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Conglomerate :: Conglomerate (a.) Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rocks, cemented together..

Tide :: Tide (prep.) The alternate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc., connected therewith. The tide ebbs and flows twice in each lunar day, or the space of a little more than twenty-four hours. It is occasioned by the attraction of the sun and moon (the influence of the latter being three times that of the former), acting unequally on the waters in different parts of the earth, thus disturbing their equilibrium. A high tide upon one side of the earth is accompanied

Pebble :: Pebble (v. t.) To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences.

Gravel-stone :: Gravel-stone (n.) A pebble, or small fragment of stone; a calculus..

Chuck :: Chuck (n.) A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone.

Cassiterite :: Cassiterite (n.) Native tin dioxide; tin stone; a mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine luster; also massive, sometimes in compact forms with concentric fibrous structure resembling wood (wood tin), also in rolled fragments or pebbly (Stream tin). It is the chief source of metallic tin. See Black tin, under Black..

Boulder :: Boulder (n.) A large stone, worn smooth or rounded by the action of water; a large pebble..

Ebb :: Ebb (v. i.) To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean; -- opposed to flow..

Recourseful :: Recourseful (a.) Having recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately.

Stegnosis :: Steganopodous (a.) Having all four toes webbed together.

Sand :: Sand (n.) Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide..

Leban :: Leban (n.) Alt. of Lebba.

Semipalmated :: Semipalmated (a.) Having the anterior toes joined only part way down with a web; half-webbed; as, a semipalmate bird or foot. See Illust. k under Aves..

Scree :: Scree (n.) A pebble; a stone; also, a heap of stones or rocky debris..

Blebby :: Blebby (a.) Containing blebs, or characterized by blebs; as, blebby glass..

Muskrat :: Muskrat (n.) A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent (Fiber zibethicus). It resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but the tail is compressed, the bind feet are webbed, and the ears are concealed in the fur. It has scent glands which secrete a substance having a strong odor of musk. Called also musquash, musk beaver, and ondatra..

Fissipedia :: Fissipedia (n. pl.) A division of the Carnivora, including the dogs, cats, and bears, in which the feet are not webbed; -- opposed to Pinnipedia..

Flamingo :: Flamingo (n.) Any bird of the genus Phoenicopterus. The flamingoes have webbed feet, very long legs, and a beak bent down as if broken. Their color is usually red or pink. The American flamingo is P. ruber; the European is P. antiquorum..

Reflow :: Reflow (v. i.) To flow back; to ebb.

Gurgle :: Gurgle (v. i.) To run or flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current, as water from a bottle, or a small stream among pebbles or stones..

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