avalanche	a mass of snow, ice and rock that falls down the side of a mountain	alpine villages destroyed in an avalanche	lumivyöry
blizzard	a snowstorm with very strong winds	The blizzard struck the north-east yesterday, causing serious damage.	lumimyrsky
cyclone	a violent tropical storm in which strong winds move in a circle	he cyclone struck the village late last night.	sykloni
death toll	the number of people killed in an accident, a war, a disaster, etc.	The death toll has now risen to 200.	kuolonuhrien määrä
earthquake	a sudden, violent shaking of the earth’s surface	The earthquake measured 68 on the Richter scale.	maanjäristys
flash flood	a sudden flood of water caused by heavy rain	a sudden flood of water caused by heavy rain	tuhotulva
hurricane	a violent storm with very strong winds, especially in the western Atlantic Ocean	A powerful hurricane hit the Florida coast.	hurrikaani
magnitude	the size of an earthquake	The quake reached a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter scale.	magnitudi
tidal wave	a very large ocean wave that is caused by a storm or an earthquake, and that destroys things when it reaches the land	According to one account, the explosion caused a tidal wave 65 feet high.	hyökyaalto
volcano	a mountain with a large opening at the top through which gases and lava are forced out into the air, or have been in the past	An active volcano may erupt at any time.	tulivuori

ashore	towards, onto or on land, having come from an area of water such as the sea or a river	a drowned body found washed ashore on the beach	maihin
bay	a part of the sea, or of a large lake, partly surrounded by a wide curve of the land	the Bay of Bengal	lahti
cape	a piece of high land that sticks out into the sea	Cape Horn	niemi
creek	a narrow area of water where the sea flows into the land	They drove to the little creek where they kept their fishing boat.	puro
gulf	a large area of sea that is partly surrounded by land	the Gulf of Mexico	virta
iceberg	an extremely large mass of ice floating in the sea	The ship struck a hidden iceberg.	jäävuori
marine	connected with the sea and the creatures and plants that live there	marine life	meri
reef	a long line of rocks or sand near the surface of the sea	a coral reef	riutta
riviera	an area by the sea that is warm and popular for holidays, especially the Mediterranean coast of France	the French Riviera	Riviera
swell	the movement of the sea when it rises and falls without the waves breaking	The boat was caught in a heavy swell.

aloe	a tropical plant with thick leaves that have sharp points and that contain a lot of water. The juice of some types of aloe is used in medicine and cosmetics.	aloe vera	aaloe
bamboo	a tall plant that is a member of the grass family and has hard hollow stems that are used for making furniture, poles, etc.	a bamboo grove	bambu
cattail	a tall plant that grows in wet areas and has long flat leaves and a long dark brown head of many tiny flowers	Muskrats feed on wetland vegetation, such as cattails and water lilies.	osmankäämi
chrysanthemum	a large, brightly coloured garden flower that is like a ball in shape and is made up of many long narrow petals		krysanteemi
flower	the coloured part of a plant from which the seed or fruit develops. Flowers usually grow at the end of a stem and last only a short time.	The plant has a beautiful bright red flower.	kukka
daylily	a lily with large flowers that last for only one day	Daylilies are notorious sun worshippers.	päivälilja
spore	one of the very small cells that are produced by some plants and that develop into new plants	Ferns, mosses and fungi spread by means of spores.	itiö
fungus	an organism that is similar to a plant without leaves, flowers or green colouring, and that usually grows on plants or on decaying matter.	mushrooms and mildew are both fungi.	sieni
graft	a piece cut from a living plant and fixed in a cut made in another plant, so that it grows there; the process or result of doing this	A healthy shoot should form a strong graft.	oksa
vine	a climbing plant that produces grapes	grapes on the vine	köynnös