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101drought — See drought, drouth …
102drought — O.E. drugað, drugoð drought, dryness, desert, from P.Gmc. *drugothaz, from Germanic root *dreug dry (cf high/height) with ith, Germanic suffix for forming abstract nouns from adjectives (see TH (Cf. th)). Drouth was a M.E. variant continued in… …
103drought — n. Dryness (of weather), aridity, drouth, want of rain …
104dryness — noun 1. the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water) (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑waterlessness, ↑xerotes • Ant: ↑wetness • Derivationally related forms: ↑waterless ( …
105period of time — noun an amount of time (Freq. 7) a time period of 30 years hastened the period of time of his recovery Picasso s blue period • Syn: ↑time period, ↑period • Hypernyms: ↑ …
106time period — noun an amount of time (Freq. 4) a time period of 30 years hastened the period of time of his recovery Picasso s blue period • Syn: ↑period of time, ↑period • Hypernyms: ↑ …
107waterlessness — noun the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water) • Syn: ↑dryness, ↑xerotes • Ant: ↑wetness (for: ↑dryness) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
108xerotes — noun the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water) • Syn: ↑dryness, ↑waterlessness • Ant: ↑wetness (for: ↑dryness) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
109droughtiness — th]ēnə̇s, d.], t], in noun ( es) : the quality or state of being droughty : lack of rain : aridity * * * droughtˈiness or drouthˈiness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑drought …
110yield gene — noun Etymology: yield (II) + gene : any of a group of complementary genes no one of which has apparent individual effect; especially : one that directly or indirectly affects (as by increasing resistance to disease or to drouth) the yield of… …
