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creek: any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma

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runnel collapse

watercourse collapse: a conduit through which water flows; natural or artificial channel through which water flows

waterway collapse: a navigable body of water

fjord collapse: a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway

firth collapse: a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland); English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)

fiord collapse

narrows collapse

tributary collapse: paying tribute; "a tributary colony"; of a stream; flowing into a larger stream

bayou collapse: a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)

spillway collapse: a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction

culvert collapse: a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway

frith collapse

rivulet collapse: a small stream

millstream collapse

wadi collapse: gully or streambed in northern Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season

bight collapse: the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends); a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight"; a bend or curve (especially in a coastline); a loop in a rope; fasten with a bight

river collapse: a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles"

estuary collapse: the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix

aqueduct collapse: a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley

water gate collapse

waterworks collapse: workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community

rundle collapse: one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder

loch collapse: Scottish word for a lake; a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)

gill collapse: respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water; any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus; a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces; a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters

beck collapse: a beckoning gesture

brook collapse: a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"

inlet collapse: an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)

gulch collapse: a narrow gorge with a stream running through it

straits collapse

canal collapse: long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation; (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion; provide (a city) with a canal

swash collapse: the movement or sound of water; "the swash of waves on the beach"; make violent, noisy movements

bourn collapse: an archaic term for a goal or destination; an archaic term for a boundary

cove collapse: a small inlet; small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain

gully collapse: deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)

flume collapse: watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs

water carrier collapse

gulf collapse: an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"; "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy"; a deep wide chasm; an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay

sluice collapse: conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate; irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"; draw through a sluice; "sluice water"; transport in or send down a sluice; "sluice logs"; pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"

harbor collapse: a place of refuge and comfort and security; maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment"; hold back a thought or feeling about; "She is harboring a grudge against him"; keep in one's possession; of animals; secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)

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