moisture (noun)
31animated oat — noun Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat • Syn: ↑wild red oat, ↑Avene sterilis • Hypernyms: ↑oat * * * noun : an oat grass (Avena sterilis) marked by movements of the spikelets caused by twisting of the awns through… …
32post oak — noun small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture resistant wood used especially for fence posts • Syn: ↑box white oak, ↑brash oak, ↑iron oak, ↑Quercus stellata •… …
33tallgrass — noun any of various grasses that are tall and that flourish with abundant moisture • Syn: ↑tall grass • Hypernyms: ↑grass * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of various grasses (as members of the genus Andropogon) that are characterized by tall stature… …
34dry steam — noun : steam containing no free water particles compare wet steam * * * dry steam noun Steam unmixed with liquid drops • • • Main Entry: ↑dry * * * dry steam, steam containing no moisture or not more than one half of one per cent moisture …
35dew — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dēaw; akin to Old High German tou dew, Greek thein to run Date: before 12th century 1. moisture condensed upon the surfaces of cool bodies especially at night 2. something resembling dew in purity …
36airmass — noun Meteorology. a widespread body of air, the properties of which can be identified as: (a) having been established while that air was situated over a particular region of the earths surface (airmass source region) and (b) undergoing specific… …
37sweat — noun 1》 moisture exuded through the pores of the skin, especially as a reaction to heat, physical exertion, or anxiety. 2》 informal hard work; laborious effort. ↘a state of anxiety or distress. 3》 (sweats) informal, chiefly N. Amer. a… …
38El Niño-Southern Oscillation — noun a predictive index for climate variation in which the El Niño is coupled to the Southern Oscillation to create a single weather system. Abbrev.: ENSO Fluctuations in Australia s climate are connected with the Southern Oscillation which is… …
39Indian Ocean Dipole — noun an irregularly occurring cycle of warm and cool waters in the western and eastern parts of the Indian Ocean, which has the effect of determining whether moisture laden winds are carried across parts of central and southern Australia. Abbrev …
40bell jar — noun a bell shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gases • Syn: ↑bell glass • Hypernyms: ↑protective covering, ↑protective cover, ↑protection * * * noun : a bell shaped… …
