Pluvial

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  • adjective. Of or relating to rain; rainy.
  • adjective. Marked or formed by abundant rainfall.
  • noun. An extended period of abundant rainfall, especially such a period of the Pleistocene Epoch.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Rainy; humid: relating to rain; also, very rainy; characterized by great or extensive rainfall
  • In geology, depending on or arising from the action of rain.
  • noun. Eccles., a cope: so called from its use in outdoor processions, etc., as a protection from the weather.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A priest's cope.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to rain; rainy.
  • adjective. Produced by the action of rain.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of, pertaining to, or produced by rain
  • adjective. occurring through the action of rain
  • noun. a rainy period
  • Word Usage
    "The Quaternary period – which covers most of the recent period of vacillation between ice ages and pluvial ages – is the exception rather than the rule."
    Form
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    alluvial  fluvial  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    rainy