altitude
/ˈæɫtəˌtud/
nounthe distance between an object or point and sea level
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1. Neither of these technologies addresses altitude.
2. [Air Traffic Control] South Air 227, say altitude.
3. Next, we have altitude.
4. You get altitude sickness.
5. Well, the altitude exacerbated my symptoms.
latitude
/ˈɫætəˌtud/
nounthe distance of a point north or south of the equator that is measured in degrees
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1. Latitude is distance north or south of Earth’s equator.
2. Globally, net primary production on land generally changes with latitude.
3. And southern latitudes will have more daylight than nighttime.
4. We give ourselves latitude.
5. High latitudes are generally high productivity.
longitude
/ˈɫɑndʒəˌtud/
nounthe distance of a point east or west of the meridian at Greenwich that is measured in degrees
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1. Longitude is distance east or west of the Greenwich Meridian, an imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole and through Greenwich, England.
2. Precise longitude measurements require precise clocks.
3. They follow the lines of longitude.
4. They follow the lines of longitude.
5. But on this axis is longitude.
bay
/ˈbeɪ/
nounan area of land that is curved and partly encloses a part of the sea
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1. Red powder, red powder adds the bay to the biscuit.
2. Bay leaves.
3. - Ambulance bay needs hands.
4. - I want bay.
5. Bay leaves, some sugar, cranberry juice, pectin.
branch
/ˈbɹæntʃ/
nouna smaller part of a river that is separated from the main and larger part
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1. When the multiverse branched.
2. And those networks are typically branching hierarchical networks.
3. - Take out the branch!
4. Dodging branches.
5. The collective weight of thousands of birds bends branches almost to breaking point.
clearing
/ˈkɫɪɹɪŋ/
nouna treeless area in a forest
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1. Having trouble breaching rooms and clearing goons?
2. Additionally, each clearing has a suit.
3. Jeeves leaves the clearing.
4. Security laws contemplate clearing.
5. A clearing teeming with antelope.
cove
/ˈkoʊv/
nouna small curved area of land that partly encloses a specific part of the sea
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1. Cove could definitely chat with you.
2. Cove is too cool, probably because of the name.
3. Cove swiped an object while at school.
4. Cove, what do you need Cove?
5. Love, cove, move.
crater
/ˈkɹeɪtɝ/
nounthe round top of a volcano
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1. Our mighty explosion just leaves another crater.
2. The moon has craters!
3. That creates a crater.
4. And the markets crater.
5. Crater that landed in.
deposit
/dəˈpɑzɪt/, /dɪˈpɑzət/
nouna layer of matter that has been accumulated, particularly by a body of water
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1. The coal deposits of Britain match deposits in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America.
2. These beetle deposit their eggs in candlenut trees.
3. MUHAMMAD YUNUS: Take deposits.
4. - Deposit your bibs.
5. - Deposited the majority of his intelligence.
dock
/ˈdɑk/
nouna structure built out into the water so that people can get on and off boats or ships
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1. The shuttle docked forward.
2. Just docking a couple of points.
3. The docks gets another knife.
4. Docking a spacecraft, "Interstellar."
5. So I docked some marks.
estuary
/ˈɛstʃuˌɛɹi/
nounthe part of a river that is wide and where it meets the sea
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1. From Rio De Janairo, the fleet travelled south to the Rio de la Platta estuary.
2. and so you have an estuary all along the coast.
3. This is the Severn estuary, home to the second biggest tide in the world.
4. Examples of such marshes are the Camargue at the estuary of the Rhone River in Southern France, the Mississippi delta and The Wash of Eastern England.
5. A third example is the estuary circulation.
flow
/ˈfɫoʊ/
nounthe state of moving constantly and steadily
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1. Flow has this massive neurochemical dump.
2. Flows roundward then onward.
3. Fluid flows everywhere.
4. So lead flow.
5. Between them, these new revenue flows dwarf aid.
gulf
/ˈɡəɫf/
nounan area of sea that is partly surrounded by land, with a narrow opening
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1. Just ask the Gulf corvina fish.
2. The speed of this transformation highlighted the gulf between the two sets of people.
3. We keep Gulf fritillary butterflies here.
4. That's the Gulf
5. Longtail stingrays also scour the gulf floor in search of mollusks and crustaceans.
horizon
/hɝˈaɪzən/
nounthe line where the sky and earth seem to come in contact with each other
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1. So researchers like Sadoway are exploring new horizons.
2. Bring me that horizon!
3. [ Sighs ] -Broaden your horizons.
4. Never broaden your horizons.
5. It expand my horizon.
iceberg
/ˈaɪsbɝɡ/
nouna very large floating piece of ice
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1. Icebergs are from glacial ice.
2. I really like iceberg.
3. We're using iceberg here, maximum crunch factor.
4. Icebergs on the other hand are compacted snow, an entirely different origin than sea ice.
5. But these tidewater glaciers do produce icebergs.
peak
/ˈpik/
nounthe pointed top of a mountain; a mountain that has a pointed top
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1. Snow dusted peaks.
2. Smartphones peaked then.
3. The HIV epidemic peaked.
4. North Sea oil and gas production peaked years ago.
5. My career basically peaked here.
peninsula
/pəˈnɪnsəɫə/
nouna large body of land that is partially surrounded by water but is attached to a larger area of land
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1. The shower's three by 42, and the kitchen comes with a peninsula.
2. It's got a peninsula.
3. Also, the southernmost tip of the Tombali region splits a peninsula with Guinea.
4. But now the peninsula is the site of one of Russia’s largest economic projects.
5. The abundance of krill attracts other visitors to the peninsula in the summer.
plain
/ˈpɫeɪn/
nouna vast area of flat land
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1. The next fact is just plain crazy.
2. Speak out plain.
3. Drink plain, unsweetened green tea.
4. This one is plain.
5. Life is plain.
plateau
/pɫæˈtoʊ/
nounan area of land that is flat and higher than the land surrounding it
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1. It hits its plateau.
2. Oftentimes, those people kind of hit their plateau.
3. Pretty soon, though, most lifters hit a plateau.
4. All right, our next word is plateau.
5. A plateau is something physical and metaphorical.
pole
/ˈpoʊɫ/
nounthe most northern or most southern points of the earth that are joined by its axis of rotation
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1. The ruling brought Poles back into the streets, and in much bigger numbers than in 2016.
2. Poles are great.
3. Poles already had a basis for nationalism.
4. Number five, create tent poles for your daily structure.
5. Poles get stuck to our tongues.
pond
/ˈpɑnd/
nounan area containing still water that is comparatively smaller than a lake, particularly one that is made artificially
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1. A young person was standing on the other side of the pond.
2. At low tide the water is like a mill pond, placid and peaceful.
3. Which pond is the adverb?
4. Which pond is the adverb?
5. The pond is about 40 percent salt by weight.
range
/ˈɹeɪndʒ/
nouna line of mountains or hills
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1. Worldwide, Solenopsis ranges as far south as the southern tips of South America, Africa, and Australia.
2. After a certain point, the added weight no longer yields additional range.
3. - Range two challenge two.
4. Range must also obey line of sight rules.
5. But reliable estimates range between 60 billion and 200 billion dollars per year.
ravine
/ɹəˈvin/
nouna deep narrow valley with steep sides, usually worn by a stream
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1. - She lost her dog in a ravine.
2. Michael's found a pretty sweet ravine.
3. You guys find my ravine.
4. - What does ravine?
5. A truck went off the road into the ravine.
reservoir
/ˈɹɛzəvˌwɑɹ/, /ˈɹɛzɝvˌwɑɹ/
nouna lake, either natural or artificial, from which water is supplied to houses
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1. In reservoirs, however, the species has likely evolved a resistance to the virus over many generations.
2. Just fill up your reservoir with water.
3. Reservoirs never change the temperature.
4. The reservoir is much larger.
5. Reservoirs carved from the earth of the Allegheny Mountains.
summit
/ˈsəmət/, /ˈsəmɪt/
nounthe top of a mountain
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1. Reach your summit, Mountain.
2. Mount Everest’s summit is higher than any other mountain in the world.
3. The summit, honestly, is pretty anti-climactic.
4. The summit features team Sherzai as well as 24 different experts in the fields of lifestyle, medicine and conscious living.
5. The summit features Dr. Funk as well as 24 different experts in the fields of lifestyle medicine and conscious living.
swamp
/ˈswɑmp/, /ˈswɔmp/
nounan area of land that is covered with water or is always very wet
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1. The light from big cities would totally swamp its sensors.
2. Drain the swamp!
3. Drain the swamp!
4. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff.
5. - No. - Drain the swamp.
tundra
/ˈtəndɹə/
nounthe expansive flat Arctic regions, of North America, Asia, and Europe, in which no trees grow and the soil is always frozen
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1. Other biomes include tropical rainforest, tundra, deserts, and oceans.
2. In the tundra, summer temperatures rarely exceed 10°C.
3. The tundra biome lies north of the boreal forest, the taiga.
4. This is the tundra.
5. Then you've got tundra.
to erode
/ˈiɹoʊd/, /ɪˈɹoʊd/
verbto gradually lose surface as a result of being constantly in contact with the wind, water, etc.; to destroy surface in this way
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1. The Frank persons trust in their basic purity erodes the rationale for editing or self-censorship.
2. Marriages erode one text at a time.
3. Today's word is erode.
4. Emerging evidence is eroding the stereotype . . .
5. Any lack of integrity, erodes the self concept.
arid
/ˈæɹəd/, /ˈɛɹəd/
adjective(of land or a climate) very dry because of not having enough or any rain
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1. A huge percentage of the nation's fruits and vegetables, nuts, and beef come of this increasingly arid West.
2. On the other hand, we have an arid landscape.
3. Practically the entire long coastline of Peru is extremely arid desert, second only to the Atacama of Chile, the driest of all deserts.
4. The planet is barren and arid.
5. Anyway, this part of South Australian outback is incredibly arid and barren.
barren
/ˈbæɹən/, /ˈbɛɹən/
adjective(of land or soil) not capable of producing any plants
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1. Soon after, the barren planet crosses Mercury's orbit.
2. Sarai's barren state really casts a shadow over the promise from the very beginning of the story of Abraham and Sarah.
3. The planet is barren and arid.
4. I'm barren.
5. I was barren.
coastal
/ˈkoʊstəɫ/
adjectivesituated on or near a coast
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1. Coastal economies often rely on fishing and tourism.
2. The coastal trade grew enormously.
3. Totally beach, totally coastal.
4. Eastern coastal combined with an urban loft.
5. Sea level rise threatens coastal ecosystems, agriculture, even major cities.
fertile
/ˈfɝtəɫ/, /fɝˈtaɪɫ/
adjective(of land or soil) able to produce crops or plants well
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1. This guy's fertile.
2. The earth is fertile.
3. The soil is beautifully fertile here.
4. So the land is fertile.
5. Such transforming and transcendent interpretations are often fertile.
inland
/ˈɪnˌɫænd/
adjectivelocated away from the coast
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1. These squadrons fought inland with the marines of the second division.
2. Further inland, the French Empire claimed a vast swath of territory from Labrador to Louisiana.
3. The rest were stationed inland as a reserve.
4. Inland winds pack speeds of 250 kilometers an hour.
5. Inland flooding as well, and we saw that in Irene.
offshore
/ˈɔfˈʃɔɹ/
adjectivelocated in the sea, not far from the coast
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1. Outside the breeding season, sardines find safety offshore.
2. Her partner is currently working offshore, as always in two-week long stints.
3. And so, the best chance for a really big fish is offshore?
4. Only a tiny fraction can make its way offshore.
5. We have guys offshore in the oil platforms.
marine
/mɝˈin/
adjectiverelated to the sea and the different life forms that exist there
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1. These days, marine generalists include many species of sharks and dolphins.
2. Marines have already used the headsets for training simulations.
3. - That white hat gave you Marine training.
4. Marines fire a total of fifty rounds at targets at 200, 300, and 500 meters away from the standing, kneeling, sitting, and prone positions.
5. Marines must read history, some biographies, and lots about war.
neighboring
/ˈneɪbɝɪŋ/
adjective(of a place) close to another
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1. Neighboring atoms just get too crowded with too much diaxial strain in the axial position.
2. In Texas for example, two neighboring counties have different budgets for their voting systems.
3. Massive streams of refugees are overwhelming neighboring countries.
4. The neighboring building supplies the skinny little abode with electricity.
5. Middle of February, peaceful SCLC rally in a neighboring, neighboring area was attacked by the police.
upstream
/ˈəpˈstɹim/
adverbagainst the current of a river or stream
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1. The shellfish have declined as water is drained off upstream for human use.
2. Rain can create dirty runoff and eutrophication and dead animals upstream can affect the water.
3. Low head dams almost always have subcritical flow upstream.
4. And heavy rainfall hundreds of kilometres upstream provided an ominous sign that this river could soon burst its banks.
5. You really are swimming upstream.
