Quenouille Training :: Quenouille training () A method of training trees or shrubs in the shape of a cone or distaff by tying down the branches and pruning.
Raininess :: Raininess (n.) The state of being rainy.
Straining :: Strainer (n.) That through which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid..
Top-draining :: Top-draining (n.) The act or practice of drining the surface of land.