deficiency of rainfall
91Spain — • This name properly signifies the whole peninsula which forms the south western extremity of Europe. Since the political separation of Portugal, however, the name has gradually come to be restricted to the largest of the four political divisions …
92State of Washington — State of Washington † Catholic Encyclopedia ► State of Washington One of the Pacific cost states, popularly known as the Evergreen State , the sixteenth in size among the state of the Union and the twenty ninth in the order of… …
93Environment in the People's Republic of China — A Factory in China at Yangtze River The environment in the People s Republic of China has traditionally been neglected as the country concentrates on its rise as an economic power. Chasing the political gains of economic development, local… …
94Desert tortoise — Desert tortoise, G. agassizii Conservation status …
95Burkitt , Denis Parsons — (1911–1993) British surgeon Born in Enniskillen, now in Northern Ireland, Burkitt attended Dublin University, receiving his BA in 1933 and MB in 1935. Having become a fellow of Edinburgh s Royal College of Surgeons in 1938, Burkitt served in the… …
96have — verb Have is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑hotel, ↑library, ↑mixture, ↑patient, ↑room, ↑sentence, ↑tape, ↑word Have is used with these nouns as the object: ↑A level, ↑ability, ↑ …
97aridity — noun 1. the quality of yielding nothing of value (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑fruitlessness, ↑barrenness • Ant: ↑fruitfulness (for: ↑fruitlessness) • …
98aridness — noun a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall) • Syn: ↑aridity, ↑thirstiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑thirsty (for: ↑thirstiness), ↑arid, ↑arid …
99thirstiness — noun 1. a physiological need to drink • Syn: ↑thirst • Derivationally related forms: ↑thirsty, ↑thirsty (for: ↑thirst), ↑thirst (for: ↑ …
100sand drown — noun Etymology: so called from its occurrence on sandy soils subject to leaching in heavy rainfall areas : a magnesium deficiency disease of tobacco characterized by chlorosis …
