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Lake

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lagoonnounA shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.
rivernounA large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.
creeknoun(Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water, typically a stream of freshwater smaller than a river; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water.
pondnounAn inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
lakeshorenoun(sometimes attributive) The shore of a lake.
seanounThe ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.
lacustrineOf or relating to lakes.
poolnounA small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.
waternounA barangay of Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines (unconfirmed).
basinnounA depression, natural or artificial, containing water.
grisenoun(obsolete) A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree.
greynounCommonwealth standard spelling of gray.
yellownounThe color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.
tamnounSynonym of picul, a unit of weight, particularly in Cantonese contexts.
reservoirnounA large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
amrnoun(emergency medicine) Initialism of American Medical Response.
lacquernounA glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc.
iacnoun(cloud computing) Alternative letter-case form of IaC (“infrastructure as code”).
lacnounA resinous substance or lacquer produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.
whitefishnounAny of several North American freshwater fish, of the genus Coregonus, used as food.

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