bog

3 letters in word "bog": B G O.

Anagrams of bog:

• gob

Words found within bog:

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• Definitions:
• bog down: cause to slow down or get stuck; "The vote would bog down the house" wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel bog down: get stuck while doing something; "She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation"
• A bog is a wetland type that accumulates acidic peat, a deposit of dead plant material. The term peat bog in common usage is not entirely redundant, although it would be proper to call these sphagnum bogs if the peat is composed mostly of acidophilic moss (peat moss or Sphagnum spp.). ...
• Freshwater wetlands that are poorly drained and characterized by a buildup of peat.
• A type of wetland that accumulates appreciable peat deposits. Bogs depend primarily on precipitation for their water source, and are usually acidic and rich in plant residue with a conspicuous mat of living green moss.
• (1) A mire (peat-forming ecosystem) influenced solely by water which falls directly on to it as rain or snow and generally dominated by Sphagnum mosses. See ombrotrophic. Compare fen. ...
• A shrubby peatland dominated by shrubs, sedges, and peat moss and usually having a saturated water regime, or a forested peatland dominated by evergreen trees (usually spruces and firs) and/or larch. Bogs have a high water table maintained directly by rain and snow. ...
• The main component of the alpine, wetland complex, dominated by Sphagnum moss and hygrophilous (moisture-loving) shrubs, and characterised by acidic, peat soils.
• open or sparsely treed wetland area poor in mineral mutrients where water is supplied exclusively by precipitation; typically acidic.
• Wetland that has no significant inflows or outflows, supports acidophilic mosses, particularly Sphagnum and in which peat is accumulating. Similar to: fen, marsh, pocosin, swamp, and wetland.
• a wetland with acidic substrate mainly composed of moss and peat and having a characteristic flora.
• Peatlands dominated by Sphagnum moss and typically low pH. See Types of Peatlands for more information.
• A bog is a wetland ecosystem that is water logged year-round with moss as the most common plant life. Bogs are found in the northern part of the United States where the weather is cooler.
• "Bog" means a periodically or continually wet, spongy area exceeding 1,000 square feet in area with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter.[1979, c. 459, §1 (new).]
• wetlands in which water is retained by an accumulation of partially decayed organic matter and which are dominated by sphagnum mosses.
• An area of soft, water-saturated ground with a spongy, acidic substrate composed mainly of sphagnum moss and peat, and in which water-tolerant shrubs, herbs and trees usually grow.
• a freshwater wetland filled with moss and rich soil
• Woodland containing a scatteres mix of stunted trees, often of considerable age, and open bog vegetation.
• A wet, acidic, nutrient-poor peatland characterized by sphagnum and other mosses, shrubs and sedges. Technically, a type of peatland raised above its surroundings by peat accumulation and receiving nutrients only from precipitation.
• A wetland dominated by moss and shrubs.
• As the governing body of the Postal Service, the Board is comparable to a board of directors of a private corporation. The Board includes nine governors who are appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate. ...
• wet peatland with black spruce, Labrador tea, and sphagnum mosses.
• Board of Governors (BOG) made up of the Ministers of Agriculture of Caribbean Member States which is the highest body of PROCICARIBE.
• A wetland ecosystem that is highly acidic and has an accumulation of decomposed plants known as peat.
• wet spongy ground; especially : a poorly drained usually acid area rich in accumulated plant material, frequentlysurrounding a body of open water, and having a characteristic flora (as of sedges, heaths, and sphagnum (and carnivorous plants!))
• abbreviated form of Bogen
• an area of very marshy ground or deep slushy mud
• Putty or filler, when used in the context of "epoxy bog" it is used to describe a filler made from thickened epoxy.

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