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gulf: 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

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backflow collapse: a flow that returns toward its source

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

diggings collapse: temporary living quarters; an excavation for ore or precious stones or for archaeology

gurge collapse

narrows collapse

fenestra collapse: a small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear)

orifice collapse: an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart"

whirlpool collapse: a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

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

frith collapse

regurgitation collapse: recall after rote memorization; "he complained that school was just memorization and regurgitation"; backflow of blood through a defective heart valve

backwash collapse

yawn collapse: an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom; "he could not suppress a yawn"; "the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop"; "he apologized for his oscitancy"; utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired; "The child yawned during the long performance"

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

gat collapse: a gangster's pistol

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

scissure collapse

crevice collapse: a long narrow depression in a surface

canyon collapse: a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall

workings collapse

cwm collapse

crevasse collapse: a deep fissure

col collapse: a pass between mountain peaks

eddy collapse: a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself; founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910); flow in a circular current, of liquids

twirl collapse: turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"

dell collapse: a small wooded hollow

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

hiatus collapse: a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)

rime collapse

ravine collapse: a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water)

valley collapse: a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

aperture collapse: an man-made opening; usually small; a device that controls amount of light admitted; a natural opening in something

pore collapse: any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal; any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)

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

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

passageway collapse: a passage between rooms or between buildings

crater collapse: a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb; a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus

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

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