1) Aridness 2) Drith 3) Dryness 4) Lack
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1) Crop threatener 2) Dry period 3) Dryness 4) Dust Bowl phenomenon 5) Extended shortage 6) Exclusively Saxon word 7) Exclusively Anglo word 8) Prolonged dearth 9) Prolonged dry spell 10) Reason to ration 11) Sports terminology 12) Thirst 13) Time to irrigate 14) Water shortage 15) Waterlessness 16) Weather hazard
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- a temporary shortage of rainfall
- a prolonged shortage
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an acute water shortage relative to availability, supply and demand in a particular region. An extended period of months or years when a region notes a deficiency in its water supply. Generally, this occurs when a region receives consistently below average precipitation.
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• (n.) Scarcity; lack. • (n.) Thirst; want of drink. • (n.) Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridity.
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A period of dryness, especially a long one. Usually considered to be any period of soil moisture deficiency within the plant root zone. A period of dryness of sufficient length to deplete soil moisture to the extent that plant growth is seriously retarded.
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Abnormal dry weather for a specific area that is sufficiently prolonged for the lack of water to cause serious hydrological imbalance.
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a prolonged period of dryness that can cause damage to plants.
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1. Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridity. 'The drought of March hath pierced to the root.' (Chaucer) 'In a drought the thirsty creatures cry.' (Dryden) ... 2. Thirst; want of drink. ... 3. Scarcity; lack. 'A drought of Christian writers caused a de...
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A naturally-occurring phenomenon that occurs when precipitation is significantly below normal levels, causing water levels to drop and vegetation to die. This extended period of dry weather usually lasts longer than expected and leads to measurable losses for a human community (crop damage, water supply shortage).
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An extended time when little or no rain falls, causing a water shortage for plants and animals.
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Abnormally dry weather in a region over an extended period sufficient to cause a serious hydrological (water cycle) imbalance in the affected area. This can cause such problems as crop damage and water-supply shortage.
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A prolonged period with very little or no rain
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Drought (drout)
noun [ Middle English
droght ,
drougth ,
druʒð , Anglo-Saxon
drugað , from
drugian to dry. See
Dry , and confer
Drouth , which shows the original final sound.]
1. Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such dry...
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Abnormally dry weather in a region over an extended period.
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Abnormally dry weather in a region over an extended period sufficient to cause a serious hydrological (water cycle) imbalance in the affected area. This can cause such problems as crop damage and water-supply shortage. In Australia, it is defined as the prolonged absence or marked deficiency of precipitation (rain).
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a period of time when water is very scarce
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abnormal dry weather causing a shortage of water
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a period of prolonged dry weather leading to a shortage of water
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a period of low rainfall
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a time of no water or rain
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drouth noun a shortage of rainfall; `farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season`
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an extended and stressful spell of dry weather in a region; Wealth
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A period of abnormally dry weather marked by little or no rain that lasts long enough to cause water shortage for people and natural systems.
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a period of dry weather, esp. a long one that is injurious to crops. · an extended shortage: a drought of good writing. · thirst.
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