WETLAND Synonyms

• 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

• 100 fen equal 1 yuan in China

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

• 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 soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

• deep soft mud in water or slush

• a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from

• entrap

• cause to get stuck as if in a mire

• be unable to move further

• soil with mud, muck, or mire

• a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

• a hollow filled with mud

• necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass

• any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)

• a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)

• cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers

• an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine

• a well or other hole in which water has collected

• a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

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

• a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables

• drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged

• fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid