A fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface).
Roget 44:
disjunction,
disconnection,
disunity,
disunion,
disassociation,
disengagement;
discontinuity
etc.
70;
abjunction†;
cataclasm†;
inconnection†;
abstraction,
abstractedness;
isolation;
insularity,
insulation;
oasis;
island;
separateness
etc.
adj.;
severalty;
disjecta membra [Lat.];
dispersion
etc.
73;
apportionment
etc.
786.
separation;
parting
etc.
v.;
circumcision;
detachment,
segregation;
divorce,
sejunction†,
seposition†,
diduction†,
diremption†,
discerption†;
elision;
caesura,
break,
fracture,
division,
subdivision,
rupture;
compartition†;
dismemberment,
dislocation;
luxation†;
severance,
disseverance;
scission;
rescission,
abscission;
laceration,
dilaceration†;
disruption,
abruption†;
avulsion†,
divulsion†;
section,
resection,
cleavage;
fission;
partibility†,
separability.
fissure,
breach,
rent,
split,
rift,
crack,
slit,
incision.
dissection anatomy;
decomposition
etc.
49;
cutting instrument
etc.
(sharpness)
253;
buzzsaw,
circular saw,
rip saw.
separatist.
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Roget 83:
nonconformity
etc.
82;
unconformity,
disconformity;
unconventionality,
informality,
abnormity†,
abnormality,
anomaly;
anomalousness
etc.
adj.†;
exception,
peculiarity;
infraction of law,
breach,
of law,
violation of law,
violation of custom,
violation of usage,
infringement of law,
infringement of custom,
infringement of usage;
teratism†,
eccentricity,
bizarrerie†,
oddity,
je ne sais quoi [Fr.],
monster,
monstrosity,
rarity;
freak,
freak of Nature,
weirdo,
mutant;
rouser,
snorter [U.S.].
individuality,
idiosyncrasy,
originality,
mannerism.
aberration;
irregularity;
variety;
singularity;
exemption;
salvo
etc.
(qualification)
469.
nonconformist;
nondescript,
character,
original,
nonesuch,
nonsuch†,
monster,
prodigy,
wonder,
miracle,
curiosity,
flying fish,
black sheep,
black swan,
lusus naturae [Lat.],
rara avis [Lat.],
queer fish;
mongrel,
random breed;
half-caste,
half-blood,
half-breed;
metis [Lat.],
crossbreed,
hybrid,
mule,
hinny,
mulatto;
tertium quid [Lat.],
hermaphrodite.
[Mythical animals]
phoenix,
chimera,
hydra,
sphinx,
minotaur;
griffin,
griffon;
centaur;
saggittary†;
kraken,
cockatrice,
wyvern,
roc,
dragon,
sea serpent;
mermaid,
merman,
merfolk†;
unicorn;
Cyclops,
men whose heads do grow beneath their men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders"
[Othello];
teratology.
[unconformable to the surroundings]
fish out of water;
neither one thing nor another,
neither fish nor fowl,
neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red herring;
one in a million,
one in a way,
one in a thousand;
outcast,
outlaw;
off the beaten track;
oasis.
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Roget 342:
land,
earth,
ground,
dry land,
terra firma.
continent,
mainland,
peninsula,
chersonese [Fr.],
delta;
tongue of land,
neck of land;
isthmus,
oasis;
promontory
etc.
(projection)
250;
highland
etc.
(height)
206.
coast,
shore,
scar,
strand,
beach;
playa;
bank,
lea;
seaboard,
seaside,
seabank†,
seacoast,
seabeach†;
ironbound coast;
loom of the land;
derelict;
innings;
alluvium,
alluvion†;
ancon.
riverbank,
river bank,
levee.
soil,
glebe,
clay,
loam,
marl,
cledge†,
chalk,
gravel,
mold,
subsoil,
clod,
clot;
rock,
crag.
acres;
real estate
etc.
(property)
780;
landsman†.
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Dutch: oase
Polish: oaza
A shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary.
synonym: haven.
Dutch: vrijhaven
Polish: oaza, azyl, enklawa