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• Drought in India — has resulted in tens of millions of deaths over the course of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Indian agriculture is heavily dependent on the climate of India: a favorable southwest summer monsoon is critical in securing water for irrigating… …   Wikipedia

• drought — [n] dryness; shortage of supply aridity, dearth, deficiency, dehydration, desiccation, dry spell, insufficiency, lack, need, parchedness, rainlessness, scarcity, want; concepts 607,646 Ant. monsoon, wetness …   New thesaurus

• Drought in the United Kingdom — Droughts in the United Kingdom are a relatively common feature of the weather in the UK, with one around every 5–10 years on average. These droughts are usually confined to summer, when a blocking high causes hot, dry weather for an extended… …   Wikipedia

• spell — I verb the drought spelled disaster for them spell out Syn: signal, signify, mean, amount to, add up to, constitute; portend, augur, herald, bode, promise; involve; literary betoken, foretoken, forebode II noun 1) …   Thesaurus of popular words

• spell — I verb the drought spelled disaster Syn: signal, signify, mean, amount to, add up to, constitute Phrases: spell something out II noun 1) the witch muttered a spell Syn: charm …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• drought — noun this year s drought was devastating to cotton growers Syn: dry spell, lack of rain, shortage of water …   Thesaurus of popular words

• drought — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. aridity, dryness, thirst; lack, scarcity. See insufficiency. Ant., flood(ing). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dry season, aridity, dryness, desiccation, dehydration, rainless period, dry spell; see also… …   English dictionary for students

• drought — noun /ˈdɹaʊt/ a) A period of below average rain fall, longer and more severe than a dry spell b) A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport …   Wiktionary

• Federation Drought — In Australia, the Federation Drought is the name given to a prolonged period of drought that occurred around the time of Federation in 1901.Though often thought of as a long drought, until the record dry year of 1902 the period was actually one… …   Wikipedia

• 1979-1983 Eastern Australian drought — Between 1979 and 1983 almost all of eastern Australia was affected by a major drought.Although in some places such as the South Coast the drought was almost continuous, in most of the affected region the major years of drought were 1980 and… …   Wikipedia

• dry spell — noun a) a drawn out period where the weather has been dry, for an abnormally long time shorter and not as severe as a drought The rains, it seemed, were over, and a dry spell was upon them b) a period or time where there is little activity,… …   Wiktionary