Definition of drought

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Drought (n.) Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridity..

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Aridity :: Aridity (n.) Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought.
Drouthy :: Drouthy (a.) Droughty.
Drought :: Drought (n.) Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridity..
Live-forever :: Live-forever (n.) A plant (Sedum Telephium) with fleshy leaves, which has extreme powers of resisting drought; garden ox-pine..
Drought :: Drought (n.) Scarcity; lack.
Xerophilous :: Xerophilous (a.) Drought-loving; able withstand the absence or lack of moisture.
Hinder :: Hinder (a.) To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; -- often followed by from; as, an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going..
Drith :: Drith (n.) Drought.
Drought :: Drought (n.) Thirst; want of drink.
Drowth :: Drowth (n.) See Drought.
Houseleek :: Houseleek (n.) A succulent plant of the genus Sempervivum (S. tectorum), originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now found very generally on old walls and roofs. It is very tenacious of life under drought and heat; -- called also ayegreen..
Drouth :: Drouth (n.) Same as Drought.
Droughtiness :: Droughtiness (n.) A state of dryness of the weather; want of rain.
Hypnocyst :: Hypnocyst (n.) A cyst in which some unicellular organisms temporarily inclose themselves, from which they emerge unchanged, after a period of drought or deficiency of food. In some instances, a process of spore formation seems to occur within such cysts..
Droughty :: Droughty (a.) Characterized by drought; wanting rain; arid; adust.
Wilt :: Wilt (v. i.) To begin to wither; to lose freshness and become flaccid, as a plant when exposed when exposed to drought, or to great heat in a dry day, or when separated from its root; to droop;. to wither..
Droughty :: Droughty (a.) Dry; thirsty; wanting drink.
Mulch :: Mulch (n.) Half-rotten straw, or any like substance strewn on the ground, as over the roots of plants, to protect from heat, drought, etc., and to preserve moisture..
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