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Look up: ARID

  1. arid
    [adj] - lacking sufficient water or rainfall 2. [adj] - lacking vitality or spirit
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. arid
    an area or climate that lacks sufficient moisture for agriculture without irrigation. According to Thornthwaite, areas having moisture index below-40 Thornthwaite; A climate or land very poor in vegetation as the rainfall is insufficient to counterbalance the loss of water necessary for plant life Category: The cosmos
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Arid
    Ar'id adjective [ Latin aridus , from arere to be dry: confer French aride .] Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren. 'An arid waste.' Thomson.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/120

  4. arid
    desiccate adjective lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; `a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata`; `a desiccate romance`; `a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery`-C.J.Rolo
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. arid
    waterless adjective lacking sufficient water or rainfall; `an arid climate`; `a waterless well`; `miles of waterless country to cross`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Arid
    • (a.) Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. arid
    arid 1. Lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or woody plants; such as, an arid climate. 2. Being without moisture; extremely dry; parched; such as, arid land; an arid climate. 3. Lacking interest or feeling; lifeless and dull: 'She stared in a technically perfe...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  8. arid
    a dry or desertlike climate.
    Found on http://www.chameleoncrazy.com/terminolog

  9. ARID
    A term used for an extremely dry climate. The degree to which a climate lacks effective, life-promoting moisture. It is considered the opposite of humid when speaking of climates.
    Found on http://www.weather.com/glossary/a.html

  10. Arid
    Regions where precipitation is insufficient in quantity for most crops and where agriculture is impractical without irrigation.
    Found on http://www.nyo.unep.org/action/ap1.htm

  11. Arid
    A region is said to be `arid` when it is characterized by a severe lack of available water, to the extent of hindering or even preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life. As a result, environments subject to arid climates tend to lack vegetation and are called xeric or desertic. ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arid

  12. Arid
    (band) `Arid` is a Belgian rock band, formed in the mid-1990s, made up of four members: Jasper Steverlinck (vocals and guitar), David Du Pré (guitar), Filip Ros (bass) and Steven Van Havere (drums). History: The group first came to the attention of record label Double T when they were fina...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arid



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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