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earthen

adjective as in clay

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Their burned-out station wagon was found the next day in the Bogue Chitto swamp, and the bodies of the three civil rights workers were discovered 44 days later buried in an earthen dam near Philadelphia, Miss.

Despite whatever playgrounds and snack shacks appear, or which earthen mixture tops the disposal cell, these marks will signal that Moab was once the Uranium Capital of the World.

They then covered the grave with dirt to create a raised earthen mound.

This was Alaska, a wild country of mind-boggling earthen drama.

I felt delicately stitched between the stars and land, full of earthen treasures that only time in the outdoors can provide.

From deep within, looking up at the tropical sky is like staring through the dome of some kind of earthen cathedral.

The earthen ground floor was reserved for crop storage and the occasional chicken or other small animal.

It is afterwards placed in earthen jars, where it becomes completely dry.

An earthen pot would have still less chance of escape if dashed against a wall.

As fast as they were ready, Tim Reardon carried them to the table, where they were heaped up on a big earthen platter.

The face of Musa was very grave when he touched Richard's wrist; his next act was to empty the kettle on the earthen floor.

I hastily seized the earthen vessel, and crawled with it into the thickest of the underwood ere I ventured to open and examine it.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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