LOWLANDS Synonyms

• a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids

• the quantity that a basin will hold

• a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it

• the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet

• a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face

• wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel

• cause to slow down or get stuck

• get stuck while doing something

• low-lying alluvial land near a river

• a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water

• an object shaped like an equilateral triangle

• the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet

• 100 fen equal 1 yuan in China

• low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water

• a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding

• low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water

• United States painter (1898-1954)

• New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982)

• a piece of land covered or mostly covered with grass; a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay

• open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss

• one of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century

• secure in or as if in a berth or dock

• come into or dock at a wharf

• secure with cables or ropes

• not elaborate or elaborated; simple

• lacking patterns especially in color

• extensive tract of level open land

• a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side

• unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

• clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

• not mixed with extraneous elements

• free from any effort to soften to disguise

• lacking embellishment or ornamentation

• lacking in physical beauty or proportion

• express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

• extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia)

• low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog

• a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

• a low area where the land is saturated with water

• A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.

• A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals.

• A place where competitive matches are carried out.

• Any of various figurative meanings, regularly dead metaphors.

• An urban region with many flats or apartments to rent.

• A lamentation.

• An expanse of land with relatively low relief, usually exclusive of forests, deserts, and wastelands.

• A level or flat surface.

• A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).

• A level of existence or development. (eg, astral plane)

• A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc.

• (Unicode) Any of a number of designated ranges of sequential code points.

• An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.

• A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.

• An airplane; an aeroplane.

• Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called aeroplanes.

• The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.

• A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.

• (Northern UK) A sycamore.

• a plain adjacent to a coast