Flood
111flood tide — n. the incoming or rising tide: cf. EBB TIDE …
112flood|gate — «FLUHD GAYT», noun. 1. a gate in a canal, river, stream, or dam, to control the flow of water. 2. Figurative. a thing that controls the flow or passage of anything: »More important, if the West yields to terrorism in one place, the floodgates are …
113flood|light — «FLUHD LYT», noun, verb, light|ed or lit, light|ing. –n. 1. a lamp that gives a broad beam of light: »Silhouetted by its own 98 floodlights, the Capitol is white and serene against the winter night sky (Newsweek) …
114flood|wall — «FLUHD WL», noun. a wall erected for protection against flooding waters …
115flood|wa|ter — «FLUHD WT uhr, WOT », noun. water flooding dry land: »Floodwaters began receding in some areas of Kentucky (Wall Street Journal) …
116flood|way — «FLUHD WAY», noun. a natural or artificial pathway by which excess water drains off in floodtime …
117Flood geology — Part of a series on Creationism History of creationism Neo creationism …
118Flood (Halo) — infobox VG character name = Flood caption = Halo s Master Chief (left) encounters the Flood on Installation 04. series = Halo Series firstgame = (2001) creator = Robert McLees artist =The Flood are fictional parasitic alien life forms in Bungie s …
119Flood myth — Great Flood redirects here. For other uses, see Great Flood (disambiguation). The Deluge , frontispiece to Gustave Doré s illustrated edition of the Bible. Based on the story of Noah s Ark, this shows humans and a tiger doomed by the flood… …
120Flood control — For the protocol issue, see Flood control (communications). A weir was built on the Humber River (Ontario) to prevent a recurrence of a catastrophic flood. Flood control refers to all methods used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of… …
