| scorched-earth policy | the target company defends itself by selling off its crown jewels |
| soil conservation | protection of soil against erosion or deterioration |
| ground earth | a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) |
| soil pipe | drain that conveys liquid waste from toilets, etc. |
worldly concern
earthly concern
world earth | the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife, they consider the church to be independent of the world |
| earth science | any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts |
tremor
earth tremor
microseism | a small earthquake |
a Hizballah
Hezbollah
Hizbollah
Hizbullah
Lebanese Hizballah
Party of God
Islamic Jihad Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine
Revolutionary Justice Organization
Organization of the Oppressed on Earth | a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran, seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon, car bombs are the signature weapon |
| Free Soil Party | a former political party in the United States, formed in to oppose the extension of slavery into the territories, merged with the Liberty Party in |
| territory soil | the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state, American troops were stationed on Japanese soil |
| soil profile | a vertical section of soil from the ground surface to the parent rock |
Earth
earth | the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell), it was hell on earth |
hell hell on earth
hellhole
snake pit
the pits
inferno | any place of pain and turmoil, the hell of battle, the inferno of the engine room, when you're alone Christmas is the pits, |
| soil horizon | a layer in a soil profile |
crust
Earth's crust | the outer layer of the Earth |
Earth
earth world
globe | the rd planet from the sun, the planet we live on, the Earth moves around the sun, he sailed around the world |
land
dry land
earth ground
solid ground
terra firma | the solid part of the earth's surface, the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land, the earth shook for several minutes, he dropped the logs on the ground |
| land ground soil | material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use), the land had never been plowed, good agricultural soil |
surface
Earth's surface | the outermost level of the land or sea, earthquakes originate far below the surface, three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water |
earth-god
earth god | a god of fertility and vegetation |
earth-goddess
earth goddess | a goddess of fertility and vegetation |
| earth mother | the earth conceived of as the female principle of fertility |
lion's foot
gall of the earth
Nabalus serpentarius
Prenanthes serpentaria | common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape, sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes |
chufa
yellow nutgrass
earth almond
ground almond
rush nut
Cyperus esculentus | European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers |
heath pea
earth-nut pea
earthnut pea
tuberous vetch
Lathyrus tuberosus | European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey |
wild potato vine
wild sweet potato vine
man-of-the-earth manroot
scammonyroot
Ipomoea panurata
Ipomoea fastigiata | tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root, sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato |
| man-of-the-earth Ipomoea leptophylla | a morning glory with long roots of western United States |
truffle
earthnut earth-ball | any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber, grow naturally in southwestern Europe |
earthtongue
earth-tongue | any club-shaped fungus of the genus Geoglossum |
| soil bank | land retired from crop cultivation and planted with soil-building crops, government subsidies are paid to farmers for their retired land |
| soil erosion | the washing away of soil by the flow of water |
dirt
filth grime
soil
stain
grease
grunge | the state of being covered with unclean things |
rare earth
rare-earth element
lanthanoid
lanthanide
lanthanon | any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers through ) |
ader wax
earth wax
mineral wax
ozokerite
ozocerite | a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum, some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles |
| earth color | a colored mineral used as a pigment |
regur
regur soil | a rich black loam of India |
residual soil
residual clay | the soil that is remaining after the soluble elements have been dissolved |
topsoil
surface soil | the layer of soil on the surface |
alkaline earth
alkaline-earth metal | any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium) |
| alluvial soil | a fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds |
bleaching clay
bleaching earth | an adsorbent clay that will remove coloring from oils |
| bog soil | poorly drained soils on top of peat and under marsh or swamp vegetation |
| chernozemic soil | a rich black loam of Russia |
potter's clay
potter's earth | clay that does not contain any iron, used in making pottery or for modeling |
desert soil
desertic soil | a type of soil that develops in arid climates |
earth
ground | the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface, they dug into the earth outside the church |
diatomaceous earth
diatomite
kieselguhr | a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material |
| earth | once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) |
| soil dirt | the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock |
| soil conditioner | a chemical substance used to improve the structure of the soil and increase its porosity, gypsum can be used as a soil conditioner |