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Rice :: Rice (n.) A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed..

Tule :: Tule (n.) A large bulrush (Scirpus lacustris, and S. Tatora) growing abundantly on overflowed land in California and elsewhere..

Submetallic :: Submersion (n.) The state of being put under water or other fluid, or of being overflowed or drowned..

Flood :: Flood (v. i.) A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of bank notes; a flood of paper currency..

Backwater :: Backwater (n.) An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction..

Salt :: Salt (n.) Overflowed with, or growing in, salt water; as, a salt marsh; salt grass..

Sea Breach :: Sea breach () A breaking or overflow of a bank or a dike by the sea.

Outswell :: Outswell (v. t.) To swell beyond; to overflow.

Water :: Water (v. t.) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers..

Overflow :: Overflow (n.) That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance.

Submersion :: Submersion (n.) The act of submerging, or putting under water or other fluid, or of causing to be overflowed; the act of plunging under water, or of drowning..

Deluge :: Deluge (v. t.) To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.

Overfull :: Overfull (a.) Too full; filled to overflowing; excessively full; surfeited.

Embankment :: Embankment (n.) A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc..

Submerge :: Submerge (v. t.) To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown.

Flood :: Flood (v. i.) A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation..

Flooding :: Flooding (n.) The filling or covering with water or other fluid; overflow; inundation; the filling anything to excess.

Overswell :: Overswell (v. t. & i.) To swell or rise above; to overflow.

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish..

Brimming :: Brimming (a.) Full to the brim; overflowing.

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