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| anthill |
a pile of earth made by ants as they dig their underground nest. Anthills are found near the nest entrance. |
| basement |
the space in a building that is underground or partly underground. |
| blowhole |
a vent for air or gases, as from an underground tunnel. [1/3 definitions] |
| bulb |
a plant bud that begins to grow underground. Tulips and crocuses grow from bulbs. [1/3 definitions] |
| bunker |
in warfare, a partially underground fortification from which soldiers can fire weapons. [1/5 definitions] |
| burial |
the act of putting a dead body underground or in the sea. |
| cable railway |
a system of transportation in which enclosed passenger cars, pulled by a continuously moving underground cable, roll along rails. |
| catacomb |
(usu. pl.) an underground burial tunnel, lined by recesses for the tombs. [1/2 definitions] |
| cave |
an underground storage chamber, esp. a wine cellar. [1/4 definitions] |
| cave-in |
a collapse inward, as of the walls of an underground mine. |
| cellar |
a room or rooms built underground, usually beneath a building. |
| chipmunk |
a small brown animal similar to a squirrel, having a striped back and a flat, bushy tail. Chipmunks eat nuts, seeds, berries, and insects. They make underground burrows for sleeping and for storing food. Chipmunks live in North America and Asia. |
| corm |
a thickened underground stem acting as a storage tissue and source of new leafy shoots, as in crocuses. |
| crypt |
a burial chamber or underground vault, esp. one beneath a church. |
| digger wasp |
any of various wasps that paralyze spiders and other prey with their stingers, then lay eggs on them in underground nests. |
| divining rod |
a forked stick used by dowsers to search for underground water; dowsing rod. |
| dowse |
to search with a divining rod for underground water or minerals. |
| dowser |
a person who uses a divining rod to search for underground water; water witch. |
| dungeon |
a dark, damp, underground jail. |
| earthnut |
any of various plants, such as the peanut or truffle, that bear edible underground tubers, enlarged roots, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| extravasate |
to cause (molten lava) to flow forth from an underground source. [2/4 definitions] |
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