a geographic area that is under the control or influence of a particular entity, such as a nation, ruler, or organization
the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
be in control
power to dominate or defeat
rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner
a very embarrassing misunderstanding
permeate or impregnate
suffuse with color
the study of physical features of the earth's surface
the field of science that studies the function or interactions among organisms
cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
something that encourages an activity or causes a reaction in a person or thing
reason by deduction; establish by deduction
formed from an idea that is a slight or full copy of something else
the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)
characterized by inflections indicating a semantic relation between a word and its base