Related Words for sediment

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WordSyllablesCategories
deposit
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Noun, Noun
silt
/
Noun, Verb
sedimentation
xxx/x
Noun
sedimentary
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Noun
turbidity
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Noun
groundwater
/xx
Noun
siltation
//x
Noun
sludge
/
Noun
contaminant
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Noun
foraminiferal
/x/xxx
Noun
seawater
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Noun
water
/x
Noun
subsurface
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Noun
debris
x/
Noun
fluvial
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Adjective
floodplain
/x
Noun
soil
/
Noun
topsoil
/x
Noun
algal
/x
Noun
alluvium
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Noun
aquifer
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Noun
carbonate
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Noun
effluent
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Noun
biota
x/x
Noun
alluvial
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Noun
wastewater
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Noun
pollutant
x/x
Noun
seafloor
//
Noun, Adjective
grounds
/
Noun
suspension
x/x
Noun
warp
/
Noun
ooze
/
Noun
drift
/
Noun
gravel
/x
Noun
dirt
/
Noun
rock
/
Noun
rubble
/x
Noun
scour
/x
Noun
sand
/
Noun
accretion
x/x
Noun
rain
/
Noun
stream
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Noun, Adjective
puddle
/x
Noun
residence
/xx
Noun
loess
/x
Noun
clod
/
Noun
waste
/
Noun
entrainment
//x
Noun
accommodation
xxx/x
Noun
sewage
/x
Noun
litter
/x
Noun
quicksand
/x
Noun
abrasion
x/x
Noun
basin
/x
Noun
till
/
Noun, Verb
wash
/
Noun
pond
/
Noun
scree
/
Noun
river
/x
Noun
outcrop
//
Noun
grain
/
Noun
discharge
x/
Noun
riverbed
/xx
Noun
erosion
x/x
Noun
geol
xx
Verb
streambed
/
Adjective
centrifuged
/xx
Adjective
resuspended
xx/x
Adjective, Verb
resuspension
xx/x
Noun
unconsolidated
xx/xxx
Adjective
cores
/
Verb
clastic
/x
Adjective
surficial
//x
Adjective
burrow
/x
Verb
seabed
/x
Adjective
estuarine
/xxx
Adjective
lake
/
Adjective
sieved
/
Verb
dredged
/
Verb
particles
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Verb
reworked
x/
Adjective
detrital
/xx
Adjective
lacustrine
xxx
Adjective
clogs
/
Verb
eroded
x/x
Adjective
relict
x/
Adjective
coarsest
/x
Adjective
anus
/x
Noun
biotic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
clay
/
Noun, Verb
cloudy
/x
Adjective
condensate
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cubes
/
Noun
cubic
/x
Adjective, Noun
deposition
xx/x
Noun
dregs
/
Noun
droplet
/x
Noun
dynamic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
humus
/x
Noun
lees
/
Noun
lick
/
Verb, Noun
lipid
/x
Noun
marl
/
Noun, Verb
mixture
/x
Noun
mud
/
Noun, Verb
nearshore
/x
Noun, Verb
nitrogen
/xx
Noun
nonhomogeneous
xxx/xx
Adjective
parasite
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Noun, Verb
particulate
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
pellet
/x
Noun, Verb
permeability
xxx/xx
Noun
pigment
/x
Noun, Verb
polymer
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Noun
precipitate
x/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
runoff
/x
Noun
salt lick
//
Phrase, Noun
settling
/xx
Noun
solid
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
stoichiometric
/xxx/x
Adjective
sunken
/x
Adjective
tribological
/x/xx
Adjective
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
grape
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
backwater
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Noun, Verb
aisle
/
Noun
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
collocation
xx/x
Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
dialect
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Noun
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
headlines
/x
Noun
expression
x/x
Noun