earths
Rare alkaline oxides
Earths is the plural of earth in its countable senses.
In electrical work, earths are grounding connections: The electrician checked all the earths in the building.
In chemistry, earths are metalite oxides, as in rare earths—a group of metallic elements used in electronics and magnets.
A fox's earth is its burrow; hunters speak of stopping up the earths.
Nutrient-rich surface earth
- loamFertile soil mixture
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
- humusDecayed organic soil matter
- dirtLoose dry earth
ground · subsoil · compost · peat · mulch · potting · terracotta · adobe
Relating to land
- exoplanetsWorlds orbiting other stars
- worldsPlanets or spheres
- globesRound world representations
- spheresRound solids, all points equidistant
habitable · rocky · orbits · solar · cosmic · Kepler · Gaia · biospheres
Connecting to earth
- wiringInstalled electrical conductors
- circuitsClosed electrical paths
- conductorOne who directs musicians
- safetyFreedom from harm
neutral · bonding · terminal · fault · leakage · socket · plug · protective
topsoil
Nutrient-rich surface earth
dirt · ground · subsoil · compost · peat · mulch · potting · terracotta · adobe · alluvial
terrestrial
Relating to land
- exoplanetsWorlds orbiting other stars
- worldsPlanets or spheres
- globesRound world representations
spheres · habitable · rocky · orbits · solar · cosmic · Kepler · Gaia · biospheres · planetary
grounding
Connecting to earth
- wiringInstalled electrical conductors
- circuitsClosed electrical paths
- conductorOne who directs musicians
safety · neutral · bonding · terminal · fault · leakage · socket · plug · protective · voltage
foxhole
Military defensive excavation
badger · sett · tunnel · digging · underground · refuge · hideaway · hollow · shelter · vixen
ochre
Iron-rich earth pigment
raw · oxide · mineral · natural · iron · yellow · brown · red · venetian · palette
earthsmetals
Lustrous conductive elements
noble metals · elements · base metals · ores · alloys
- down to earthRealistic and practical
- on earthIn the world
- moves heaven and earthMakes every possible effort
- hell on earthExtreme worldly suffering
- heaven on earthPerfect happiness in life
- ends of the earthMost distant places imaginable
earth, earthy, unearth, earthquake, earthly, unearthly, earthworm, earthenware, earthen