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Raindrop

A drop of rain.

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Drib 76% connected

To do by little and little

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Driblet 76% connected

A small piece or part; a small sum; a small quantity of money in making up a sum; as, the money was paid in dribblets.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Drop 76% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Containing whole 2

Rain 70% connected

Reign.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rainfall 70% connected

A fall or descent of rain; the water, or amount of water, that falls in rain; as, the average annual rainfall of a region.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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