BOTTOMLANDS Synonyms

• the southern part of Scotland that is not mountainous

• a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)

• a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water

• an object shaped like an equilateral triangle

• the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet

• the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix

• a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding

• 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 piece of land covered or mostly covered with grass; a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay

• not elaborate or elaborated; simple

• lacking patterns especially in color

• extensive tract of level open land

• a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side

• unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

• clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

• not mixed with extraneous elements

• free from any effort to soften to disguise

• lacking embellishment or ornamentation

• lacking in physical beauty or proportion

• express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

• a treeless grassy plain

• 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

• a low area where the land is saturated with water

• situated at the bottom or lowest position

• the lower side of anything

• the lowest part of anything

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

• the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat

• a depression forming the ground under a body of water

• low-lying alluvial land near a river

• a cargo ship

• the lowest rank

• provide with a bottom or a seat

• strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom

• come to understand

• Flat land along a river, lying few feet above normal high water, often consisting of alluvial deposits and naturally fertile.

• A muddy expanse of flat land, especially such land as a river bed exposed at low tide.