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Flooding :: Flooding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Floo.

Salt :: Salt (n.) Marshes flooded by the tide.

Fresh :: Fresh (n.) The mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays, as by means of a flood of fresh water flowing toward or into the sea..

Flooding :: Flooding (n.) The filling or covering with water or other fluid; overflow; inundation; the filling anything to excess.

Diluvial :: Diluvial (a.) Effected or produced by a flood or deluge of water; -- said of coarse and imperfectly stratified deposits along ancient or existing water courses. Similar unstratified deposits were formed by the agency of ice. The time of deposition has been called the Diluvian epoch.

Clough :: Clough (n.) A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.

Flood :: Flood (v. i.) The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young flood; high flood..

Alluvion :: Alluvion (n.) An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.

Flood :: Flood (v. t.) To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley..

Personification :: Personification (n.) A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopop/ia; as, the floods clap their hands..

Flooding :: Flooding (n.) An abnormal or excessive discharge of blood from the uterus.

Freshet :: Freshet (a.) A flood or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted snow; a sudden inundation.

Sweepings :: Sweeping (a.) Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation..

Reigle :: Reigle (n.) A hollow cut or channel for quiding anything; as, the reigle of a side post for a flood gate..

Flood :: Flood (v. i.) A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of bank notes; a flood of paper currency..

Flash :: Flash (n.) A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning..

Inundation :: Inundation (n.) An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of tourists..

Alternate :: Alternate (v. i.) To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; -- followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other..

Pearly :: Pearly (a.) Resembling pearl or pearls; clear; pure; transparent; iridescent; as, the pearly dew or flood..

Tide :: Tide (n.) To pour a tide or flood.

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