| dearth | (noun) an insufficient quantity or number | Synonyms: paucity |
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| (noun) an acute insufficiency | Synonyms: famine, shortage |
| earth | (noun) a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) | Synonyms: ground |
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| (noun) the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife | Synonyms: earthly concern, world, worldly concern |
| (noun) the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell) | Synonyms: Earth |
| (noun) the solid part of the earth's surface | Synonyms: dry land, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma |
| (noun) the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on | Synonyms: Earth, globe, world |
| (noun) the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface | Synonyms: ground |
| (noun) once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour black bile | - |
| (verb) connect to the earth | - |
| (verb) hide in the earth like a hunted animal | - |
| hearth | (noun) home symbolized as a part of the fireplace | Synonyms: fireside |
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| (noun) an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built | Synonyms: fireplace, open fireplace |
| (noun) an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room) | Synonyms: fireside |
| unearth | (verb) recover through digging | Synonyms: excavate |
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| (verb) discover by investigation | - |