types:
body of water,
water
the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
reservoir,
source
anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
building block,
unit
a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
variable
something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation
body part
any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
corpus
the main part of an organ or other bodily structure
acicula
a needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal; as a spine or bristle or crystal
adjunct
something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
backwater
a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam
base
the bottom or lowest part
bay,
embayment
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
channel
a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels
corner
a projecting part where two sides or edges meet
couple
(physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
craton
the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian
cutting
a piece cut off from the main part of something
drink
any large deep body of water
estuary
the wide part of a river where it nears the sea and fresh and salt water mix
flowage
a body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area
crossing,
ford
a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
fragment
a piece broken off or cut off of something else
gulf
an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
hunk,
lump
a large piece of something without definite shape
inlet,
recess
an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
lake
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
briny,
main
any very large body of (salt) water
mid-water
the water that is well below the surface but also well above the bottom
must
a necessary or essential thing
need,
want
anything that is necessary but lacking
ocean
a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
offing
the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area
polynya
a stretch of open water surrounded by ice (especially in Arctic seas)
pool,
puddle
a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
sea
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
segment
one of the parts into which something naturally divides
seven seas
an informal expression for all of the oceans of the world
slice
a thin flat piece cut off of some object
sound
a large ocean inlet or deep bay
strip
a relatively long narrow piece of something
territorial waters
the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction
unit cell
the smallest group of atoms or molecules whose repetition at regular intervals in three dimensions produces the lattices of a crystal
world
a part of the earth that can be considered separately
molecule
(physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound