A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.
A small pond, often alkaline, many but not all formed by glacial potholes.
Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.
A muddy or marshy area.
A type of swamp or shallow lake system, typically formed as or by the backwater of a larger waterway, similar to a bayou with trees.
A state of depression.
The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
To shed (skin).
To slide off (like a layer of skin).
To discard.
To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission.
A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.
Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.
A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra, &.
A long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals such as the urethra; a sonde.
A segment as a part of spoken language, the smallest unit of spoken language, a speech sound.
Noise without meaning; empty noise.
A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
The air bladder of a fish.
Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
Heavy; laid on with force.
Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
Complete, solid, or secure.
Having the property of soundness.
Healthy.
Quiet and deep.
Good; acceptable; decent.
To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
Dive downwards, used of a whale.
To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
To convey an impression by one's sound.
To cause to produce a sound.
To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
To pronounce.
To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law, or as likely to result in a particular kind of legal remedy.
To produce a sound.
Soundly.