a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"
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applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
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a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity, Natural hazards.applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity, Natural hazards.applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity, Natural hazards.applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity, Natural hazards.the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); "a high level of biodiversity is desirabl…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Natural hazards.no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.(of flora or fauna) in imminent danger of extinction; "an endangered species"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.a wave of unusually hot weather
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Natural hazards.the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss; "the most protected spot I could find"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.(of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered; "the spotted owl is a threatened species, not yet an endangered on…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures); "a heat wave"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Natural hazards.all living things (except people) that are undomesticated; "chemicals could kill all the wildlife"
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possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his power…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applies, nonhuman, mammals, period, heightened.The unfaithfulness of a married person to the marriage bed; sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife, or volunta…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applies, nonhuman, mammals, period, heightened.A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applies, nonhuman, mammals, period, heightened.the arousal of feelings of sexual desire
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applies, nonhuman, mammals, period, heightened.the arousal of feelings of sexual desire
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applies, nonhuman, mammals, period, heightened.a state of heightened physiological activity
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applies, nonhuman, mammals, period, heightened.A modification of the voice sounds, by which they are intensified and heightened in pitch; -- observed in auscultation of the chest in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applies, nonhuman, mammals, period, heightened.An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applies, nonhuman, mammals, period, heightened.The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appet…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applies, nonhuman, mammals, period, heightened.Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applies, nonhuman, mammals, period, heightened.Of or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian age. (See the Diagram, under Geology.) The Corniferous period has been so called…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applies, nonhuman, mammals, period, heightened.A tendency to blame victims for their misfortune, so that one feels less likely to be victimized in a similar way.; "Previous research…
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