Definition of valley

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Valley (n.) The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof.

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Bashaw :: Bashaw (n.) A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; -- also called goujon, mud cat, and yellow cat..
Crappie :: Crappie (n.) A kind of fresh-water bass of the genus Pomoxys, found in the rivers of the Southern United States and Mississippi valley. There are several species..
Deep :: Deep (superl.) Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley..
Valley :: Valley (n.) The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively..
Glen :: Glen (n.) A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression between hills.
Water Locust :: Water locust () A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley.
Geology :: Geology (n.) The science which treats: (a) Of the structure and mineral constitution of the globe; structural geology. (b) Of its history as regards rocks, minerals, rivers, valleys, mountains, climates, life, etc.; historical geology. (c) Of the causes and methods by which its structure, features, changes, and conditions have been produced; dynamical geology. See Chart of The Geological Series..
Ca–ada :: Ca–ada (n.) A small ca–on; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley..
Amazonian :: Amazonian (a.) Of or pertaining to the river Amazon in South America, or to its valley..
Fassaite :: Fassaite (n.) A variety of pyroxene, from the valley of Fassa, in the Tyrol..
Dingle :: Dingle (n.) A narrow dale; a small dell; a small, secluded, and embowered valley..
Dell :: Dell (n.) A small, retired valley; a ravine..
Lum :: Lum (n.) A woody valley; also, a deep pool..
Convallaria :: Convallaria (n.) The lily of the valley.
Viaduct :: Viaduct (n.) A structure of considerable magnitude, usually with arches or supported on trestles, for carrying a road, as a railroad, high above the ground or water; a bridge; especially, one for crossing a valley or a gorge. Cf. Trestlework..
Bottom :: Bottom (n.) Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley.
Delawares :: Delawares (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the valley of the Delaware River, but now mostly located in the Indian Territory..
Gehenna :: Gehenna (n.) The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell..
Combe :: Combe (n.) That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it.
Yoncopin :: Yoncopin (n.) A local name in parts of the Mississippi Valley for the American lotus (Nelumbo lutea).
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