac, knickknack, knickknackery, nicknack, whatnot
miscellaneous curios
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bulb
a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end)
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butt, stub
the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
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closet auger
a snake used to unblock toilets
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collectable, collectible
things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique)
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collector's item, piece de resistance, showpiece
the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection
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component, constituent, element
an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
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custard pie
a prop consisting of an open pie filled with real or artificial custard; thrown in slapstick comedies
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cutout
a part that is cut out or is intended to be cut out
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doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget
something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
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etcetera
additional unspecified odds and ends; more of the same
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foible
the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip
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fore edge, foredge
the part of a book that faces inward when the book is shelved; the part opposite the spine
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forte
the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible
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fraction
a small part or item forming a piece of a whole
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heel
(golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft
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hub
the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes
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item
a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection
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jetsam
the part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm
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fetich, fetish, hoodoo, juju, voodoo
a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
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limb
either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip
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love-token
keepsake given as a token of love
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neck
a narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form
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favor, favour, party favor, party favour
souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party
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peen
the part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes)
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piece
a separate part of a whole
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auger, plumber's snake
a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes
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pressing
a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press
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scum
a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
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seat
a part of a machine that supports or guides another part
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section, segment
one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
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shank, waist
the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
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slick
a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
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soap film
a film left on objects after they have been washed in soap
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spider web, spider's web
a web spun by spiders to trap insect prey
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backbone, spine
the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
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aggregate, sum, total, totality
the whole amount
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sundries
miscellaneous objects too numerous or too small to be specified
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toe
(golf) the part of a clubhead farthest from the shaft
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trap-and-drain auger
a plumber's snake for clearing a trap and drain
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turnout, widening
a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park
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upstage
the rear part of the stage
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upstairs
the part of a building above the ground floor
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wreckage
the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked
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here
the present location; this place
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there
a location other than here; that place
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somewhere
an indefinite or unknown location
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bilocation
the ability (said of certain Roman Catholic saints) to exist simultaneously in two locations
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seat
the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based
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home
the country or state or city where you live
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base, home
the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
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outer space, space
any location outside the Earth's atmosphere
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jungle
a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival
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north
a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city
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northeast
a location in the northeastern part of a country, region, or city
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east
a location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city
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southeast
a location in the southeastern part of a country, region, or city
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south
a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city
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southwest
a location in the southwestern part of a country, region, or city
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west
a location in the western part of a country, region, or city
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northwest
a location in the northwestern part of a country, region, or city
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Earth, earth
the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell)
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line
a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
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point
the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
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part, region
the extended spatial location of something
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region
a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
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whereabouts
the general location where something is
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sodom
any location known for vice and corruption
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aquifer
underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc
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archeological remains
a relic that has been excavated from the soil
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archipelago
a group of many islands in a large body of water
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badlands
deeply eroded barren land
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beach
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
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beachfront
a strip of land running along a beach
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blade
something long and thin resembling a blade of grass
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bottom, bottomland
low-lying alluvial land near a river
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cape, ness
a strip of land projecting into a body of water
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cave
a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
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cliff, drop, drop-off
a steep high face of rock
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coastal plain
a plain adjacent to a coast
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coastland
land in a coastal area
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cultivated land, farmland, ploughland, plowland, tillage, tilled land, tilth
arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
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delta
a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water
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diapir
a domed rock formation where a core of rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata
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drift ice
masses of ice floating in the open sea
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floor
the ground on which people and animals move about
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folium
a thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock
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footwall
the lower wall of an inclined fault
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foreland
land forming the forward margin of something
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foreshore
the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark
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forest, timber, timberland, woodland
land that is covered with trees and shrubs
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fossil
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
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hanging wall
the upper wall of an inclined fault
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berg, iceberg
a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier
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icefall
a steep part of a glacier resembling a frozen waterfall
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ice mass
a large mass of ice
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ingrowth
something that grows inward
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island
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
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isthmus
a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas
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lakefront
land bordering a lake
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land mass, landmass
a large continuous extent of land
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mainland
the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula
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massif
a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range
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monocline
a geological formation in which all strata are inclined in the same direction
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mouth
the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water
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depression, natural depression
a sunken or depressed geological formation
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elevation, natural elevation
a raised or elevated geological formation
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neck
a narrow elongated projecting strip of land
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neve
the upper part of a glacier (beyond the limit of perpetual snow) where the snow turns to ice
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oceanfront
land bordering an ocean
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overburden
the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits
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oxbow
the land inside an oxbow bend in a river
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ice pack, pack ice
a large expanse of floating ice
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mountain pass, notch, pass
the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
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peninsula
a large mass of land projecting into a body of water
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permafrost
ground that is permanently frozen
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champaign, field, plain
extensive tract of level open land
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polder
low-lying land that has been reclaimed and is protected by dikes (especially in the Netherlands)
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chain, chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range, range of mountains
a series of hills or mountains
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rangeland
land suitable for grazing livestock
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relict
geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared
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ridge, ridgeline
a long narrow range of hills
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ridge
a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean
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scablands
(geology) flat elevated land with poor soil and little vegetation that is scarred by dry channels of glacial origin (especially in eastern Washington)
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ice shelf, shelf ice
ice that is attached to land but projects out to sea
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shore
the land along the edge of a body of water
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slash
an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
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incline, side, slope
an elevated geological formation
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fountain, natural spring, outflow, outpouring, spring
a natural flow of ground water
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scree, talus
a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
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tent
a web that resembles a tent or carpet
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greensward, sod, sward, turf
surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
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twinkler
an object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent flickering manner
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mineral vein, vein
a layer of ore between layers of rock
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crater, volcanic crater
a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
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wall
a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)
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groundwater level, water level, water table
underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water
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webbing
something forming a web (as between the toes of birds)
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wetland
a low area where the land is saturated with water
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wonderland
a place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder
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space
an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)
