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| air hole |
an open place in the frozen surface of a lake, pond, or stream. [1/3 definitions] |
| bank1 |
the ground at the edge of a river or stream. |
| bayou |
a stream that moves slowly through a swamp or marsh. Bayous are found in the southern United States. |
| beta ray |
a stream of beta particles, esp. those with a negative charge. |
| billabong |
in Australia, a pool formed by a backwater channel of a stream. |
| blast |
a powerful and sudden gust or stream. [1/6 definitions] |
| bone marrow |
the the soft fatty tissue at the core of most bones, where many types of blood cells form and mature before entering the blood stream. |
| branch |
a stream or creek. [1/4 definitions] |
| branch water |
water in or from a stream, creek, brook, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| brook1 |
a small stream. |
| canyon |
a deep, narrow chasm with steep sides, often with a stream flowing along the bottom. |
| cathode ray |
a stream of electrons emitted by a cathode in a vacuum tube. |
| cathode-ray tube |
a vacuum tube in which a stream of electrons is accelerated and focused in a beam that produces lighted traces on a screen at one end of the tube, used in television sets, computer monitors, and the like. |
| channel |
the bed of a river, stream, or other waterway. [1/8 definitions] |
| confluence |
the stream resulting from this joining. [1/3 definitions] |
| counterstream |
combined form of stream. |
| creek |
a stream that is smaller than a river and not usually very deep. |
| creek bed |
a channel occupied, or formerly occupied, by a stream. |
| CRT |
abbreviation of "cathode-ray tube," a vacuum tube in which a stream of electrons is accelerated and focused in a beam that produces lighted traces on a screen at one end of the tube, used in television sets, computer monitors, and the like. |
| dam1 |
a wall built across a river or stream to stop the flow of water. |
| douche |
a stream or jet of water or air directed at or into a part or cavity of the body, in order to cleanse it. [2/5 definitions] |
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