Word Meanings - RAINY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Abounding with rain; wet; showery; as, rainy day or season.

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• RAINY
  Abounding with rain; wet; showery; as, rainy day or season.
• SEASONER
  One who, or that which, seasons, or gives a relish; a seasoning.
• SEASONAL
  Of or pertaining to the seasons. Seasonal dimorphism , the condition of having two distinct varieties which appear at different seasons, as certain species of butterflies in which the spring brood differs from the summer or autumnal brood.
• ABOUND
  1. To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent; to be plentiful. The wild boar which abounds in some parts of the continent of Europe. Chambers. Where sin abounded grace did much more abound. Rom. v. 20. 2. To be copiously supplied; -- followed
• SHOWERY
  1. Raining in showers; abounding with frequent showers of rain. 2. Of or pertaining to a shower or showers. "Colors of the showery arch." Milton.
• SEASONLESS
  Without succession of the seasons.
• SEASONAGE
  A seasoning. outh.
• SEASONABLE
  Occurring in good time, in due season, or in proper time for the purpose; suitable to the season; opportune; timely; as, a seasonable supply of rain. Mercy is seasonable in the time of affliction. Ecclus. xxxv. 20. -- Sea"son*a*ble*ness,
• SEASONING
  1. The act or process by which anything is seasoned. 2. That which is added to any species of food, to give it a higher relish, as salt, spices, etc.; a condiment. 3. Hence, something added to enhance enjoyment or relieve dullness; as, wit is the
• SEASON
  fr. L. satio a sowing, a planting, fr. serere, satum, to sow, plant; 1. One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative
• GRAINY
  Resembling grains; granular.
• OVERABOUND
  To be exceedingly plenty or superabundant. Pope.
• SUPERABOUND
  To be very abundant or exuberant; to be more than sufficient; as, the country superabounds with corn.
• UNSEASON
  1. To make unseasoned; to deprive of seasoning. 2. To strike unseasonably; to affect disagreeably or unfavorably. Why do I send this rustic madrigal, That may thy tuneful ear unseason quite Spenser.
• TRAINY
  Belonging to train oil. Gay.
• HIGH-SEASONED
  Enriched with spice and condiments; hence, exciting; piquant.
• UNSEASONED
  1. Not seasoned. 2. Untimely; ill-timed. Shak.
• SEABOUND
  Bounded by the sea.
• UNSEASONABLE
  Not seasonable; being, done, or occurring out of the proper season; ill-timed; untimely; too early or too late; as, he called at an unseasonable hour; unseasonable advice; unseasonable frosts; unseasonable food. -- Un*sea"son*a*ble*ness,
• OVERSEASON
  To season too highly.
• BRAINY
  Having an active or vigorous mind.