| ELUVIUM | • eluvium n. (Geology) Residual deposits of soil, dust and rock particles produced by the action of the wind. • ELUVIUM n. (Latin) an accumulation of rock debris. |
| EXUVIUM | • exuvium n. (Biology) Synonym of exuvia. • EXUVIUM n. (Latin) the moulted covering of an animal. |
| PLUVIUS | • PLUVIUS adj. as in pluvius insurance, an insurance cover taken out e.g. by the organizer of a fete against loss of takings due to rain. |
| ALLUVIUM | • alluvium n. Soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain. • ALLUVIUM n. (Latin) land gained from the sea by the washing up of sand and earth, also ALLUVION. |
| DILUVIUM | • diluvium n. An inundation or flood; a deluge. • diluvium n. (Geology) A deposit of sand, gravel, etc. made by oceanic flooding. • DILUVIUM n. (Latin) a deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc. caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice, also DILUVION. |
| ELUVIUMS | • eluviums n. Plural of eluvium. • ELUVIUM n. (Latin) an accumulation of rock debris. |
| ILLUVIUM | • illuvium n. (Geology) material displaced across a soil profile, from one layer to another, by the action of rainwater. • ILLUVIUM n. material removed from the soil layer by rainwater and deposited in a lower layer. |
| ALLUVIUMS | • alluviums n. Plural of alluvium. • ALLUVIUM n. (Latin) land gained from the sea by the washing up of sand and earth, also ALLUVION. |
| COLLUVIUM | • colluvium n. (Geology) A loose accumulation of rock and soil debris at the foot of a slope. • COLLUVIUM n. (Latin) material which accumulates at the foot of a steep slope. |
| DILUVIUMS | • diluviums n. Plural of diluvium. • DILUVIUM n. (Latin) a deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc. caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice, also DILUVION. |
| EFFLUVIUM | • effluvium n. A gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one. • effluvium n. A condition causing the shedding of hair. • EFFLUVIUM n. (Latin) disagreeable vapours. |
| ILLUVIUMS | • illuviums n. Plural of illuvium. • ILLUVIUM n. material removed from the soil layer by rainwater and deposited in a lower layer. |
| IMPLUVIUM | • impluvium n. (Architecture) A low basin in the center of a household atrium, into which rainwater flowed down from… • IMPLUVIUM n. (Latin) a rain water receptacle in Roman houses. |
| COLLUVIUMS | • colluviums n. Plural of colluvium. • COLLUVIUM n. (Latin) material which accumulates at the foot of a steep slope. |
| COMPLUVIUM | • compluvium n. (Architecture) A space left unroofed over the court of a dwelling in Ancient Rome, through which the… • COMPLUVIUM n. (Latin) a space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern. |
| EFFLUVIUMS | • effluviums n. Plural of effluvium. • EFFLUVIUM n. (Latin) disagreeable vapours. |
| COMPLUVIUMS | • COMPLUVIUM n. (Latin) a space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern. |