LexiTopic: Environment, Habitat, and Nature

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The LexiConnexxions analysis has identified these words related to ENVIRONMENT, HABITAT, AND NATURE in the Spelling Bee lexicon. The complete list of words on this topic is shown at right (on laptop or desktop) or at the end of the page (on mobile); the complete topical analysis is given below.
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Taxonomy for Spelling Bee words related to ENVIRONMENT, HABITAT, AND NATURE
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SCOPE NOTE: This LexiTopic compiles and defines Bee words related to environmental matters, including different types of habitat. Words related to public spaces, parks, etc., are in GOVERNMENT, CIVICS, AND POLITICS. Words related to cultivation (of farm crops and land) are in AGRICULTURE AND FARM LIFE and (of yards and gardens) in BOTANICALS. Words related to all sorts of wild animals and their behavior are in ANIMALS. Words related to geological features and conditions are in GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY. Words related to climate and weather conditions are in WEATHER AND CLIMATE.
Spelling Bee words related to ENVIRONMENT, HABITAT, AND NATURE
ACTION: the bringing about of an alteration by force or through a natural agency (e.g., the action of water on rocks)ALPINE: often not capitalized: or of, relating to, or growing in the biogeographic zone including the elevated slopes above timberlineANTARCTIC: M-W, often capitalized: of or relating to the south pole or to the region near itAQUATIC: growing or living in or frequenting waterARCTIC: M-W often capitalized: of, relating to, or suitable for use at the north pole or the region near itARID: excessively dry; specifically: having insufficient rainfall to support agricultureBELT: an area characterized by some distinctive feature (as of culture, habitation, geology, or life forms), especially: one suited to a particular cropBENT: unenclosed grasslandBIOME: a major ecological community type (such as tropical rainforest, grassland, or desert)BIOTA: the flora and fauna of a regionBLEAK: exposed and barren and often windswept (a bleak landscape)BOGGED: to cause to sink into or as if into a bogBOGGING: to cause to sink into or as if into a bogBOGGY: consisting of, containing, resembling, or being a bogBOGLAND: a bog, geography wet spongy ground, especially a poorly drained usually acid area rich in accumulated plant material, frequently surrounding a body of open water, and having a characteristic flora (as of sedges, heaths, and sphagnum)CAMPO: a grassland plain in S. America with scattered perennial herbsCANOPIC: related to the canopy, the uppermost spreading branchy layer of a forestCANOPY: the uppermost spreading branchy layer of a forestCLEAN: free from pollution (clean solar energy)CLIMATE: a region of the earth having specified climatic conditionsCOLONIAL: forming, existing in, or used by a colony (coral is a colonial carnivore)COLONIALLY: forming, existing in, or used by a colony (coral is a colonial carnivore)COLONY: a distinguishable localized population of a species or type of organism (a colony of terns); also, a circumscribed mass of microorganisms usually growing in or on a solid medium (colonies of bacteria); also, the aggregation of zooids of a compound animal (such as a coral or bryozoan) (a coral colony)DEADFALL*: a tangled mass of fallen trees and branchesDEADHEAD: a partially submerged logDENUDE: to lay bare by erosion; to strip (land) of forestsDENUDED: to lay bare by erosion; to strip (land) of forestsDOMINANT: ecology: any of one or more kinds of organism (such as a species) in an ecological community that exerts a controlling influence on the environment and thereby largely determines what other kinds of organisms are present (e.g., dominant conifers)DRYLAND*: of, relating to, or being a relatively arid regionDUFF: the partly decayed organic matter on the forest floorECOCIDE: the destruction of large areas of the natural environment as a consequence of human activityECOLOGY: a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environmentsECOTONE: a transition area between two adjacent ecological communitiesECOTYPE*: a population of a species that survives as a distinct group through environmental selection and isolation and that is comparable with a taxonomic subspeciesENDEMIC: an organism that is restricted or peculiar to a locality or region: an endemic organismEXOTIC: introduced from another [place]: not native to the place where foundFAUNA: animal life, especially: the animals characteristic of a region, period, or special environment; from Latin Fauna, sister of FaunusFAUNAE: plural of fauna: animal life, especially: the animals characteristic of a region, period, or special environment; from Latin Fauna, sister of FaunusFAUNAL: related to fauna: animal life, especially: the animals characteristic of a region, period, or special environment; from Latin Fauna, sister of FaunusFLORA: a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period; or plant, bacterial, or fungal life, especially: such life characteristic of a region, period, or special environment; from Latin Flōra, the goddess of flowers and the flowering seasonFLORAL: of or relating to a flora, a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period; or plant, bacterial, or fungal life, especially: such life characteristic of a region, period, or special environment; from Latin Flōra, the goddess of flowers and the flowering seasonGLADE: an open space surrounded by woodsGUILD: a group of organisms that use the same ecological resource in a similar wayHABIT: of an organism: characteristic mode of growth or occurrence (a grass similar to Indian corn in habit)HABITAT: the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and growsHEATH: an extensive area of rather level open uncultivated land usually with poor coarse soil, inferior drainage, and a surface rich in peat or peaty humus; also, a tract of wastelandHOLT: a small woods: a copseHOME: habitat; area of distribution of a plant or animalIMMIGRANT: a plant or animal that becomes established in an area where it was previously unknownIRRUPT: of a natural population: to undergo a sudden upsurge in numbers especially when natural ecological balances and checks are disturbedLITTORAL: of, relating to, or situated or growing on or near a shore especially of the sea; a coastal region, especially: the shore zone between high tide and low tide pointLLANO: an open grassy plain in Spanish America or the southwestern U.S.MEAD: a meadowMEADOW: land that is covered or mostly covered with grass; especially: a tract of moist low-lying usually level grasslandMEADOWY: land that is covered or mostly covered with grass; especially: a tract of moist low-lying usually level grasslandMEDIA: plural of medium: a condition or environment in which something may function or flourish (Ocean fish live in a medium of salt water.)MEDIUM: a condition or environment in which something may function or flourish (Ocean fish live in a medium of salt water.)MOOR: a boggy area, especially: one that is peaty and dominated by grasses and sedges; also, chiefly British: an expanse of open rolling infertile landNAKED: lacking foliage or vegetation (a naked hillside)NATAL: native: living or growing naturally in a particular region: indigenous (native wildlife of Australia)NATIVE: native: living or growing naturally in a particular region: indigenous (native wildlife of Australia)NICHE: a habitat supplying the factors necessary for the existence of an organism or species; also, the ecological role of an organism in a community especially in regard to food consumptionOAKY: of, relating to, or having many oaks (an oaky forest)PAMPA: an extensive generally grass-covered plain of temperate South America east of the Andes: a prairiePEAT: a dark brown fibrous material that is formed primarily by the partial decomposition of organic matter and especially plants (such as sphagnum moss) in wet, oxygen-deficient areas (such as bogs or swamps) and that is harvested especially for use as a fuel for heating or cooking or as a soil amendment; also, peat moss: sphagnum moss that has become compacted with other plant debris to form peat; also, dried and processed peat used especially as a soil amendmentPEATY: of or related to peatPHENOTYPE: the observable characteristics or traits of an organism that are produced by the interaction of the genotype and the environment: the physical expression of one or more genes; also, to determine, analyze, or predict all or part of a phenotype ofPHOTIC: of, relating to, or involving light especially in relation to organisms; penetrated by light especially of the sun (the photic zone of the ocean)POLLUTE: to contaminate (an environment) especially with man-made waste POLLUTED: to contaminate (an environment) especially with man-made wasteRANGING: of an organism: to live or occur in or be native to a regionRIPARIAN: relating to or living or located on the bank of a natural watercourse (such as a river) or sometimes of a lake or a tidewaterROUGH: having a broken, uneven, or bumpy surface (rough terrain); difficult to travel through or penetrate: wildTAIGA: a moist subarctic forest dominated by conifers (such as spruce and fir) that begins where the tundra endsTUNDRA: a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs; also: a similar region confined to mountainous areas above timberlineTURF: the upper stratum of soil bound by grass and plant roots into a thick mat; also, a piece of this; also, peat: a dark brown fibrous material that is formed primarily by the partial decomposition of organic matter and especially plants (such as sphagnum moss) in wet, oxygen-deficient areas (such as bogs or swamps) and that is harvested especially for use as a fuel for heating or cooking or as a soil amendment VELD: or veldt, a grassland especially of southern Africa usually with scattered shrubs or treesVELDT: or velt, a grassland especially of southern Africa usually with scattered shrubs or treesWILD: a sparsely inhabited or uncultivated region or tract: a wilderness; not inhabited or cultivated (wild land); not amenable to human habitation or cultivation; also: desolate; also, characteristic of, appropriate to, or expressive of wilderness [or] wildlife; also, a wild, free, or natural state or existence; also, living in a state of nature and not ordinarily tame or domesticated (wild ducks); related to or resembling a corresponding cultivated or domesticated organism; of or relating to wild organisms (the wild state); in a wild manner; characteristic of, appropriate to, or expressive of wilderness, wildlife; growing or produced without human aid or care (wild honey)WILDLAND: land that is uncultivated or unfit for cultivationWILDLING: wilding [preferred]: not domesticated or cultivated: wildWILDWOOD: a wood unaltered or unfrequented by humansWOOD: a dense growth of trees usually greater in extent than a grove and smaller than a forest —often used in plural but singular or plural in construction; a woodland, land covered with woody vegetation: timberland, forestWOODED: covered with growing treesWOODLAND: land covered with woody vegetation timberland, forest; also, growing, living, or existing in woodland; of, relating to, or being woodland (woodland birds)WOODY: abounding or overgrown with woodsWORK: energy expended by natural phenomena; also, the result of such energy (sand dunes are the work of sea and wind)YARD: a locality in a forest where deer herd in winter; also, to congregate in or as if in a yardZONAL: of, relating to, or being a soil or a major soil group marked by well-developed characteristics that are determined primarily by the action of climate and organisms (such as vegetation)ZONE: a subdivision of a biogeographic region that supports a similar fauna and flora throughout its extent; also, such a zone dominated by a particular life form
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Spelling Bee words related to ENVIRONMENT, HABITAT, AND NATURE
ACTIONALPINEANTARCTICAQUATICARCTICARIDBELTBENTBIOMEBIOTABLEAKBOGGEDBOGGINGBOGGYBOGLANDCAMPOCANOPICCANOPYCLEANCLIMATECOLONIALCOLONIALLYCOLONYDEADFALL*DEADHEADDENUDEDENUDEDDOMINANTDRYLAND*DUFFECOCIDEECOLOGYECOTONEECOTYPE*ENDEMICEXOTICFAUNAFAUNAEFAUNALFLORAFLORALGLADEGUILD
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