Related Words for excavation

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WordSyllablesCategories
digging
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Noun, Noun
mining
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Noun, Noun
excavating
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Verb
archaeological
xxx/xx
Name, Adjective
excavator
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Noun
demolition
xx/x
Noun
trenching
/x
Noun
archeology
xx/xx
Noun
backfilling
//x
Noun, Verb
construction
x/x
Noun
fieldwork
/x
Noun
quarry
/x
Noun
reconstruction
xx/x
Noun
earthwork
/x
Noun
dredging
/x
Noun
stratigraphy
xxxx
Noun
drainage
/x
Noun
exhumation
xx/x
Noun
burial
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Noun
reclamation
xx/x
Noun
subsurface
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Noun
geotechnical
xx/xx
Name
diggers
/x
Noun
renovation
xx/x
Noun
exploration
xx/x
Noun
drilling
/x
Noun
tunneling
/xx
Noun
haulage
/x
Noun
tumulus
xxx
Noun
surveying
x/x
Noun
deconstruction
xx/x
Noun
epigraphic
xx/x
Noun
investigation
xxx/x
Noun
culvert
/x
Noun
restoration
xx/x
Noun
exploratory
x/xxx
Adjective
sapping
/x
Verb
evacuation
xxx/x
Noun
extraction
x/x
Noun
burrowing
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Noun
incision
x/x
Noun
denudation
x//x
Noun
erosion
x/x
Noun
scavenging
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Noun
grubbing
/x
Adjective
building
/x
Noun
draining
/x
Verb
eradication
xxx/x
Noun
excretion
x/x
Noun
scooping
/x
Verb
caving
/x
Noun
uncovering
x/xx
Noun
delving
/x
Verb
carving
/x
Verb
exfoliation
xxx/x
Noun
shaving
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Noun
sweeping
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Verb
tilling
/x
Noun
emptying
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Noun
burying
/xx
Verb
cutting
/x
Noun
dissection
x/x
Noun
harrowing
/xx
Noun
extirpation
/xxx
Noun
protrusion
x/x
Noun
disposal
x/x
Noun
scrapping
/x
Noun
discovery
x/xx
Noun
sculpting
/x
Noun
elimination
xxx/x
Noun
stealing
/x
Verb
earthing
/x
Noun
vacation
x/x
Noun
ablation
x/x
Noun
exclusion
x/x
Noun
unpacking
x/x
Noun
raking
/x
Noun
exudation
x//x
Noun
resorption
x/x
Noun
destruction
x/x
Noun
salvaging
/xx
Verb
explanation
xx/x
Noun
strutted
/x
Adjective
braced
/
Adjective
midden
/x
Noun
farmstead
/x
Noun
cairn
/
Noun
barrow
/x
Noun
sheeted
/x
Adjective
herculaneum
x/x/x
Name
embankment
x/x
Noun
stratigraphic
xx/x
Adjective
mound
/
Noun
unearthed
x/
Verb
sardis
/x
Name
unclassified
x/xx
Adjective
pompeii
//x
Name
footings
/x
Noun
choroidal
x/x
Adjective
finds
/
Noun
cemeteries
/xxx
Noun
knossos
/x
Name
pits
/
Noun
underwater
/xxx
Adjective
spoil
/
Noun
tombs
/
Noun
shipwreck
/x
Noun
seasons
/x
Noun
cavern
/x
Noun
completed
x/x
Adjective
accurate
/xx
Adjective
art
/
Noun
baking
/x
Noun, Adjective
basement
/x
Noun
batch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
benchmarking
/xx
Noun
blasting
/x
Noun
bore
/
Verb, Noun
cellar
/x
Noun, Verb
cleanup
/x
Noun, Verb
clearance
/x
Noun
clearing
/x
Noun
comprehensive
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
consignment
x/x
Noun
detailed
x/
Adjective, Noun
ditch
/
Noun, Verb
exhaustive
x/x
Adjective
installation
xx/x
Noun
instalment
x/x
Noun
inventory
xx/x
Noun, Verb
loading
/x
Noun
meticulous
x/xx
Adjective
observation
xx/x
Noun
opening
/xx
Noun, Adjective
planting
/x
Noun
pool
/
Noun, Verb
preliminary
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
preparatory
x/xxx
Adjective
project
/x
Noun, Verb
prospecting
x/x
Noun
removal
x/x
Noun
retrospective
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
root cellar
//x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
sack
/
Noun, Verb
search
/
Noun, Verb
sowing
/x
Noun
statistical
x/xx
Adjective
study
/x
Noun, Verb
treatment
/x
Noun
unbiased
x/x
Adjective
well
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
working
/x
Noun, Adjective
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
aisle
/
Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
bog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
pidgin
/x
Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
butt
/
Noun, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun