dry
It was good to be on dry land again after months at sea.

reach
The explorers reached land after a long voyage.

sight
In the distance the crew sighted land.

reclaim
The new project will reclaim the land from the sea.

mass
chains of volcanoes running along the edge of continental land masses

surface
animal, mammal
battle, war
forces
With the land forces defeated, everything now rested on the navy.

by land
It's impossible to reach this beach by land because of the high cliffs.

on land
Some animals can live both on land and in water.

good, prime (esp. BrE)
Good agricultural land is scarce.
prime building land

fertile, rich
rich agricultural land
land that is rich in mineral deposits

marginal, poor
animals grazing on marginal land

arid, desert, dry, parched
The land was very dry after the long, hot summer.

barren
derelict (BrE), waste (usually wasteland)
A new shopping mall will be built on the derelict land.

contaminated
empty, unused, vacant
uncultivated, undeveloped, virgin, wild
agricultural, arable, cultivated, farm (usually farmland), farming, pasture, ranch (esp. AmE)
the clearing of forested areas to create pastures and arable land

grazing
industrial (esp. BrE)
building, housing (both BrE)
green-belt (esp. BrE), greenfield (BrE), park (usually parkland)
rural, urban
private
public
federal, state (both esp. AmE)
crown (BrE), government
reservation, tribal
common (BrE), communal
Everyone had the right to graze animals on communal land.
This used to be common land, where everyone had the right to graze animals.

open
They finally got out of the town and reached open land.

flat, low-lying (esp. BrE)
coastal, forest, forested (esp. AmE)

area, parcel, patch, piece, plot, scrap (esp. BrE), strip, tract
The state owns vast tracts of land.
Every scrap of land is used for growing food.

have, hold, own
The inhabitants of a village held land in common.

acquire, buy, purchase
sell
lease, rent
reclaim
protect
cultivate, farm, plough/plow, work
irrigate
clear
The land has been cleared ready for building.

develop
They were refused permission to develop the land.

expropriate (formal), seize
distribute, redistribute
grant sb
He was granted land by the state.

adjoin sth
a piece of land adjoining the airport

agent (esp. BrE)
office (AmE), registry (BrE)
acquisition, purchase
grab
The rush for fuel and food will lead to a global land grab.

tenure
management
reclamation (esp. BrE)
development
use
reform
prices, values
claim
dispute

live off
It's very fertile countryside where you can just live off the land.

farm, work, work on
His family had always worked the land.

leave
Many people leave the land to find work in towns.

get back to, go back to
He's tired of living in cities, and wants to get back to the land.

ancestral, native
the tribe's ancestral lands

distant, faraway, far-off
He journeyed to many distant lands.

alien, foreign, strange
She was all alone in a strange land.

Promised Land (often figurative)
the Promised Land of progressive education

cloud cuckoo (BrE), fantasy, la-la (AmE), never-never
Anyone who thinks this legislation will be effective is living in cloud cuckoo land.

conquer, occupy
rule

safely
The pilot managed to land the plane safely.

be about to, be due to, be scheduled to
come down to
The plane slowly came down to land.

be forced to
The plane was forced to land in a nearby field.

be able to, manage to

at
We are due to land at Newark at 12.15.

awkwardly, badly, painfully
I landed awkwardly and twisted my ankle.

expertly, gracefully, neatly
He tensed himself for the jump and landed expertly on the other side.

heavily
gently, lightly, softly
squarely
The coin landed squarely between his feet.

on
She fell and landed heavily on her back.