10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLUVIOUS»
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The new and complete dictionary of the German and English ...
StegenroafTer, ba6, Rain -Water. SRegemvetter, baS, rainy Weather, a Ihowery,
pluvious, clouded Weather. Slegenroinb/ber, pluvious Wind, a Rain- bearing -
Wind, a Wind that brings us Rain. Stegenwoif, bev, a Bird; see SRegenw flel.
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
The fungous parcels about the wicks of candles only signifieth a moist and
pluvious air about them. Brtnvn. (*.) * Pluvial, n.s. [pluvial, Fr.] A priest's cope.
Ænfevortb. PLUVIALIS. See Charadrius, N° 9. (i.J PLUV1ERS, a town of France,
in the ...
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Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
The fungous parcels about the wicks of candles only signifieth a moist and
pluvious air about them. Brown. (2.) * Pluvial. n.J. [pluvial, Fr.J A priest's cope,
jTmsv;ortb. PLUVIALIS. See Charadrids, N° 9. (x.J PLUV1ERS, a town of France,
in the ...
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The principal roots and derivatives of the Latin languge, ...
Recolce (re, again, back); to roll again or back.— Volute ; the rolling shell of a
snail : in architecture, the curl tuft that rolls, turns, or hangs over or sticks out of the
chapter of a pillar. * Pluvious] from pluo, to rain, is derived pluvious ; rainy, watery
.
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Dictionnaire d'assurance
... plate glass insurance pleasure craft hull insurance pledge pledging pluvious
insurance pluvious insurance policy free of premium duree de l'assurance delai
de declaration de sinistre assurance perpetuelle assurance individuelle contre
les ...
Heinz Leo Müller-Lutz, 1990
Thus, the first of these researchers demonstrated the multifractal characteristic of
pluvious formations revealed by infrared satellite photography. A summary text,
which appeared in La Houille Blanche review in 2006, quoted numerous French
...
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The Cambridge History of Iran
Dry-farming is clearly climatically hazardous and tends to be only of importance
in the relatively pluvious mountains and hill-lands which have their own special
problems arising from the enforced use of frequently immature, steep slope soils
...
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Critical Reflections on Poetry
Are all years equally pluvious in the fame country ? 'Tis easy to sec in the
Almanacks of the Observatory the difference there is in the quantity of rain which
falls at Paris in the course of two different years. This difference amounts
sometimes to ...
abbé Dubos (Jean-Baptiste), 1748
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The Word Lover's Delight: Awesome Adjectives, Nifty Nouns, ...
PLUHM -ee—(of a voice) mellow and resonant The radio announcer's plummy
voice soothed the listeners. pluvious (adj.) PLOO-vee-uhs—relating to steady
rainfall The pluvious forecast worried the vacationers. pococurante (n.) ...
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Doctrines and Practice of Hippocrates in Surgery and Physic, ...
But if the winter is cold and dry, and the spring 'hot and pluvious,dysenteries,
fevers, and sore eyes will prevail in summer. ' Should some rain and cold
weather happen towards the blegina ning of the cold days, one might expect a:
better ...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLUVIOUS»
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Insurance for major events a balancing act
This type of insurance must have been around for a while as it carries the intriguing Latin phrase Pluvious Insurance, and covers not only ticket ... «Stuff.co.nz, Mar 15»
Original instructions
For forty days and forty nights, continuous global rainfall: downpour following driving squall; storm upon cascading storm, a primordial pluvious ... «New Jersey Jewish Standard, Oct 14»
Comedy of History: The Calendar
The months were all renamed after the weather; for example the winter months were renamed Nivose, Pluvious and Ventose, or Snowy, Rainy ... «SBS, Mar 14»
Ascension Island
Much more speculatively, the plants at the peak may in some way make the clouds downwind more pluvious. Such effects are seen in much ... «The Economist, Sep 10»
