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1 Estuary -- rank: 1000

Estuary definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ES'TUARY, n. [L. oestuarium ... aestuarium tidal channel f. aestus tide Webster's 1913 Dictionary Estuary Es"tu*a*ry, a. Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata. --Lyell. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Estuary Es"tu*a*ry, n.; pl. Estuaries. [L. aestuarium, from ... and wide estuaries. --Dana. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (estuaries) An estuary is the wide part of a river where it ...

2 Gabon Estuary -- rank: 911

Gabon Estuary definitions Britannica Concise Inlet of the Gulf of Guinea, W ...

3 Firth -- rank: 504

... J. R. Firth, John Rupert Firth] 2: a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland) Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English ... Old Norse fj?rthr — more at ford Date: 14th century estuary Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (also frith) 1 a narrow inlet of the sea. 2 an estuary. Etymology: ME (orig. Sc.) f. ON fjörthr FIORD Webster's ... Thesaurus arm, armlet, bay, bayou, belt, bight, boca, cove, creek, estuary, euripus, fjord, frith, gulf, gut, harbor, inlet, kyle, loch, mouth ...

4 Frith -- rank: 504

... in America.] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 14th century archaic estuary Oxford Reference Dictionary var. of FIRTH. Webster's 1913 Dictionary ... harbor.] 1. (Geog.) A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Strait. 2. Estuary, inlet, firth, fiord, creek, arm of the sea. Moby Thesaurus ... canebrake, ceja, chamisal, chaparral, coppice, copse, copsewood, cove, covert, creek, estuary, euripus, fjord, gulf, gut, harbor, inlet, kyle, loch, motte, mouth ...

5 estuarine -- rank: 435

... adjective Date: 1846 of, relating to, or formed in an estuary < estuarine currents > < estuarine animals > Webster's 1913 Dictionary Estuarine Es"tu*a*rine, a. Pertaining to an estuary; estuary. Moby Thesaurus alluvial, aquatic, balneal, bayed, deep-sea, embayed, fluviomarine ...

6 Bay -- rank: 343

... bay. PHRASE: V inflects Easton's Bible Dictionary denotes the estuary of the Dead Sea at the mouth of the Jordan ... dapple-gray, decoration, depository, depot, distinction, dock, drawer, dump, dun, estuary, euripus, exchequer, fan window, fanfare, fanlight, ferruginous, fjord, flourish of ...

7 Eagre -- rank: 343

... flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) [syn: tidal bore, bore, eagre, aegir, eager] Oxford Reference Dictionary ... great height and violence, at flood tide moving up an estuary or river; -- commonly called the bore. See Bore. Soule's ...

8 Humber -- rank: 343

Humber definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an estuary in central northeastern England formed by the Ouse River and the Trent River Merriam Webster's geographical name estuary 40 miles (64 kilometers) E England formed by Ouse & Trent ...

9 Bore -- rank: 343

... flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) [syn: tidal bore, bore, eagre, aegir, eager] 3: diameter of ... 3. n. a high tidal wave rushing up a narrow estuary. Also called EAGRE. Etymology: ME, perh. f. ON bára wave ...

10 AEstuary -- rank: 343

... AEstuary [AE]s"tu*a*ry (?; 135), n. & a. See Estuary. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Estuary Es"tu*a*ry, n.; pl. Estuaries. [L. aestuarium, from ...

11 Fleet -- rank: 343

... denotes a flood, a creek or inlet, a bay or estuary, or a river; as in Fleet-street, North-flete, Fleet ... 1. A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet ...

12 arm -- rank: 343

... bough, limb, projection, projecting part. 3. Inlet (of the sea), estuary, firth, frith, fiord, cove, creek. 4. Power, might, strength, puissance ... ell, embattle, empower, enable, endow, endue, energy, ensure, entrench, equip, estuary, euripus, extension, fence, fend, fit, fit out, fit up, fjord ...

13 Roost -- rank: 217

... Dictionary Roust Roust, n. [Cf. Icel. r["o]st an estuary.] A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel ...

14 Road -- rank: 217

... dock, dockage, dockyard, drag, drive, driveway, dry dock, embankment, entree, estuary, euripus, expressway, fairway, fjord, flight path, freeway, frith, gravel road ...

15 River -- rank: 217

... branch, brook, brooklet, burn, cascade, cataract, channel, creek, crick, deluge, estuary, flood, flow, flowing stream, fluviation, fresh, freshet, gill, kill, lazy ...