COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE IS A LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION OF CROPS FOR SALE, INTENDED FOR WIDESPREAD DISTRIBUTION TO WHOLESALERS OR RETAIL OUTLETS. IN COMMERCIAL FARMING CROPS SUCH AS WHEAT, MAIZE, TEA, COFFEE, SUGARCANE, CASHEW, RUBBER, BANANA, COTTON ARE HARVESTED AND SOLD IN THE WORLD MARKETS.

A COUNTRY, OR ESPECIALLY, AN OUTLYING PORTION OF A COUNTRY, ENTIRELY OR MOSTLY SURROUNDED BY THE TERRITORY OF ANOTHER COUNTRY.

AN ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DOCTRINE HOLDING THAT A CAPITALIST ECONOMY CAN REGULATE ITSELF IN A FREELY COMPETITIVE MARKET THROUGH THE RELATIONSHIP OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND WITH A MINIMUM OF GOVERNMENTAL INTERVENTION AND REGULATION

A CAPITALISTIC ECONOMIC SYSTEM IN WHICH THERE IS FREE COMPETITION AND PRICES ARE DETERMINED BY THE INTERACTION OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

A VERY LARGE, HEAVILY POPULATED CITY OR URBAN COMPLEX.

ANY LARGE, BUSY CITY.

SPIRIT OR ASPIRATIONS COMMON TO THE WHOLE OF A NATION.

A SECTION, AS OF A CITY OR TOWN, CHARACTERIZED BY SHANTIES AND CRUDELY BUILT HOUSES.

THE DEGREE OF WEALTH AND MATERIAL COMFORT AVAILABLE TO A PERSON OR COMMUNITY.

SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE IS SELF-SUFFICIENCY FARMING IN WHICH THE FARMERS FOCUS ON GROWING ENOUGH FOOD TO FEED THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE TYPICAL SUBSISTENCE FARM HAS A RANGE OF CROPS AND ANIMALS NEEDED BY THE FAMILY TO FEED AND CLOTHE THEMSELVES DURING THE YEAR.

TERRACE FARMING IS A TYPE OF FARMING THAT WAS DEVELOPED FIRST BY THE INCA PEOPLE. THIS METHOD OF FARMING USES "STEPS", CALLED ANDENES, THAT ARE BUILT INTO THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN OR HILL.

GOOD-NATUREDLY DIRECT, BLUNT, OR FRANK; HEARTILY OUTSPOKEN: A BIG, BLUFF, GENEROUS MAN.

A SLEEVELESS GARMENT OF VARIOUS LENGTHS, FASTENED AROUND THE NECK AND FALLING LOOSELY FROM THE SHOULDERS, WORN SEPARATELY OR ATTACHED TO A COAT OR OTHER OUTER GARMENT.

THE SENSATION PRODUCED BY STIMULATION OF THE ORGANS OF HEARING BY VIBRATIONS TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE AIR OR OTHER MEDIUM.

ABSOLUTE LOCATION - AN ABSOLUTE LOCATION IS DESIGNATED USING A SPECIFIC PAIRING OF LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE IN A CARTESIAN COORDINATE GRID—FOR EXAMPLE, A SPHERICAL COORDINATE SYSTEM OR AN ELLIPSOID-BASED SYSTEM SUCH AS THE WORLD GEODETIC SYSTEM—OR SIMILAR METHODS.

IN GEOGRAPHY, ARABLE LAND (FROM LATIN ARARE, TO PLOUGH) IS AN AGRICULTURAL TERM, MEANING LAND THAT CAN BE USED FOR GROWING CROPS.

A SEA OR STRETCH OF WATER CONTAINING MANY ISLANDS.

THE ARCTIC CIRCLE IS ONE OF THE FIVE MAJOR CIRCLES OF LATITUDE THAT MARK MAPS OF THE EARTH. IN 2012, IT IS THE PARALLEL OF LATITUDE THAT RUNS 66° 33′ 44″ NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. WIKIPEDIA

NOUN DISBELIEF OR LACK OF BELIEF IN THE EXISTENCE OF GOD OR GODS. SYNONYMS: NONBELIEF, DISBELIEF, UNBELIEF, IRRELIGION, SKEPTICISM, DOUBT, AGNOSTICISM; NIHILISM "ATHEISM WAS NOT FREELY DISCUSSED IN HIS COMMUNITY"

1. THE ENVELOPE OF GASES SURROUNDING THE EARTH OR ANOTHER PLANET. "PART OF THE SUN'S ENERGY IS ABSORBED BY THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE" SYNONYMS: AIR, AEROSPACE; MORE THE AIR IN ANY PARTICULAR PLACE. "WE COULDN'T BREATHE IN THE DUSTY ATMOSPHERE OF HIS APARTMENT" PHYSICS A UNIT OF PRESSURE EQUAL TO MEAN ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AT SEA LEVEL, 101,325 PASCALS. NOUN: ATM

A RING-SHAPED REEF, ISLAND, OR CHAIN OF ISLANDS FORMED OF CORAL.

A BOWL FOR WASHING, TYPICALLY ATTACHED TO A WALL AND HAVING FAUCETS CONNECTED TO A WATER SUPPLY; A WASHBASIN.

AN INDENTATION OR RECESS IN A RANGE OF HILLS OR MOUNTAINS.

AN ISOLATED HILL WITH STEEP SIDES AND A FLAT TOP (SIMILAR TO BUT NARROWER THAN A MESA).

ASTRONOMY ANY OF A NUMBER OF LINEAR MARKINGS FORMERLY REPORTED AS SEEN BY TELESCOPE ON THE PLANET MARS.

A CROP PRODUCED FOR ITS COMMERCIAL VALUE RATHER THAN FOR USE BY THE GROWER.

2. A BAND OF FREQUENCIES USED IN RADIO AND TELEVISION TRANSMISSION, ESPECIALLY AS USED BY A PARTICULAR STATION. "A SHOPPING CHANNEL"

INFORMAL A PLACE OR SITUATION CHARACTERIZED BY A SPECIFIED ATTRIBUTE. "PANIC CITY"

A STEEP ROCK FACE, ESPECIALLY AT THE EDGE OF THE SEA. "A PATH ALONG THE TOP OF RUGGED CLIFFS" SYNONYMS: PRECIPICE, ROCK FACE, CRAG, BLUFF, RIDGE, ESCARPMENT, SCAR, SCARP, LEDGE, OVERHANG "THE CLIFFS OF THE SOUTHWEST ARE BREATHTAKING"

THE WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILING IN AN AREA IN GENERAL OR OVER A LONG PERIOD. "OUR COLD, WET CLIMATE" SYNONYMS: WEATHER CONDITIONS, WEATHER; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS "THE MILD CLIMATE"

TEMPERATE CONIFEROUS FOREST IS A TERRESTRIAL BIOME FOUND IN TEMPERATE REGIONS OF THE WORLD WITH WARM SUMMERS AND COOL WINTERS AND ADEQUATE RAINFALL TO SUSTAIN A FOREST.

1. THE ARTS AND OTHER MANIFESTATIONS OF HUMAN INTELLECTUAL ACHIEVEMENT REGARDED COLLECTIVELY. "20TH CENTURY POPULAR CULTURE" SYNONYMS: THE ARTS, THE HUMANITIES, INTELLECTUAL ACHIEVEMENT; MORE A REFINED UNDERSTANDING OR APPRECIATION OF THIS. "MEN OF CULTURE" SYNONYMS: INTELLECTUAL/ARTISTIC AWARENESS, EDUCATION, CULTIVATION, ENLIGHTENMENT, DISCERNMENT, DISCRIMINATION, GOOD TASTE, TASTE, REFINEMENT, POLISH, SOPHISTICATION "A MAN OF CULTURE" THE CUSTOMS, ARTS, SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS, AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF A PARTICULAR NATION, PEOPLE, OR OTHER SOCIAL GROUP. PLURAL NOUN: CULTURES "CARIBBEAN CULTURE" SYNONYMS: CIVILIZATION, SOCIETY, WAY OF LIFE, LIFESTYLE; MORE THE ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR CHARACTERISTIC OF A PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUP. "THE EMERGING DRUG CULTURE"

TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FORESTS OR TEMPERATE BROAD-LEAF FORESTS ARE DOMINATED BY TREES THAT LOSE THEIR LEAVES EACH YEAR. THEY ARE FOUND IN AREAS WITH WARM, MOIST SUMMERS AND MILD WINTERS. THE THREE MAJOR AREAS OF THIS FOREST TYPE OCCUR IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE: EASTERN NORTH AMERICA, EASTERN ASIA, AND EUROPE.

DEFORESTATION IS THE CLEARING OF TREES, TRANSFORMING A FOREST INTO CLEARED LAND. THE FIRST STEP IN TURNING THE WILDERNESS INTO A SHOPPING CENTER IS DEFORESTATION. YOU CAN SEE THE WORD FOREST IN DEFORESTATION.

THE FOURTH LETTER OF THE GREEK ALPHABET ( Δ, Δ ), TRANSLITERATED AS ‘D.’

ABANDON (A PERSON, CAUSE, OR ORGANIZATION) IN A WAY CONSIDERED DISLOYAL OR TREACHEROUS.

THE PROCESS BY WHICH FERTILE LAND BECOMES DESERT, TYPICALLY AS A RESULT OF DROUGHT, DEFORESTATION, OR INAPPROPRIATE AGRICULTURE.

PROPERTY OR MONEY BROUGHT BY A BRIDE TO HER HUSBAND ON THEIR MARRIAGE.

A SUDDEN AND VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE GROUND, SOMETIMES CAUSING GREAT DESTRUCTION, AS A RESULT OF MOVEMENTS WITHIN THE EARTH'S CRUST OR VOLCANIC ACTION. SYNONYMS: EARTH TREMOR, TREMOR, SHOCK, FORESHOCK, AFTERSHOCK, CONVULSION, SEISMIC ACTIVITY; INFORMALQUAKE "ASSESSING THE DAMAGE FROM THE EARTHQUAKE"

1. THE ACTION OR FACT OF ELEVATING OR BEING ELEVATED. "HER SUDDEN ELEVATION TO THE CABINET" SYNONYMS: PROMOTION, UPGRADING, ADVANCEMENT, ADVANCE, PREFERMENT, AGGRANDIZEMENT; MORE AUGMENTATION OF OR INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OR LEVEL OF SOMETHING. (IN A CHRISTIAN MASS) THE RAISING OF THE CONSECRATED ELEMENTS FOR ADORATION.

AN IMAGINARY LINE DRAWN AROUND THE EARTH EQUALLY DISTANT FROM BOTH POLES, DIVIDING THE EARTH INTO NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES AND CONSTITUTING THE PARALLEL OF LATITUDE 0°.

IN GEOMORPHOLOGY AND GEOLOGY, EROSION IS THE ACTION OF EXOGENIC PROCESSES (SUCH AS WATER FLOW OR WIND) WHICH REMOVE SOIL AND ROCK FROM ONE LOCATION ON THE EARTH'S CRUST, THEN TRANSPORT IT TO ANOTHER LOCATION WHERE IT IS DEPOSITED.

A LONG, STEEP SLOPE, ESPECIALLY ONE AT THE EDGE OF A PLATEAU OR SEPARATING AREAS OF LAND AT DIFFERENT HEIGHTS.

NOUN THE TIDAL MOUTH OF A LARGE RIVER, WHERE THE TIDE MEETS THE STREAM. SYNONYMS: (RIVER) MOUTH, DELTA; MORE

NOUN A COMMUNITY OR POPULATION MADE UP OF PEOPLE WHO SHARE A COMMON CULTURAL BACKGROUND OR DESCENT. "THE LARGEST OF SIX ETHNIC GROUPS INHABITING THE AREA OF NORTHERN SUMATRA"

A PORTION OF TERRITORY OF ONE STATE COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY TERRITORY OF ANOTHER OR OTHERS, AS VIEWED BY THE HOME TERRITORY.

1. AN UNATTRACTIVE OR UNSATISFACTORY FEATURE, ESPECIALLY IN A PIECE OF WORK OR IN A PERSON'S CHARACTER. "MY WORST FAULT IS IMPATIENCE" "A FIRE CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL FAULT" SYNONYMS: DEFECT, FLAW, IMPERFECTION, BUG; MORE A MISGUIDED OR DANGEROUS ACTION OR HABIT. "IT HAS BEEN THE GREAT FAULT OF OUR POLITICIANS THAT THEY HAVE ALL WANTED TO DO SOMETHING" SYNONYMS: DEFECT, FAILING, IMPERFECTION, FLAW, BLEMISH, SHORTCOMING, WEAKNESS, FRAILTY, FOIBLE, VICE "HE HAS HIS FAULTS" (IN TENNIS AND SIMILAR GAMES) A SERVICE OF THE BALL NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES. (IN SHOW JUMPING) A PENALTY POINT IMPOSED FOR AN ERROR.

A LONG, NARROW, DEEP INLET OF THE SEA BETWEEN HIGH CLIFFS, AS IN NORWAY AND ICELAND, TYPICALLY FORMED BY SUBMERGENCE OF A GLACIATED VALLEY.

PLURAL NOUN: FOOTHILLS A LOW HILL AT THE BASE OF A MOUNTAIN OR MOUNTAIN RANGE. "THE CAMP LIES IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE ANDES"

1. A HOT SPRING IN WHICH WATER INTERMITTENTLY BOILS, SENDING A TALL COLUMN OF WATER AND STEAM INTO THE AIR. "THE PIPE SENT UP A GEYSER OF SEWER WATER INTO THE STREET"

1. A PART OF A CITY, ESPECIALLY A SLUM AREA, OCCUPIED BY A MINORITY GROUP OR GROUPS. THE JEWISH QUARTER IN A CITY. "THE WARSAW GHETTO" AN ISOLATED OR SEGREGATED GROUP OR AREA. "THE RELATIVE SECURITY OF THE GAY GHETTO"

A SLOWLY MOVING MASS OR RIVER OF ICE FORMED BY THE ACCUMULATION AND COMPACTION OF SNOW ON MOUNTAINS OR NEAR THE POLES.

1. THE GOVERNING BODY OF A NATION, STATE, OR COMMUNITY. "AN AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT" "A SECULAR, PLURALISTIC, DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT" THE ACTION OR MANNER OF CONTROLLING OR REGULATING A NATION, ORGANIZATION, OR PEOPLE. "RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE INFIRMARY" SYNONYMS: RULE, GOVERNING, RUNNING, LEADERSHIP, CONTROL, ADMINISTRATION, REGULATION, MANAGEMENT, SUPERVISION "HER JOB WAS THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT" THE GROUP OF PEOPLE IN OFFICE AT A PARTICULAR TIME; ADMINISTRATION. "THE ELECTION OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT" SYNONYMS: ADMINISTRATION, EXECUTIVE, REGIME, AUTHORITY, POWERS THAT BE, DIRECTORATE, COUNCIL, LEADERSHIP; MORE ANOTHER TERM FOR POLITICAL SCIENCE.

1. A DEEP INLET OF THE SEA ALMOST SURROUNDED BY LAND, WITH A NARROW MOUTH. SYNONYMS: INLET, BAY, BIGHT, COVE, FJORD, ESTUARY, SOUND "OUR SHIP SAILED INTO THE GULF" INFORMAL NAME FOR PERSIAN GULF. SINGULAR PROPER NOUN: GULF; NOUN: THE GULF

A HALF OF THE EARTH, USUALLY AS DIVIDED INTO NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN HALVES BY THE EQUATOR, OR INTO WESTERN AND EASTERN HALVES BY AN IMAGINARY LINE PASSING THROUGH THE POLES.

A STORM WITH A VIOLENT WIND, IN PARTICULAR A TROPICAL CYCLONE IN THE CARIBBEAN. A WIND OF FORCE 12 ON THE BEAUFORT SCALE (EQUAL TO OR EXCEEDING 64 KNOTS OR 74 MPH).

A SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC SYSTEM BUILT ON MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.

FULL DEFINITION OF IRRIGATE. TRANSITIVE VERB. 1 : WET, MOISTEN: AS. A : TO SUPPLY (AS LAND OR CROPS) WITH WATER BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS.

1. A PIECE OF LAND SURROUNDED BY WATER. SYNONYMS: ISLE, ISLET; MORE A THING RESEMBLING AN ISLAND, ESPECIALLY IN BEING ISOLATED, DETACHED, OR SURROUNDED IN SOME WAY. "THE UNIVERSITY IS THE LAST ISLAND OF DEMOCRACY IN THIS COUNTRY" A FREESTANDING KITCHEN CUPBOARD UNIT WITH A COUNTERTOP, ALLOWING ACCESS FROM ALL SIDES.

A NARROW STRIP OF LAND WITH SEA ON EITHER SIDE, FORMING A LINK BETWEEN TWO LARGER AREAS OF LAND.

A STRETCH OF SALT WATER SEPARATED FROM THE SEA BY A LOW SANDBANK OR CORAL REEF.

A LARGE BODY OF WATER SURROUNDED BY LAND. "BOYS WERE SWIMMING IN THE LAKE" SYNONYMS: POND, POOL, TARN, RESERVOIR, SLOUGH, LAGOON, WATER, WATERHOLE, WATERING HOLE, INLAND SEA; MORE A POOL OF LIQUID. "THE FISH WAS SERVED IN A BRIGHT LAKE OF SPICY CARROT SAUCE"