ablation  ah-BLAY-shun accretion ah-KREE-shun albedo al-BEE-doh alluvium ah-LOO-vee-um ammonite AM-uh-nite annulus AN-yoo-lus aquifer AK-wih-fer arcus AR-kus aspect AS-pekt asperitas as-PAIR-ih-tas aurora ah-ROR-ah

baleen buh-LEEN banksia BANK-see-uh bioluminescence bye-oh-loo-min-ES-uns bird’s nest fungus BURDZ NEST FUNG-gus bittern BIT-ern blusher BLUSH-er bolete boh-LEET boreal BOR-ee-ul bosk BOSK broomrape BROOM-rape by-the-wind sailor by-thuh-WIND SAY-ler

caldera kal-DEHR-ah caliche kah-LEE-chee campo KAHM-poh canopy KAN-oh-pee chicken of the woods CHIK-un uv thuh WUUDZ cicada sih-KAY-duh cinereous sih-NEER-ee-us cistern SIS-tern colluvium koh-LOO-vee-um confluence KON-floo-ence cordyceps KOR-dih-seps cormorant KOR-muh-runt crepuscular rays kreh-PUS-kyoo-ler crepuscule KREP-us-kyool crux KRUKS

death cap DETH KAP declination dek-lih-NAY-shun deflation dee-FLAY-shun derelict DER-uh-likt desert DEZ-ert destroying angel dih-STROY-ing AYN-jul duricrust DOOR-ih-krust

ecliptic eh-KLIP-tik equinox EE-kwih-noks estivation ESS-tih-VAY-shun estuary ES-choo-ehr-ee exfoliate eks-FOH-lee-ate exfoliation ex-foh-lee-AY-shun

ferruginous fuh-ROO-jih-nus flume FLOOM fumarole FYOO-mah-role fusain fyoo-ZAYN fuscous FUS-kus

gall GAWL genius loci JEE-nee-us LOH-sy granary GRAN-uh-ree

hibernation hy-ber-NAY-shun humus HYOO-mus

laminar LAM-ih-nar laterite LAT-er-ite lenticular len-TIK-yoo-ler libration ly-BRAY-shun liquefaction lik-wih-FAK-shun

marcescent mar-SES-ent merganser mer-GAN-ser microclimate MY-kroh-KLY-mit migration my-GRAY-shun mirage mih-RAZH mordant MOR-dunt

obsidian ob-SID-ee-un occultation ok-ul-TAY-shun

pannage PAN-ij pannus PAN-us pediment PED-ih-ment peregrine PAIR-uh-grin pileus PY-lee-us proprioception proh-pree-oh-SEP-shun pumice PUM-is pyric transition PIR-ik tran-ZIH-shun pyrocumulus PY-roh-KYOO-myoo-lus

refugium reh-FYOO-jee-um relict REL-ikt rete mirabile REE-tee mih-RAH-bih-lee rhumb line RUM lyn riparian rih-PAIR-ee-un

scintillation sin-tih-LAY-shun senescence seh-NESS-ents sere SEER serotiny suh-ROT-ih-nee serpentine SUR-pen-teen sidereal sy-DEER-ee-ul silviculture SIL-vih-kul-cher slippery jack SLIP-er-ee JAK solstice SOL-stis stellar STEL-er stipe STIPE subduction sub-DUK-shun subnivean sub-NIV-ee-un succession suk-SESH-un susurrus soo-SUR-us

tamarisk TAM-uh-risk tardigrade TAR-dih-grayd terminator TUR-muh-nay-ter terroir tehr-WAHR torpor TOR-per transhumance tranz-HYOO-munts tumulus TOO-myoo-lus turbidite TUR-bih-dite

ultima Thule UL-tih-muh TOO-lee umbra UM-brah

vadose VAY-dohs vector VEK-ter velella vuh-LEL-uh ventifact VEN-tih-fakt vernal VUR-nul vernal pool VUR-nul vernalization VER-nul-ih-ZAY-shun virga VUR-guh volva VOL-vuh

yellowfoot YEL-oh-fuut