MARSHES Synonyms

• open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss

• one of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century

• secure in or as if in a berth or dock

• come into or dock at a wharf

• secure with cables or ropes

• a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

• a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

• grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers

• a hollow filled with mud

• necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass

• any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)

• a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)

• cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers

• wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel

• cause to slow down or get stuck

• get stuck while doing something

• 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

• low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water

• low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water

• New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982)

• United States painter (1898-1954)