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| abrupt |
sharp; steep. [1/3 definitions] |
| arduous |
difficult to climb; steep. [1/3 definitions] |
| arroyo |
a steep ditch or gully, usu. dry, carved in a plain or desert by drainage of heavy rainfall. |
| bluff1 |
a hill or shoreline with a steep face. [2/3 definitions] |
| bombogenesis |
rapid intensification of a large storm due to a steep drop in barometric pressure. |
| brine |
to steep, immerse, or preserve in brine. [1/4 definitions] |
| butte |
a steep hill or mountain, usu. with a flat top, that stands alone on flat land. (See mesa.) |
| cable car |
an enclosed passenger vehicle either on rails or suspended on a cable and pulled back and forth by a moving cable, esp. up and down a steep incline or across a chasm. |
| canyon |
a deep, narrow chasm with steep sides, often with a stream flowing along the bottom. |
| cascade |
a steep waterfall or series of small waterfalls. [1/5 definitions] |
| chute2 |
a steep or narrow slope, as for skiing or tobogganing. |
| cliff |
a high, steep or overhanging surface of rock or earth. |
| craggy |
marked by or having crags; rugged, steep, or rough. [1/2 definitions] |
| crash-dive |
to rapidly dive, or cause a submarine to dive, at a steep angle. |
| cut bank |
a steep riverbank, esp. one formed by erosion along a bend in a river. |
| escarpment |
a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or fault line. [1/2 definitions] |
| fjord |
a long, narrow ocean inlet that passes between high and rocky banks or steep cliffs. |
| funicular |
a short, steep railway operated by a cable, on which ascending and descending cars are counterbalanced. [1/4 definitions] |
| gambrel roof |
a gable roof with two slopes on each side, the upper flat and the lower steep. |
| gentle |
gradual or mild; not steep or abrupt. [1/7 definitions] |
| gulch |
a stony ravine with steep sides, esp. one having a seasonal stream running through it. |
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