Semiarid

Definition: Semiarid

Semiarid

Adjective

1. Somewhat arid.

Domain	Definitions
Geography	A term applied to an area or climate, neither strictly arid nor strictly humid, in which inferior crops can be grown without irrigation. According to Thornthwaite, areas havingmoisture index between-20 and-40 Thornthwaite. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	Said of a type of climate in which there is slightly more precipitation (25 to 50 cm) than in an arid climate, and in which sparse grasses are thecharacteristic vegetation. Syn:subarid. (references)
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Synonym: Semiarid

Synonym by domain: subarid (geography).

Domain	Title
Books	Human influences in African pastureland environments : with special reference to the arid and semiarid pastoral regions of Eastern Africa (reference) (more book examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Soil in semiarid areas (primarily in the Lower Sonoran life zone). (references)
Economic History	Swaziland	Climate: Near temperate, semitropical and semiarid. (references)
	Iran	Climate: Semiarid; subtropical along the Caspian coast. (references)
	Haiti	Climate: Warm, semiarid, high humidity in many coastal areas. (references)
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"Semiarid" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Semiarid" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	3	202,518

Language		Translations for "semiarid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Russian		полупустынный. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "semiarid": semiaridities, semiaridity. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Semiarid" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Semanario, semibreif, Semiramis. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-i-m-r-s"
	-1 letter: admires, dairies, diaries, midairs, misread, sedarim, sidearm.
	-2 letters: admire, aiders, aimers, amides, armies, deairs, dermas, dermis, dimers, disarm, dreams, imides, irades, irides, irised, madres, medias, midair, raised, ramies, redias, resaid.
	-3 letters: aider, aides, aimed, aimer, aired, amide, amids, amies, amirs, arise, armed, aside, dames, dares, deair, dears, deism, derma, derms, dimer, dimes, disme.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-i-m-r-s"
	+1 letter: meridians, misraised.
	+2 letters: administer, bridesmaid, dermatitis, disclaimer, imparadise, matricides, misandries, miscarried, misreading, mistrained, praesidium.
	+3 letters: acidimeters, administers, admiralties, bridesmaids, desipramine, diathermies, disaffirmed, disclaimers, imparadised, imparadises, maidenhairs, mediatrices, mediatrixes, meridionals, militarised, minaudieres, mineralised, mithridates, praesidiums, readmission, semiaridity, semidiurnal, spermicidal, taxidermies, taxidermist, zemindaries.
	+4 letters: acidimetries, administered, administrate, audiometries, dermatitides, dermatitises, desipramines, discriminate, disembarking, disharmonies, disharmonize, disseminator, dominatrices, dominatrixes, familiarised, immoderacies, immortalised, incendiarism, isodiametric, materialised, meanspirited, memorialised, modularities, preadmission, radiochemist, radiometries, readmissions, remediations, romanticised, semidiameter, taxidermists.
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