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noun - water, Water containing dissolved salt.
adjective - (notcomparable) contain, Containing salt.
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| salt marsh |
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noun
- A marsh of saline water, found in the intertidal zone between land and sea, characterized by halophytic plants such as grasses and sedges adapted to periodic flooding with salt water.
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| saprobe |
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noun
- An organism that lives off of dead or decaying organic material.
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| saprophagous |
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adjective
- Feeding on dead or decaying organic matter
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| scavenger |
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noun - (obsolete) A street sweeper.
- Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.
- An animal that feeds on decaying matter such as carrion.
- (chemistry) A substance used to remove impurities from the air or from a solution.
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| seashore |
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noun
- the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean, especially the land between low water and high water
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| slash |
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noun (slash, es)
- The symbol, /
- A swift and sharp cut with a sword
- (slang) A pee, a trip to the toilet to urinate
- Excuse me, I need to take a slash
- A work of fiction (frequently fanfiction) based on celebrities or fictional characters involved in a romantic and/or sexual manner. The characters are most commonly of the same gender. The name comes from the use of the slash symbol (/) to separate the names or initials of the characters or persons involved.
- Jim/Bob or J/B
- (vulgar, slang) The female genitalia
verb (slash, es)
- To cut across something with a knife, sword etc.
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| society |
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noun
- (countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.
- This society has been known for centuries for its colorful clothing and tight-knit family structure.
- (countable) A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest.
- It was then that they decided to found a society of didgeridoo-playing unicyclists.
- (countable) The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.
- (uncountable) The people of one"s country or community taken as a whole.
- It"s not for society to decide whether I can play the didgeridoo in my own home.
- He thinks that the fact that this child grew up to be a murderer is the fault of society.
- (uncountable) high society.
- Smith was first introduced into society at the Duchess of Grand Fenwick's annual rose garden party.
- (legalese) A number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act a common goal.
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| soft |
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adjective ((compar): softer, (superl): softest)
- Giving way under pressure.
- My head sank easily into the soft pillow.
- (context, of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible.
- Polish the silver with a soft cloth to avoid scratching.
- Gentle.
- There was a soft breeze blowing.
- (context, of a sound) Quiet.
- I could hear the soft rustle of the leaves in the trees.''
- (linguistics) voiced, sonant
- DH represents the voiced (soft) th of English these clothes. " w:The Lords of the Rings, The Lord of the Rings, w:J.R.R. Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien
- (linguistics) (rare) voiceless
- (linguistics) palatalized
- Lacking strength or resolve.
- When it comes to drinking, Wessel is as soft as they come.
- (context, of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
- You won't need as much soap, as the water here is very soft.
- (Northern British, colloquial) Foolish.
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| soil conservation |
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noun
- Protection of the soil against sediment loss by erosion or fertility loss due to degradation.
- A combination of all soil management and land use methods that protect against degradation.
- The sub-discipline of soil science that deals with soil conservation (1) and (2).
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| spread |
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noun
- The act of spreading or something that has been spread.
- An expanse of land.
- A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
- A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
- Any form of food designed to be spread onto a slice of bread etc.
- An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
- A numerical difference.
verb (spreads, spreading, spread)
- (transitive) To put one"s legs apart.
- (transitive) To divide something in a homogeneous way.
- (transitive) To scatter.
- (transitive) To put butter or jam onto bread.
- (transitive) To expand.
- Missionaries spread their religion's teachings.
- (intransitive) To expand.
- The disease had spread into remote villages.
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| station |
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noun
- A place where a vehicle (especially a train) may stop.
- The next is Esperanza.
- A place where one stands or stays in order to perform a task.
- From my at the front door, I greeted every visitor.
- Area of a restaurant allocated to one waiter or waitress.
- A military base.
- She had a boyfriend at the .
- A place used for broadcasting radio or television.
- I used to work at a radio .
- A broadcasting entity.
- I used to listen to that radio .
- (Australia & NZ) A very large sheep or cattle farm
- There was movement at the , for the word had passed around, that the colt from old Regret had got away (A. B. Patterson, poet)
verb (transitive)
- To put in place to perform a task.
- The host stationed me at the front door to greet visitors.
- To put in place to perform military duty.
- They stationed me overseas just as fighting broke out.
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| stratum |
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noun (strat, a)
- One of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another
- (geology) A layer of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout
- Any of the regions of the atmosphere, such as the stratosphere, that occur as layers
- (biology) A layer of tissue
- A class of society composed of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status
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| succession |
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noun
- The act of following in sequence
- A sequence of things arranged in order
- The passing of royal powers
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| swamp |
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noun
- A type of wetland that stretches for vast distances, and is home to many creatures who have adapted specifically to that environment.
verb
- To overwhelm; to make too busy or overrun capacity.
- I have been swamped with paperwork ever since they started using the new system.
- To clear
- 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/13/nyregion/13york.html?hp&ex=1158206400&en=39997b7802ea8b0b&ei=5094&partner=homepage New York Times
- Mr. Spitzer"s defeat of his Democratic opponent ... ended a primary season in which Hillary Rodham Clinton swamped an antiwar challenger for renomination to the Senate.
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| swampland |
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noun
- Low-lying land that is regularly flooded; especially such land that is drier than a bog or a marsh
- (physics) The set of all possible string theories
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| swampy |
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adjective - Describing land that is wet like a swamp.
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| symbiont |
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noun - (biology) an organism that lives in a symbiotic relationship; a symbiote
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| synecology |
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noun
- (ecology) One of two broad subdivisions of ecology (the other being autecology), meaning the study of groups of organisms associated as a unit (essentially a biological community).
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