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Plot :: Plot (n.) Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot..

Mirage :: Mirage (n.) An optical effect, sometimes seen on the ocean, but more frequently in deserts, due to total reflection of light at the surface common to two strata of air differently heated. The reflected image is seen, commonly in an inverted position, while the real object may or may not be in sight. When the surface is horizontal, and below the eye, the appearance is that of a sheet of water in which the object is seen reflected; when the reflecting surface is above the eye, the image is seen pr

Clinometer :: Clinometer (n.) An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level..

Countermine :: Countermine (n.) A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated.

Basset :: Basset (a.) Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata..

Capture :: Capture (n.) The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal..

Anticlinal :: Anticlinal (n.) The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.

Strath :: Strategy (n.) The use of stratagem or artifice.

Hazel :: Hazel (n.) A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the C. avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are C. Americana, which produces the common hazelnut, and C. rostrata. See Filbert..

Wily :: Wily (superl.) Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle..

Wile :: Wile (n.) A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement..

Basin :: Basin (n.) An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields..

Thin :: Thin (v. i.) To grow or become thin; -- used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin out, i. e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear..

Stratiform :: Stratified (a.) Having its substance arranged in strata, or layers; as, stratified rock..

Circumvent :: Circumvent (v. t.) To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around..

Inversion :: Inversion (n.) The folding back of strata upon themselves, as by upheaval, in such a manner that the order of succession appears to be reversed..

Underlying :: Underlying (a.) Lying under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the underlying strata of a locality; underlying principles..

Hogback :: Hogback (n.) A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides..

Wrench :: Wrench (v. t.) Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.

Oligocene :: Oligocene (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain strata which occupy an intermediate position between the Eocene and Miocene periods..

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