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1: the earth conceived of as the female principle of fertility

1: any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts

1: a small earthquake [syn: {tremor}, {microseism}]

1: block with earth, as after a landslide [syn: {land up}]

1: a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles [syn: {ader wax}, {mineral wax}, {ozokerite}, {ozoce...

1: the outer layer of the Earth [syn: {crust}]

1: the outermost level of the land or sea; "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water" [syn: {surface}]

1: any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe [syn: {truffle}, {earthnut}]

1: a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate [syn: {outhouse}, {privy}, {jakes}]

1: a god of fertility and vegetation

1: a goddess of fertility and vegetation

1: European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey [syn: {heath pea}, {earthnut pea}, {tuberous vetch}, {Lathyrus tuberosus}]

1: the coordinated universal time when an event is received on Earth [syn: {ERT}]

1: any club-shaped fungus of the genus Geoglossum [syn: {earthtongue}]

1: any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles [syn: {false truffle}, {puffball}, {hard-skinned puffball}]

1: of earthly origin (as mortals are); "earthborn existence" 2: springing from or born on the earth; "earthborn beings" 3: connected with earthly life; of earthly origin; "earthborn cares and pleasure...

1: confined to the earth 2: lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot" [syn: {pedestrian}, {prosaic}, {prosy}]

1: made of earth (or baked clay); "an earthen pot"

1: ceramic ware made of porous clay fired at low heat

1: an earthen jar (made of baked clay) [syn: {crock}]

{earthy}

{earthy}

1: fastening electrical equipment to earth [syn: {grounding}]

{earthly}

{earthly}

1: earth colored; having a color of soil or earth; "a range of earthlike colors" 2: resembling or characteristic of earth; "earthlike atmosphere"

1: an inhabitant of the earth [syn: {tellurian}, {earthman}]

1: of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven; "earthly beings"; "believed that our earthly life is all that matters"; "earthly love"; "our earthly home" [ant: {he...

1: the concerns of the world as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of the world" [syn: {worldly concern}, {world}, {earth}]

1: an inhabitant of the earth [syn: {tellurian}, {earthling}]

1: any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe [syn: {truffle}, {earth-ball}] 2: a common European plant having edible tubers with ...

1: European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey [syn: {heath pea}, {earth-nut pea}, {tuberous vetch}, {Lathyrus tuberosus}]

1: shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity [syn: {quake}, {temblor}, {seism}] 2: a disturbance that is extre...

1: loud enough to shake the very earth 2: sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; "earthshaking proposals"; "the contest was no world-shaking affair"; "the conversation...could hardly be c...

1: any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star

1: any club-shaped fungus of the genus Geoglossum [syn: {earth-tongue}]

1: an earthen rampart

1: terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers [syn: {angleworm}, {fishworm}, {fishing worm}, {wiggler}, {nightwalk...

1: conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vu...

1: a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal [syn: {cerumen}]

1: any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen

1: a federal warning system that is activated by FEMA; enables the President to take over the United States airwaves to warn the whole country of major catastrophic events [syn: {Emergency Alert Syste...

1: freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation" [syn: {easiness}, {simplicity}] [ant: {diffic...

1: become less intense [syn: {ease up}, {slacken off}, {flag}] 2: reduce pressure or intensity; "he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down" [syn: {ease up}, {let up}]

1: move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd" [syn: {move over}, {give way}, {give}, {yield}] 2: become less intense [...

1: (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear [syn: {alleviated}, {relieved}]

1: an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas)

1: (law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land) 2: the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he aske...

{easy}

{easy}

{easy}

1: with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily'); "she was easily excited"; "was easily confused"; "he won easily"; "this china breaks very easily"; "success came too easy" [syn: {easy}...

1: a state of refreshing tranquility [syn: {relaxation}] 2: freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of tran...

1: a change for the better [syn: {moderation}, {relief}] 2: the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain" [syn: {easement}, {a...

1: situated in or facing or moving toward the east [ant: {west}] n 1: the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees [syn: {due east}, {E}] 2: the countries of Asia [syn: {Orient}] 3: the region of ...

1: a geographical area in eastern Africa

1: of or relating to or located in East Africa

1: tropical African timber tree with fragrant wood [syn: {Juniperus procera}]

1: a region of eastern England that was formerly a kingdom

1: the compass point that is one point north of due east [syn: {EbN}]

1: the compass point that is one point south of due east [syn: {EbS}]

1: a group of Chadic languages spoken in Chad

1: part of the Pacific Ocean near eastern Asia

1: the eastern seaboard of the United States (especially the strip between Boston and Washington D.C.)

1: relating to or characteristic of East Germany; "East German spies" n : a native or inhabitant of the former republic of East Germany

1: an extinct branch of the Germanic languages [syn: {East Germanic language}]

1: an extinct branch of the Germanic languages [syn: {East Germanic}]

1: a republic in north central Europe on the Baltic; established by the Soviet Union in 1954; reunified with West Germany in 1990 [syn: {German Democratic Republic}]

1: a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia [syn: {Malay Archipelago}, {East Indies}]

1: an English company formed in 1600 to develop trade with the new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia; in the 18th century it assumed administrative control of Bengal and held it until th...

1: reddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus and used in medicine and tanning etc [syn: {Malabar kino}, {kino gum}]

1: East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood [syn: {Indian blackwood}, {East Indian rosewood}, {Indian rosewood}, {Dalbergia latifolia}]

1: of or relating to or located in the East Indies

1: East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks [syn: {banyan}, {banyan tree}, {banian}, {banian tree}, {Indian banyan}, {Ficus bengalensis}]

1: tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand [syn: {crape jasmine}, {crepe jasmine}, {crepe gardenia}, {pinwheel flo...

1: East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood [syn: {Indian blackwood}, {East India rosewood}, {Indian rosewood}, {Dalbergia latifolia}]

1: a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia [syn: {Malay Archipelago}, {East India}]

1: the part of Malaysia that is on the island of Borneo

1: the dialect of Middle English that replaced West Saxon as the literary language and which developed into Modern English

1: the compass point midway between northeast and east [syn: {ENE}]

1: a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in...

1: of or relating to or characteristic of Bangladesh or its people or language; "Bangladeshi dialects" [syn: {Bangladeshi}]

1: a tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn

1: a town in southwest Illinois on the Mississippi across from Saint Louis

1: the side that is on the east

1: the compass point midway between east and southeast [syn: {ESE}]

1: a county in southern England on the English Channel

1: a former Portuguese colony that was annexed by Indonesia in 1976; voted for independence from Indonesia in 1999 and in May 2002 became an independent nation

1: a dialect of Tocharian [syn: {Turfan}, {Turfan dialect}]

1: a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang; declared by China in 2001 to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression [syn: {East Turkis...

1: a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang; declared by China in 2001 to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression [syn: {East Turkes...

1: a wind from the east [syn: {easter}, {easterly}]

1: of a region of the United States generally including Kentucky, West Virginia

1: a resident of the east side of Manhattan in New York City

1: moving toward the east; "eastbound trains" [syn: {eastward}]

1: a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox 2: a wind from the east [syn: {east wind}, {easterly}]

1: a rabbit that delivers Easter eggs

1: spring-blooming South American cactus with oblong joints and coral-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Schlumbergera [syn: {Hatiora gaertneri}, {Schlumbergera gaertneri}]

1: a card expressing an Easter greeting

1: dwarf tufted nearly stemless herb having a rosette of woolly leaves and large white-rayed flower heads and bristly achenes; central Canada and United States west to Arizona [syn: {stemless daisy}, ...

1: the day (in March or April) on which the festival of Easter is celebrated [syn: {Easter Sunday}]

1: an egg-shaped candy used to celebrate Easter 2: a colored hard-boiled egg used to celebrate Easter

1: tall lily have large white trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom in the spring [syn: {Bermuda lily}, {white trumpet lily}, {Lilium longiflorum}]

1: evergreen woody twiner with large glossy leaves and showy corymbs of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers [syn: {Nepal trumpet flower}, {Beaumontia grandiflora}]

1: the day (in March or April) on which the festival of Easter is celebrated [syn: {Easter Day}]

1: lying in or toward the east; "the east side of NY"; "eastern cities" [syn: {eastern}] 2: from the east; used especially of winds; "an east wind"; "the winds are easterly" [syn: {eastern}] n : a win...

1: lying toward or situated in the east; "the eastern end of the island" 2: of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States; "the Eastern establishment" [ant: {western}] 3: lying in or to...

1: the beliefs and practices of any of the eastern Catholic Churches based in Constantinople or Antioch or Alexandria or Moscow or Jerusalem

1: long-haired chimpanzees of east-central Africa; closely related to the central chimpanzees [syn: {Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii}]

1: shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts [syn: {Allegheny chinkapin}, {chinquapin}, {dwarf chestnut}, {Castanea pumila}]

1: small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches [syn: {hackee}, {striped squirrel}, {ground squirrel}, {Tamias striatus}]

1: derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites [syn: {Orthodox Church}, {Orthodox Catholic Church}, {Eastern Orthodox Church}, {Eastern Orthodox}] 2: the Catholic Church as it ex...

1: ranges from Central America to southeastern United States [syn: {Micrurus fulvius}]

1: widely distributed in United States except northwest and far west regions [syn: {Sylvilagus floridanus}]

1: a common poplar of eastern and central United States; cultivated in United States for its rapid growth and luxuriant foliage and in Europe for timber [syn: {necklace poplar}, {Populus deltoides}]

1: cricket frog of eastern United States [syn: {Acris gryllus}]

1: a variety of dasyure [syn: {Dasyurus quoll}]

1: small active lizard of United States and north to British Columbia [syn: {pine lizard}, {Sceloporus undulatus}]

1: deciduous tree; celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red berries [syn: {common white dogwood}, {Cornus florida}]

1: exceptionally large arboreal squirrel of eastern United States [syn: {fox squirrel}, {Sciurus niger}]