The erosive effects of waves on the shoreline. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
As for the water, being free and erosive is piercing the skin to a point at the south. From Wordnik.com. [Chalkidos Street Residence by Armon Choros Architects] Reference
The condition, called erosive tooth wear, can result in severe tooth damage and tooth loss, if not treated. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Under such erosive conditions, this land had no mountains. From Wordnik.com. [Agent Of The Terran Empire]
They can also cause arrhythmias, erosive esophagitis, and ulcers. From Wordnik.com. [Doug Bremner: Ladies, Don't Fall Into the Bone Mineral Density Osteoporosis Trap] Reference
They overflow across the road, carving deep channels in the erosive sand. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Is the site a major gully, subject to occasional erosive torrents of water?. From Wordnik.com. [1.1 Problems of slopes and their solutions] Reference
Streams are powerful erosive agents moving material from their bed and banks. From Wordnik.com. [Stream] Reference
The carrying and erosive powers of a river depend on the rapidity of its currents. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
“In spite of the continental instrument for change, women rights remain erosive”. From Wordnik.com. [Time to have one African Citizenship passport] Reference
The erosive effect of wind varies depending on the nature of the vegetation and soil. From Wordnik.com. [2.1. Factors in rainfall erosion] Reference
A hedge like this across a slope slows the runoff so that its erosive force is dissipated. From Wordnik.com. [2 Case Studies] Reference
The bluff hills in the western portion contain soils that are deep, steep, silty, and erosive. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of the United States-Level III (EPA)] Reference
It has been found that the erosive effect is in direct proportion to the nitro-glycerine present. From Wordnik.com. [Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise] Reference
Effective management strategies for grasslands take into account their fragile and erosive nature. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Texas (EPA)] Reference
The Bluff Hills in the western portion contain soils that are very deep, steep, silty, and erosive. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Louisiana (EPA)] Reference
The question is how much of his integrity will resist the erosive force of the power he will soon wield?. From Wordnik.com. [Can a Campaign Become a Movement, or at Least an Engaged Citizenry?] Reference
Deep inside, I wonder if I am slowly weakening, is this the slow, erosive tide of aging and how it feels?. From Wordnik.com. [SoulCycle: Breathe, Believe, Let the Journey Begin] Reference
For example, a canopy of trees provide long-term protection to soil against the erosive impact of raindrops. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
These and the deep zigzag gorges formed by past falls are outstanding examples of the erosive power of water. From Wordnik.com. [Mosi-oa-Tunya Victoria Falls, Zambia] Reference
Here the west side of the Divide itself is a steep slope with large rock outcrops and terribly soft, erosive soil. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Ours is a far better explosive, and is less erosive on the guns, because the gases which it generates are not so hot. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915] Reference
We have learned of the wrinkling of the crust, of the formation of fissures, and of the erosive work of running water. From Wordnik.com. [The Western United States A Geographical Reader] Reference
The second subsystem draining the eastern part of Sagalassos is clearly erosive as the bedrock is nearly always at the surface. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Survey Report 10: Geomorphological] Reference
The real cave is the one where the limestone is eaten out by the erosive action of the water attacking the calcium of the rock. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: Adventures on Strange Islands] Reference
And any groups organized for working people in any capacity, particularly teachers, are under considerable erosive pressure as it is. From Wordnik.com. [Obama's roadblock] Reference
As erosion continues, run-off collects in small rills or channels where its erosive and transporting powers are enormously increased. From Wordnik.com. [2.1. Factors in rainfall erosion] Reference
The cordite M.D., which contains only 30 per cent. nitro-glycerine, gives only about half the erosive effect of the old service cordite. From Wordnik.com. [Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise] Reference
In fact the maize confers additional protection to the soil from the erosive action of rain during the establishment period of the cane. From Wordnik.com. [5: Farming systems and gardening techniques] Reference
That the maximum flame temperature of axite is considerably less than that of cordite, and the erosive effect is therefore considerably less. From Wordnik.com. [Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise] Reference
Highly erosive clay soils with several places that I knew I would spend 15-20 minutes shoveling dirt into new ditches so I could get through. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Periphyton ecology of glacial and snowmelt streams, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard: presence of mineral particles in water and their erosive activity. From Wordnik.com. [Phenotypic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation] Reference
It has long been known that Hamilton Inlet was of glacial origin, the immense basin hollowed out by this erosive agent being 150 miles in length. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891] Reference
The monument is equally rich in geologic history, with dramatic landscapes that reveal the creative forces of tectonic, volcanic, and erosive power. From Wordnik.com. [Proclamation On Hanford Reach National Monument] Reference
Permafrost coasts are especially vulnerable to erosive processes as ice beneath the seabed and shoreline melts from contact with warmer air and water. From Wordnik.com. [Coastal environment and infrastructure in the Arctic] Reference
The space between the drop structures, the bed and the sides of the waterways should be well-sodded with guinea grass to protect it from erosive water. From Wordnik.com. [1. Establishing Contour Lines] Reference
They seemed to have been carved out of multicolored strata by some natural erosive force which had left great caves and archways, hundreds of feet high. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Worlds of 2001]
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