| denudation | (n) the removal of covering, Syn. husking, baring, uncovering, stripping |
| nuda | (n) ctenophores lacking tentacles; comprises one genus: beroe, Syn. class Nuda |
| bald | (adj) without the natural or usual covering, Syn. denuded, denudate, Example: a bald spot on the lawn; bare hills |
| blewits | (n) edible agaric that is pale lilac when young; has a smooth moist cap, Syn. Clitocybe nuda |
| denude | (v) lay bare, Syn. bare, denudate, strip, Example: denude a forest |
| earthnut | (n) a common European plant having edible tubers with the flavor of roasted chestnuts, Syn. Conopodium denudatum |
| swamp oak | (n) Australian leafless shrub resembling broom and having small yellow flowers, Syn. Viminaria denudata, Viminaria juncea |
| Circumdenudation | n. [ Pref. circum- + denudation. ] (Geol.) Denudation around or in the neighborhood of an object. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hills of circumdenudation, hills which have been produced by surface erosion; the elevations which have been left, after denudation of a mass of high ground. Jukes. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Denudate | v. t. [ L. denudatus, p. p. of denudare. See Denude. ] To denude. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Denudation | n. [ L. denudatio: cf. F. dénudation. ] 1. The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Geol.) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Nudation | n. [ L. nudatio, fr. nudare to make naked, fr. nudus naked. See Nude. ] The act of stripping, or making bare or naked. [ 1913 Webster ] |
