avulsion
(avulsion)
Princeton's WordNet
an abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase in the land of another
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rosland
Webster Dictionary
heathy land; land full of heather; moorish or watery land
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ashore
Webster Dictionary
on shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed to aboard or afloat
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continent
Webster Dictionary
one of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America
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enderby land
(Enderby Land)
Princeton's WordNet
a region of Antarctica between Queen Maud Land and Wilkes Land; claimed by Australia
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isthmus
(isthmus)
Princeton's WordNet
a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas
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fenland
(marsh, marshland, fen, fenland)
Princeton's WordNet
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
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marsh
(marsh, marshland, fen, fenland)
Princeton's WordNet
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
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marshland
(marsh, marshland, fen, fenland)
Princeton's WordNet
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
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fen
(marsh, marshland, fen, fenland)
Princeton's WordNet
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
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desertification
(desertification)
Princeton's WordNet
the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land
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landholding
(landholding)
Princeton's WordNet
ownership of land; the state or fact of owning land
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plateau
(ˈtoʊz, -toʊz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side.
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land-to-land
(ˈlɑntˌtɑg, -ˌtɑx)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
designed for launching or traveling from a base on land to a target or destination on land:
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glebe
(glib)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Also called glebe land. the cultivable land owned by a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.
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isthmus
(ˈɪs məs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land.
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agrarian
(əˈgrɛər i ən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
relating to land, land tenure, or the division of landed property.
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mine
(ɪn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a similar device used on land against personnel or vehicles; land mine.
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copyhold
(copyhold)
Princeton's WordNet
a medieval form of land tenure in England; a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for agricultural services
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western reserve
(ˈwɛs tərnˌmoʊst)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a tract of land in NE Ohio reserved by Connecticut (1786) when its rights to other land in the western U.S. were ceded to the federal government: relinquished in 1800.
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gulf
Webster Dictionary
a portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico
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plateau
Webster Dictionary
a flat surface; especially, a broad, level, elevated area of land; a table-land
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fallow
Webster Dictionary
land that has lain a year or more untilled or unseeded; land plowed without being sowed for the season
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landlord
Webster Dictionary
the lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants
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fee
Webster Dictionary
a right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend for services to be performed; also, the land so held; a fief
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tenure
Webster Dictionary
the consideration, condition, or service which the occupier of land gives to his lord or superior for the use of his land
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bordland
Webster Dictionary
either land held by a bordar, or the land which a lord kept for the maintenance of his board, or table
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land
Webster Dictionary
ground, in respect to its nature or quality; soil; as, wet land; good or bad land
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appurtenance
Webster Dictionary
that which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in common parlance and legal acceptation, something belonging to another thing as principal, and which passes as incident to it, as a right of way, or other easement to land; a right of common to pasture, an outhouse, barn, garden, or orchard, to a house or messuage. In a strict legal sense, land can never pass as an appurtenance to land
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hammock
Webster Dictionary
a piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land
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