A tidal marsh or shallow that periodically fills and drains.
Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.
A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place.
The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
Small coal; coal dust.
A valley, or small, shallow dell.
To slacken.
To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.
Moderately warm.
Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
Not active or busy, successful, or violent.
Excess; surplus to requirements.
Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.
Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
Lax.
Moderate in speed.
Weak; not holding fast.
Slackly.
A vast expanse of water.
A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
A disused mine or part of one.
Excrement or urine.
Gradual loss or decay.
Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
A large tract of uncultivated land.
A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
Barren; desert.
Superfluous; needless.
Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
Useless and contemptible.
Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
Unfortunate; disappointing.
To devastate; to destroy.
To kill; to murder.
To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.