Related Words for overlie

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underlie
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Verb, Verb
interbedded
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Adjective
conglomerate
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Noun
encircle
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Verb
schists
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Noun
laterally
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Adverb
mudstones
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Noun
proximal
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Noun
correspond
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Verb
occlude
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Verb
abuts
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Verb
proximate
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Adjective
displace
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Verb
protrude
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Verb
positioned
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Verb
elongate
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Adjective
lowermost
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Adjective
integrally
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Adverb
implicate
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Verb
outermost
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Adjective
delimit
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Verb
substantially
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Adverb
uppermost
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Adjective
impinge
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Verb
perpendicularly
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Adverb
preferentially
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Adverb
disposed
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Verb
beneath
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Adverb
overlaying
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Verb
overspread
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Verb
arcuate
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Adjective
constrain
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Verb
deform
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Verb
variably
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Adverb
superimpose
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Verb
cover
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Noun
overwrite
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Verb
lay on
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Phrase, Verb
lie upon
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Phrase, Verb
oversee
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Verb
undergird
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Verb
tower over
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Phrase, Verb
rest on
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Phrase, Verb
overlap
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Noun
surmount
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Verb
outweigh
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Verb
supersede
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Verb
underwrite
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Verb
come up with
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Phrase, Verb
oppose
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Verb
come under
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Phrase, Verb
look upon
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Phrase, Verb
rely
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Verb
lean
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Adjective
bridge
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Noun
underpin
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Verb
look over
//x
Phrase, Verb
supervise
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Verb
rely on
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Phrase, Verb
come upon
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Phrase, Verb
king
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Noun
interpose
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Verb
apply
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Verb
insist
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Verb
issue
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Noun
take over
//x
Phrase, Verb
have over
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Phrase, Verb
watch over
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Phrase, Verb
unconformity
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Noun
gravels
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Noun
limestone
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Noun
shale
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Noun
basalts
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Noun
silts
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Noun
lavas
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Noun
sediments
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Noun
gneisses
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Noun
strata
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Noun
bedrock
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Noun
cretaceous
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Name
carbonates
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Noun
basement
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Noun
obscure
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Verb
clays
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Noun
sands
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Noun
facies
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Noun
sandstone
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Noun
rocks
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Noun
beds
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Noun
deposits
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Noun
aquifers
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Noun
formations
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Noun
blanket
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
comprise
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Verb
include
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Verb, Noun
overcome
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Verb, Noun
recover
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Verb, Noun
regain
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Verb, Noun
span
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Noun, Verb
backwater
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Noun, Verb
milestone
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Noun, Verb
off
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
stonewall
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Name, Verb, Adjective
fall
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Verb, Noun
get
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Verb, Noun
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
save
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Verb, Noun
die
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Verb, Noun
bundle
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Noun, Verb
breakeven
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
gloss
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Noun, Verb
tell
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Verb, Noun