atmosphere, air - the mass of air surrounding the Earth; "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"; "it was exposed to the air"

hemisphere - half of the terrestrial globe

Van Allen belt - a belt of charged particles (resulting from cosmic rays) above the Earth trapped by the Earth's magnetic field

hydrosphere - the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor

dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, land, earth - the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"

geosphere, lithosphere - the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle

sky - the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth

solar system - the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field

terrestrial planet - a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's; the four innermost planets in the solar system

moraine - accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier

material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"

diatomaceous earth, diatomite, kieselguhr - a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material

saprolite - a deposit of clay and disintegrating rock that is found in its original place

dirt, soil - the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock

object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"

the Americas, America - North and South America

archipelago - a group of many islands in a large body of water

beachfront - a strip of land running along a beach

cape, ness - a strip of land projecting into a body of water

coastal plain - a plain adjacent to a coast

Earth, globe, world - the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"

floor - the ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire spared the forest floor"

foreland - land forming the forward margin of something

timberland, woodland, forest, timber - land that is covered with trees and shrubs

hills - hilly land; "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia"; "the Black Hills"

island - a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

isthmus - a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas

landmass - a large continuous extent of land

mainland - the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula

neck - a narrow elongated projecting strip of land

oxbow - the land inside an oxbow bend in a river

peninsula - a large mass of land projecting into a body of water

champaign, plain, field - extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"

slash - an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)

wonderland - a place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder

location - a point or extent in space

archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression

element - one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe; "the alchemists believed that there were four elements"

concern - something that interests you because it is important or affects you; "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern"

connecter, connector, connective, connection, connexion - an instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"

hide out, hide - be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety; "Probably his horse would be close to where he was hiding"; "She is hiding out in a cabin in Montana"

ground - connect to a ground; "ground the electrical connections for safety reasons"