Definition of earth

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Earth (n.) A similar oxide, having a slight alkaline reaction, as lime, magnesia, strontia, baryta..

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Ascent :: Ascent () The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth..
Earthed :: Earthed (imp. & p. p.) of Eart.
Mundane :: Mundane (a.) Of or pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere..
Vestal :: Vestal (a.) Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth; hence, pure; chaste..
Drier :: Drier (n.) One who, or that which, dries; that which may expel or absorb moisture; a desiccative; as, the sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth..
Downward :: Downward (a.) Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous..
Armadillo :: Armadillo (n.) Any edentate animal if the family Dasypidae, peculiar to America. The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad except at night. When attacked, they curl up into a ball, presenting the armor on all sides. Their flesh is good food. There are several species, one of which (the peba) is found as far north as Texas. See Peba, Poyou, Tatouay..
Earthborn :: Earthborn (a.) Relating to, or occasioned by, earthly objects..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the agency of ice..
Down :: Down (adv.) In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below; -- the opposite of up.
Diurnal :: Diurnal (a.) Daily; recurring every day; performed in a day; going through its changes in a day; constituting the measure of a day; as, a diurnal fever; a diurnal task; diurnal aberration, or diurnal parallax; the diurnal revolution of the earth..
Slab :: Slab (n.) That which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a puddle..
Projection :: Projection (n.) Any method of representing the surface of the earth upon a plane.
Mad :: Mad (n.) An earthworm.
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like..
Ditch :: Ditch (n.) Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth..
Geophagism :: Geophagism (n.) The act or habit of eating earth. See Dirt eating, under Dirt..
Palaetiology :: Palaetiology (n.) The science which explains, by the law of causation, the past condition and changes of the earth..
Terrestrify :: Terrestrify (v. t.) To convert or reduce into a condition like that of the earth; to make earthy.
Terrestrial :: Terrestrial (a.) Adapted for the observation of objects on land and on the earth; as, a terrestrial telescope, in distinction from an astronomical telescope..
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