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sediment |
Verb
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settle as sediment |
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sediment |
Verb
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deposit as a sediment |
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spoor |
Noun
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the trail left by a person or an animal |
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seif dune |
Noun
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a long and tall sand dune with a sharp crest |
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spume |
Noun
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foam or froth on the sea |
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spume |
Verb
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make froth or foam and become bubbly |
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stalactite |
Noun
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a cylinder of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave |
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stalagmite |
Noun
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a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave |
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starlet |
Noun
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a small star |
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starlet |
Noun
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a young actress who is publicized as a future star |
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steppe |
Noun
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extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia) |
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seven seas |
Noun
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an informal expression for all of the oceans of the world |
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storm cloud |
Noun
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a heavy dark cloud presaging rain or a storm |
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straight chain |
Noun
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an open chain of atoms with no side chains |
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shelf ice |
Noun
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ice that is attached to land but projects out to sea |
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strange particle |
Noun
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an elementary particle with non-zero strangeness |
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strange quark |
Noun
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a quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 988 times that of an electron and a strangeness of -1 |
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squark |
Noun
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a quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 988 times that of an electron and a strangeness of -1 |
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salt flat |
Noun
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a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water |
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shore boulder |
Noun
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a boulder found on a shore remote from its place of origin |
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salt plain |
Noun
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a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water |
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shoreline |
Noun
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a boundary line between land and water |
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salt lick |
Noun
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a salt deposit that animals regularly lick |
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shortener |
Noun
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any agent that shortens |
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salt marsh |
Noun
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low-lying wet land that is frequently flooded with saltwater |
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sialolith |
Noun
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a stone formed in the salivary gland |
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saltpan |
Noun
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a shallow basin in a desert region |
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salivary calculus |
Noun
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a stone formed in the salivary gland |
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siderite |
Noun
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a meteorite consisting principally of nickel and iron |
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siderite |
Noun
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iron ore in the form of ferrous carbonate |
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subcontinent |
Noun
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a large and distinctive landmass that is a distinct part of some continent, for example India |
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sun |
Noun
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the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system |
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sun |
Noun
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any star around which a planetary system revolves |
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sun |
Noun
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a person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc |
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sun |
Noun
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the rays of the sun |
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sun |
Verb
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expose one's body to the sun |
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sun |
Verb
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expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun |
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supergiant |
Noun
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an extremely bright star of very large diameter and low density |
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superior planet |
Noun
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any of the planets whose orbit lies outside the earth's orbit |
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supernova |
Noun
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a star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous in the process |
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superstring |
Noun
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a hypothetical particle that is the elementary particle in a theory of space-time |
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sea serpent |
Noun
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huge creature of the sea resembling a snake or dragon |
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swale |
Noun
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a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges) |
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swamp |
Noun
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low land that is seasonally flooded |
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swamp |
Noun
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a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables |
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swamp |
Verb
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fill quickly beyond capacity |
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swamp |
Verb
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drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged |
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swampland |
Noun
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low land that is seasonally flooded |
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swath |
Noun
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a path or strip, as cut by one course of mowing |
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swath |
Noun
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the space created by the swing of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine |