Related Words for main stem

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catchment area
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
tributary
/xxx
Noun
riverbed
/xx
Noun
watershed
/xx
Noun
river basin
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
affluent
/xx
Adjective
fork
/
Noun
mainstream
/x
Noun
aqueduct
/xx
Noun
watercourse
/xx
Noun
hydrology
x/xx
Noun
waterway
/xx
Noun
water level
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
course
/
Noun
divide
x/
Noun
tidal river
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
basin
/x
Noun
upstream
//
Adjective
derivation
xx/x
Noun
stormwater
/xx
Noun
lake
/
Noun
continental divide
xx/xx/
Name, Name
catchment
/x
Noun
streamflow
/x
Noun
stream
/
Noun
channel
/x
Noun
hydrograph
xxx
Noun
flood stage
//
Phrase, Noun
floodplain
/x
Noun
headwater
/xx
Noun
junction
/x
Noun
confluence
/xx
Noun
river
/x
Noun
bank
/
Noun
mains
/
Noun
draw
/
Verb
undercurrent
/xxx
Noun
race
/
Noun
weir
/
Noun
intake
/x
Noun
confluent
x/x
Adjective
avulsion
x/x
Noun
alluvial
x/xx
Noun
trough
/
Noun
pass
/
Noun
limnology
x/xx
Noun
arroyo
x/x
Noun
barrage
x/
Noun
drainage
/x
Noun
link
/
Noun
storm sewer
//x
Phrase, Noun
sediment
/xx
Noun
narrow
/x
Adjective
wellspring
/x
Noun
culvert
/x
Noun
freeboard
/x
Noun
pool
/
Noun
groundwater
/xx
Noun
high water
//x
Phrase, Noun
abstraction
x/x
Noun
effluent
/xx
Noun
setup
/x
Noun
roadway
/x
Noun
aboveground
x/x
Adjective
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adjectival
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
adjective
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
aisle
/
Noun
alignment
x/x
Noun
apex
/x
Noun
applicative
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
apprehend
xx/
Verb
archaic
x/x
Adjective, Name
arise
x/
Verb, Noun
arm
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
arrest
x/
Noun, Verb
arterial
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
asexual
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
auxiliary
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
axis
/x
Noun
backbone
/x
Noun
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bar
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
base
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
basic
/x
Adjective, Noun
beanstalk
/x
Noun
benchmark
/x
Noun, Verb
big
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
block
/
Noun, Verb
body
/x
Noun, Verb
bole
/
Noun
bolt
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bow
/
Noun, Verb
brake
/
Noun, Verb
branch
/
Noun, Verb
briny
/x
Adjective, Noun
broad
/
Adjective, Noun
bulb
/
Noun, Verb
bulk
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cadre
/x
Noun
cane
/
Noun, Verb
cardinal
/xx
Noun, Adjective
cease
/
Verb, Noun
cell
/
Noun, Verb
center
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
central
/x
Adjective, Noun
centre
/x
Noun, Verb
chamber
/x
Noun, Verb
charge
/
Noun, Verb
check
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
chief
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
chiefly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
column
/x
Noun
combat
/x
Noun, Verb
come
/
Verb, Noun
conduit
/xx
Noun
connaught
/x
Name
considerable
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
constrain
x/
Verb
contain
x/
Verb
control
x/
Noun, Verb
core
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
coronal
x/x
Adjective, Noun
counter
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
counteract
/xx
Verb, Noun
crankshaft
/x
Noun, Verb
criteria
x/xx
Noun
critical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
crucial
/x
Adjective
cumulus
/xx
Noun
curb
/
Noun, Verb
curtail
x/
Verb, Noun
cutting
/x
Noun, Adjective
dampen
/x
Verb
deep
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
definable
x/xx
Adjective
delineation
xxx/x
Noun
dependent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
derive
x/
Verb
detain
x/
Verb
deter
x/
Verb, Noun
discourage
x/x
Verb, Noun
dish
/
Noun, Verb
dispersed
x/
Adjective
disrupt
x/
Verb, Adjective
distinct
x/
Adjective, Verb
dominant
/xx
Adjective, Noun
dowel
/x
Noun, Verb
drama
/x
Noun
dried
/
Adjective
drift
/
Noun, Verb
eliminate
x/xx
Verb
elongated
x/xx
Adjective
embryo
/xx
Noun
embryonal
xx/x
Adjective
embryonic
xx/x
Adjective
emerge
x/
Verb, Noun
end
/
Noun, Verb
enormous
x/x
Adjective
entrance
/x
Noun, Verb
eradicate
x/xx
Verb
especially
x/x
Adverb
essence
/x
Noun
essential
x/x
Adjective, Noun
established
x/x
Adjective
event
x/
Noun, Verb
extensive
x/x
Adjective
filament
/xx
Noun
first
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
flagship
/x
Noun, Verb
flower
/x
Noun, Verb
focal
/x
Adjective, Noun
focus
/x
Noun, Verb
following
/xx
Adjective, Noun
footer
/x
Noun, Verb
fore
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
forefront
/x
Noun, Verb
foremost
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
foundation
x/x
Noun
frame
/
Noun, Verb
frankfort
/x
Name
front
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
fund
/
Noun, Verb
fundamental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
gan
/
Noun, Verb
gate
/
Noun, Verb
general
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
gentlemen
/xx
Noun
grand
/
Noun, Adjective
great
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
hall
/
Noun
halt
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
hamper
/x
Verb, Noun
hand
/
Noun, Verb
handle
/x
Verb, Noun
head
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
header
/x
Noun, Verb
headline
/x
Noun, Verb
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
highlights
/x
Noun
hinder
/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun
home
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
host
/
Noun, Verb
huge
/
Adjective
identifiable
x/xxxx
Adjective
ignition
x/x
Noun
impede
x/
Verb
important
x/x
Adjective
independent
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
indulgence
x/x
Noun, Verb
indulging
x/x
Noun
infinitive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
initial
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
inlet
/x
Noun, Verb
integral
/xx
Adjective, Noun
intense
x/
Adjective
inter
x/
Name, Verb
isolates
/xx
Verb
key
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
keynote
/x
Noun, Verb
kin
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
land
/
Noun, Verb
large
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
largely
/x
Adverb
lattice
/x
Noun, Verb
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
leaf
/
Noun, Verb
leg
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
limit
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
line
/
Noun, Verb