RAIN WATER

  

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RAIN WATER

Definition: RAIN WATER

RAIN WATER

1. Water that has fallen from the clouds in rain.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 



Specialty Definitions: RAIN WATER

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Geography

Rain water and melt water running off the surface. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym by domain: off-and-on (geography).

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Crosswords: RAIN WATER

English words defined with "RAIN WATER": acid precipitation, acid rain, allowdepress, Devaporation, drainfreshethatless, Hydrometeor, HydrometeorologyIntermittent springslet, lowerpermitRavenala madagascariensis, run outspate, Stillicide. (references)
Specialty definitions using "RAIN WATER": AVERAGE HYDROclaypan, coarse-grained soildeck drain, DOG'S SOUP, Downspout Leaderkerb inletNEMA-4outcrop waterRaining Tree, run-offscupper hole, Sediments, storm water, superfluous water, surface watertropical storm. (references)

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Use in Literature: RAIN WATER

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Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The rain water gathers there, and from time to time a bird from the neighbouring forest comes to drink and flies away.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: RAIN WATER

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

rain water

24

rain water harvesting

22

rain water collection

15

collector rain water

6

rain water collection system

5

rain water barrel

4

rain water tank

4

cycle forest rain water

3

collecting rain water

3

drainage rain water

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: RAIN WATER

Language Translations for "RAIN WATER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

overfladisk afstrømning (run-off, storm water, surface water). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

langs oppervlakten wegstromende neerslag (run-off, storm water, surface water). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sade-ja sulamisvesi (run-off, storm water, surface water). (various references)

   

French

  

eau de ruissellement, eau de pluie, eau d'écoulement. (various references)

   

German

  

Regenwasserablauf (run-off, storm water, surface water), Traufwasser (run-off, storm water, surface water), Abwasser (drainage, effluence, effluent, run-off, sewage, slop, storm water, surface water, waste water), Ablaufwasser (escaped water, operation waste, run-off, storm water, surface water), Abflusswasser (run-off, storm water, surface water). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

επιφανειακά νερά (run-off, storm water, surface water). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

esõvíz. (various references)

   

Italian

  

acqua piovana (rainwater, run-off, storm water, surface water), acqua di scorrimento (run-off, storm water, surface water), acqua di ruscellamento (run-off, storm water, surface water). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

雨水 , 天水 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

うすい (diluted, thin, watery, weak), あまみず, て"すい (pitcher, water jug). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ainray aterway.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

água de escorrimento (run-off, storm water, surface water), água de escoamento (run-off, storm water, surface water), água da chuva (run-off, storm water, surface water). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

aguas superficiales (run-off, storm water, surface water, surfacewater), aguas pluviales (run-off, storm water, surface water), agua de lluvia (rainwater, run-off, storm water, surface water). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

dagvatten (run-off, storm water, street wash, surface water). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yağmur suyu. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: RAIN WATER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: rainwater.

Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-n-r-r-t-w"

-1 letter: antiwear, interwar, rainwear.

-2 letters: antiwar, awaiter, narrate, retrain, tawnier, terrain, tinware, trainer, warrant, wartier.

-3 letters: antiar, arrant, artier, atwain, errant, errata, irater, ranter, ratine, retain, retina, taenia, twiner, waiter, wanier, wanter, warier, warner, warren, winter, writer.

-4 letters: airer, anear, antae, antra, antre, arena, atria, await, aware, entia, inert, inter, irate, naira, niter, nitre, ratan, rater, rawer, rawin, reata, reran, retia, rewan, rewin, riant, riata, tarre, tawer, tawie, tenia, terai, terra, tiara, tinea, train, trier, trine, twain, twier, twine, water, wirer, wirra, witan, wrier, write.

-5 letters: airn, airt, anew, anta, ante, anti, area, aria, earn, etna, near, neat, newt, nite, raia, rain, rani, rant, rare, rate, rear, rein, rent, rite, tain, tare, tarn, tear, tern, tier, tine, tire, twae, twin, wain, wair, wait, wane, want, ware, warn, wart, wean, wear, weir, went, wert, wine, wire, wite, wren, writ.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-n-r-r-t-w"
 

+1 letter: rainwaters, warranties.

 

+2 letters: graniteware.

 

+3 letters: granitewares, heartwarming, watermarking.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: RAIN WATER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 41 49 4E      57 41 54 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01000001 01001001 01001110 00100000 01010111 01000001 01010100 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#65 &#73 &#78 &#32 &#87 &#65 &#84 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0041 0049 004E      0057 0041 0054 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5235434825735543952

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Quotations: Fiction
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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