drought

  • 51drought-feed — /ˈdraʊt fid/ (say drowt feed) noun Also, survival level feeding. 1. a basic drought survival ration fed to stock once or twice a week, the object of which is to save all the stock, not to fatten some and starve others. –verb (t) 2. to feed… …

  • 52drought-stricken — /ˈdraʊt strɪkən/ (say drowt strikuhn) adjective severely affected by drought …

  • 53drought grass — pajūrinė pirštainė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Miglinių šeimos pašarinis augalas (Ischaemum muticum), paplitęs Azijos ir Australijos atogrąžose. atitikmenys: lot. Ischaemum muticum angl. drought grass; seashore centipede grass šaltinis… …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • 54drought — also drouth noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English drūgath, from drūgian to dry up; akin to Old English drȳge dry more at dry Date: before 12th century 1. a period of dryness especially when prolonged; specifically one that causes… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 55drought — a collective noun (a noun that denotes a collection of persons or things regarded as a unit) for fishes …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 56drought — noun /ˈdɹaʊt/ a) A period of below average rain fall, longer and more severe than a dry spell b) A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport …

    Wiktionary

  • 57drought —   a lack of precipitation into an area for a long period of time. Modern droughts are thought to be intensified by population pressure which may help to remove water available for local evaporation …

    Geography glossary

  • 58drought —    A period of moisture deficiency and absence of water for plant growth [16] …

    Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • 59drought — Synonyms and related words: absence, appetite, aridity, aridness, beggary, canine appetite, corkiness, defectiveness, deficiency, deficit, deprivation, destitution, dryness, emptiness, empty stomach, famine, hollow hunger, hunger, hungriness,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 60drought — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. aridity, dryness, thirst; lack, scarcity. See insufficiency. Ant., flood(ing). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dry season, aridity, dryness, desiccation, dehydration, rainless period, dry spell; see also… …

    English dictionary for students