4
barren land(noun, expression, area, environment, waste)
4
confusion(noun, state, uncertainty, perplexity, bewilderment)
3
badlands(noun, waste, wild, rich, void)
3
barrens(noun, waste, backwoods, timberland, outskirts)
3
complication(noun, trouble, difficulty, uncertainty, mistake)
3
countryside
3
dust bowl(noun, expression, waste, wild, void)
3
expanse(noun, area, open, spread, space)
3
frontier
3
howling wilderness(expression, idiom, seclusion exclusion, unproductiveness)
3
intricacy(noun, trouble, difficulty, uncertainty, mistake)
3
open country(expression, idiom)
3
open space(expression, idiom, space)
3
vastness(noun, area, spread, stretch)
3
woods
2
wheels within wheels(expression, idiom, complexity)
2
country(noun, area)
2
deserted
2
knot
2
arid region(noun, expression, area, environment, waste)
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