rain
noun
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 0.02 inch (0.5 millimeters) in diameter.
rainless
-
a word derived from
rain.
Example Sentences
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But it can also strike rapidly with no warning, even on a rainless day months after the end of winter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2025
They said they could even smell the smoke indoors, in a Manhattan restaurant, then walked outside and saw a sky that looked like it was about to storm — but was rainless.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
The change isn’t equally spread through the wet Mediterranean winter and the rainless summer, says climatologist Hadas Saaroni, also of Tel Aviv University.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2021
Every year the grass and shrubs dry out over the long rainless summers.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2020
The Eastern man, though he has been told, feels the earth is sick in the rainless months.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
