dry — [drī] adj. drier, driest [ME drie < OE dryge, akin to Ger trocken, Du droog < IE * dhereugh , fast, firm, solid (< base * dher , to hold out, hold fast > FIRM1)] 1. not watery; not under water [dry land] 2. having no moisture; not wet … English World dictionary
RAIN — (Heb. מָטָר ,גֶּשֶׁם). The large number of quotations referring to rain in the biblical and talmudic sources may be attributed to the fact that rain is the most important climatic element for the agriculture of Israel, particularly in non… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Rain shadow — For the Australian television series see Rain Shadow (TV series). A rain shadow or rainshadow, or more accurately, precipitation shadow, is a dry region of land that is leeward of a mountain range or other geographic feature, with respect to… … Wikipedia
dry — /draɪ / (say druy) adjective (drier, driest) 1. free from moisture; not moist; not wet. 2. not in or under the waters of the sea, rivers, etc.: the dry land. 3. having little or no rain: a dry climate; a dry season. 4. characterised by absence,… …
land — 1 noun 1 NOT SEA (U) the solid dry part of the Earth s surface: After 21 days at sea we sighted land. | by land: It s quicker by land than sea. | on land: The crocodile lays its eggs on land. 2 GROUND (U) ground, especially when used for farming… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
dry — dryable, adj. dryly, adv. dryness, n. /druy/, adj., drier, driest, v., dried, drying, n., pl. drys, dries. adj … Universalium
dry — [[t]draɪ[/t]] adj. dri•er, dri•est, 1) free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet 2) having or characterized by little or no rain: the dry season[/ex] 3) characterized by absence, deficiency, or failure of natural or ordinary… … From formal English to slang
Rain Shadow (TV series) — Infobox Television show name = Rain Shadow caption = show name 2 = genre = Drama creator = director = creative director = developer = presenter = starring = voices = narrated = theme music composer = opentheme = endtheme = composer = country =… … Wikipedia
Rain follows the plow — is the conventional name for a now discredited theory of climatology that was popular throughout the American West and Australia during the late 19th century. The phrase was employed as a summation of the theory by Charles Dana Wilbur:God speed… … Wikipedia
Land of the Lost (1974 TV series) geography and technology — Land of the Lost was a 1974 1976 TV series presenting the adventures of the Marshall family (including Will and Holly and their father Rick, later replaced by their uncle Jack). The Marshalls become trapped in a pocket universe populated by… … Wikipedia
