Concept cluster: The Elements > Hydrology systems
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Alternative form of ajutage [A tube through which is water is discharged; an efflux tube.]
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An underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel.
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A natural depression in a stone, often filled with water and sometimes pebbles.
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A device which captures surface runoff for use as a water supply.
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Alternative form of cienega [(US) A marshy spring where groundwater bubbles to the surface.]
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(US) A marshy spring where groundwater bubbles to the surface.
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A depression in the ground designed to fill with rainwater that would otherwise cause flooding
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Alternative spelling of dew water [Water originating in the form of dew.]
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A dry riverbed.
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(civil engineering, construction) An underground structure (for example, a pit filled with gravel) that disposes of unwanted water (most commonly surface runoff and stormwater and in some cases greywater) by holding it and dissipating it into the groundwater.
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Alternative form of dry well [(civil engineering, construction) An underground structure (for example, a pit filled with gravel) that disposes of unwanted water (most commonly surface runoff and stormwater and in some cases greywater) by holding it and dissipating it into the groundwater.]
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(Canadian Prairies) A pit used to catch and store rainwater or runoff.
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Water contaminated with dyestuffs.
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(chiefly US) Alternative form of eavestrough [(Canada and Northern US) A trough under the eaves of a building for draining water from the roof; gutter.]
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(Canada and Northern US) A trough under the eaves of a building for draining water from the roof; gutter.
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A tributary stream, especially of a canal.
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Alternative form of gilgai [(Australia) A small concavity or depression between ridges, where rainwater gathers.]
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(Australia) A small concavity or depression between ridges, where rainwater gathers.
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A ditch; a drain.
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A road drain.
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Alternative form of gullywasher [(US, informal) An intense, but usually short-lived, rainstorm.]
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A duct or channel beneath the eaves of a building to carry rain water; eavestrough.
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recycled water that is not suitable as drinking water
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Water from melting ice or snow.
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Synonym of mudflow
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Alternative spelling of mud water [The water contained in mud.]
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The water in a pond.
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(Canada, US) A barrel used to collect and store rainwater runoff, typically from rooftops via gutters.
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Alternative form of rainforest [A forest in a climate with high annual rainfall and no dry season.]
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A planted depression or hole that allows rainwater runoff from impervious urban areas, such as roofs and driveways, to be absorbed into the ground.
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Any gutter designed to carry away rain, such as an eavestrough on a building or a drain on a motor vehicle's roof rack.
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Alternative spelling of rain barrel [(Canada, US) A barrel used to collect and store rainwater runoff, typically from rooftops via gutters.]
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Alternative spelling of rain barrel [(Canada, US) A barrel used to collect and store rainwater runoff, typically from rooftops via gutters.]
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Alternative form of rain garden [A planted depression or hole that allows rainwater runoff from impervious urban areas, such as roofs and driveways, to be absorbed into the ground.]
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Alternative form of rain gutter [Any gutter designed to carry away rain, such as an eavestrough on a building or a drain on a motor vehicle's roof rack.]
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Water (for a house etc) sourced from rain which has not joined a spring, stream or river, pond, lake or sea.
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(Scotland) A horizontal section of guttering, collecting rainwater from a roof.
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Spring water as issued from beneath rocks, seen as being especially pure, clean or healthy.
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A spout-like formation of sand raised by a whirlwind.
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(chiefly UK) A deep hole used for drainage, where rainwater and other wastewater drains directly into the ground, without connection to any mains drainage or sewerage pipes.
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Water from a mineral spring at a spa.
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Alternative form of springwater [Water originating from a spring.]
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Alternative form of springwater [Water originating from a spring.]
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Water originating from a spring.
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(chiefly attributive) Alternative form of still water [Water with no carbonation.]
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(US) An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods
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Oil carried by a ship and dispersed into an area of water to calm it (as it absorbs some of the energy of waves, and covers a large area in a slick film upon which wind can get less traction to produce waves).
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A low tract of moist or marshy land.
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(uncommon) Fresh water.
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A ditch that serves as a gutter running along the edge of a flat expanse, such as at the side of a road, sports field, etc.
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(Canada) A gutter under the eaves of a building; an eaves trough.
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Water collected by someone who remains silent, particularly from under a bridge which leads to a cemetery (though in some folkloric practices, from a well or spring instead), believed to have magical curative properties.
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Eye dialect spelling of water. [(uncountable, in particular) The liquid form of this substance: liquid H₂O.]
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A shallow body of water.
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(colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.
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A measure of the amount of freshwater used by a person, organization or state in a given time.
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A place where there are springs of medicinal water, or a place by the sea, or by some large body of water, that people visit for bathing, recreation, boating, etc.
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(Britain, euphemistic) The genitourinary system.
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Pronunciation spelling of water. [(uncountable, in particular) The liquid form of this substance: liquid H₂O.]

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