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Synonyms for rainless

Grammar : Adj
Spell : reyn
Phonetic Transcription : reɪn

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Définition of rainless

Origin :
  • Old English regn "rain," from Proto-Germanic *regna- (cf. Old Saxon regan, Old Frisian rein, Middle Dutch reghen, Dutch regen, German regen, Old Norse regn, Gothic rign "rain"), with no certain cognates outside Germanic, unless it is from a presumed PIE *reg- "moist, wet," which may be the source of Latin rigare "to wet, moisten" (cf. irrigate). Rain dance is from 1867; rain date in listings for outdoor events is from 1948. To know enough to come in out of the rain (usually with a negative) is from 1590s. Rainshower is Old English renscur.
  • adj dry
Example sentences :
  • But in the rainless season the verdure shows an inclination to dry up.
  • Extract from : « Local Color » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • Again, within this trade-wind region are the rainless countries.
  • Extract from : « The Philosophy of the Weather » by Thomas Belden Butler
  • But it is not true that all the rainless regions are without evaporation.
  • Extract from : « The Philosophy of the Weather » by Thomas Belden Butler
  • There is also a rainless strand on the Pacific coast of Mexico.
  • Extract from : « History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) » by John William Draper
  • A rainless summer had dried up a spring near his house, which, against our advice, he had attempted to develop by tunnelling.
  • Extract from : « Bunch Grass » by Horace Annesley Vachell
  • For the Arunta live in the worst country, the most rainless, and therefore their magic is most manifestly a failure.
  • Extract from : « Magic and Religion » by Andrew Lang
  • A story of a wrathful sun in a rainless sky above a parched land, swept for days together by the searing south winds.
  • Extract from : « Winning the Wilderness » by Margaret Hill McCarter
  • In fact Luna Park really represents the triumph of the open-air method of treating patients in a rainless country.
  • Extract from : « The Australian Army Medical Corps in Egypt » by James W. Barrett
  • The rainless desert, or southeastern corner of our state, is the hottest region of all.
  • Extract from : « Stories of California » by Ella M. Sexton
  • The dried-peach industry thrives only in regions, as California, where the summers are sunny and rainless.
  • Extract from : « The Peaches of New York » by U. P. Hedrick
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