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| acid rain |
rain that has high acidity because of being mixed with pollutants such as vehicle exhausts and residues from burning of fossil fuels for energy or from chemical manufacturing. |
| bomb cyclone |
a cyclone that rapidly intensifies in areas outside of the tropics. A bomb cyclone may bring with it a vast amount of snow or rain over an area. |
| coulee |
a deep, narrow ravine, esp. in the western United States, cut by rain or melting snow. [1/2 definitions] |
| creek |
a stream, smaller than a river, in some places flowing only after rain falls or snow melts. |
| cumulonimbus |
a tall, large, and dense cloud associated with heavy rain or hail; thundercloud. |
| deluge |
an extremely heavy rain; downpour. [1/5 definitions] |
| downfall |
a fall of snow or rain; downpour. [1/3 definitions] |
| downpour |
a very heavy rain. |
| drizzle |
to rain lightly but continuously. [2 definitions] |
| drought |
an unusually prolonged lack of rain. [1/2 definitions] |
| fair1 |
free from rain, snow, and storms; clear. [1/12 definitions] |
| freshet |
a sudden rise or overflow of a stream, because of heavy rain or a sudden thaw. [1/2 definitions] |
| gust |
an abrupt or sudden burst of anything, such as smoke, rain, or emotional response. [1/3 definitions] |
| gusty |
marked by gusts, as of wind or rain. [1/2 definitions] |
| hail2 |
pellets of frozen rain or a storm of such pellets. [1/5 definitions] |
| Indra |
the Hindu god of rain and thunder, and the chief Vedic deity. |
| jungle |
land covered with very dense natural vegetation, esp. a tropical rain forest. [1/4 definitions] |
| medicine dance |
a ritual dance performed by some North American Indian peoples to drive out disease, bring rain, invoke supernatural aid, or the like. |
| mist |
to rain in fine droplets. [1/7 definitions] |
| mud |
earth that has been turned soft and sticky by wetting, as by rain. [1/2 definitions] |
| nimbostratus |
a low, extensive, dark-gray cloud that precipitates rain, snow, or sleet. |
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