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rainmaker
  1. A Native American medicine man who induces rain by rituals.
  2. A person who induces rainfall through scientific methods, such as cloud seeding.
  3. (figuratively) An employee of a company who creates a large amount of unexpected business, consistently brings in money at critical times, or brings in markedly more money than his or her co-workers, thereby "floating their salaries".
  4. (figuratively) An executive or lawyer with exceptional ability to attract clients, use political connections, or increase profits, etc.
  5. (figuratively) An investor in sick or start-up business ventures.
  6. (baseball, informal) A batted ball that is hit very high into the air.
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  8. Examples:
    1. “I suggest they position a Sioux rainmaker at every track to ensure a good downpour during the race.”
      “He provided a dashing can-do military figure for the customers, a rainmaker who helped land the deals.”
      “Al Dente hit a rainmaker, which landed on the roof of the locker room.”
rain
  1. Condensed water falling from a cloud.
  2. (figuratively) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
  3. (figuratively) An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Heavy rain is expected in the region over the next few days.”
      “The forecast calls for rain for the next several days.”
      “The soldiers formed a tight circle, shields above their heads to protect from the rain of arrows above.”
rainout
  1. Something which has been cancelled due to interfering rain.
  2. Such a cancellation.
  3. radioactive fallout deposited by means of rain
  4. Examples:
    1. “If there's a rainout, other pitchers skip their turn to allow the ace to start on his regular fifth day.”
      “To make up for a rainout in June, they played at Shea Stadium in the afternoon, then at Yankee Stadium the same night.”
      “In the event of a rainout where no winner is crowned, the bounty at the next event will be placed on the points leader entering that event.”
rainmaking
  1. The attempted artificial production of rain, either by use of magic or by seeding clouds
  2. (US, informal) Hiring someone who creates business opportunities or revenue.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Women are strongly associated with these rainmaking traditions, which are still carried out.”
      “Much of their folklore dwells on drought, fire, famine, and rainmaking.”
      “With smoke and mirrors, he mesmerizes the usually sceptical townsfolk, convincing them that he can build a rainmaking machine.”
rainwater
  1. Rainfall.
  2. Water (for a house etc) sourced from rain which has not joined a spring, stream or river, pond, lake or sea.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “It also disrupts the water table by preventing rainwater from seeping down through the soil.”
      “The architect ensured that some rainwater would go into the soil by specifying permeable grid pavers.”
      “He stoops down, cups his right hand and scoops from the rainwater puddle and drinks.”
raindate
  1. An alternative date on which an event will be held if it rains on the originally scheduled date.
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raindrop
  1. A single droplet of rainwater that has just fallen or is falling from the sky.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The raindrop landed softly on her outstretched hand, sparkling with the reflection of the sun.”
      “Thunder rolled through the clouds as the lightning hopped from cloud to cloud and I felt a raindrop hit my cheek as it started to sprinkle down.”
      “Onions, which keep for ever in a coolish, dry place, go mouldy with the first raindrop.”
rainwash
  1. (geography) The washing action of rain, capable of erosion and transporting soil.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Salt also tends to concentrate in and enlarge any depression protected from rainwash.”
      “Often much of the face of the cliff is covered with slip or rainwash, and overgrown with vegetation.”
      “In winter the clays become semi-liquid, in summer the surface may be largely slip and rainwash, baked hard by the sun.”
rainlessness
rainstorm
  1. A storm characterized by substantial, heavy rainfall.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I was actually sheltered during a heavy rainstorm in a stone manor house belonging to a buccaneer.”
      “However, in the subsequent rainstorm of denunciations posted on popular websites, there was rarely any judicious analysis.”
      “The sound has very good definition and separation, especially during the rainstorm and cityscape sequences.”
rainfall
  1. (meteorology) the amount of rain that falls on a single occasion
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  3. Examples:
    1. “As is typical of such storms, the rainfall came suddenly, like the turning of a tap in the heavens.”
      “Jatropha can grow on virtually barren land with relatively little rainfall, so it can be planted in places where food does not grow well.”
      “Rising greenhouse gases are affecting rainfall patterns and the global water cycle.”
rainer
  1. (rare) That which rains, or dispenses something in a shower.
  2. Examples:
    1. “He is working on a translation of the German lyric poet Rainer Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus and on music projects with Scottish piano player Steve Hamilton, who lives in Sofia.”
      “Whatever other failings might be his, there was no great cowardice in hank Rainer.”
      “I opened ZUMA in London as Head Chef with Rainer Becker, who is the owner of ZUMA, along with Arjun Waney and the Waney family.”
rainscape
  1. A landscape dominated by rain.
raininess
rains
rains
raining
  1. A fall of rain.
rainmakers
  1. plural of rainmaker
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Last year's boom has been reflected in the profitability reported by investment banks and the take-home pay of the corporate rainmakers.”
      “Bond traders have been the new rainmakers on Wall Street, thanks to low interest rates, few defaults, and a rise in the number of aggressive fixed-income hedge funds.”
      “Such situations force thinkers to respond more like Cassandras than rainmakers.”
rainscapes
  1. plural of rainscape
rainstorms
  1. plural of rainstorm
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Many treatments require reapplication every 4 to 6 weeks and after heavy rainstorms.”
      “El Nino will lead to abnormal weather and the increase of tropical cyclones will bring more rainstorms to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.”
      “The flood that caused the failure was generated by heavy rainstorms that dumped 14 inches of water on the watershed.”
rainwaters
raindates
raindrops
  1. plural of raindrop
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The grassy ground was muddy and marked with numerous footprints, filling with water as raindrops fell.”
      “He croaked, his voice hoarse with the dampness, as a pitter-patter of soft raindrops danced over their heads.”
      “Winds became gales and a thunderstorm suddenly appeared out of nowhere pouring sheets of raindrops.”
rainfalls
  1. plural of rainfall
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The West Coast continues to be the main focus of our weather segment, with rainfalls in the record category.”
      “With solid rainfalls throughout the day and into the night, 37 mm of badly needed rain fell in the Canada Bay Region as a result of the storms.”
      “Heavy rainfalls flooded central Bulgaria on September 19-20, leaving two dead, inundating hundreds of private homes and damaging infrastructure.”
rainwashes
  1. plural of rainwash
rainings
  1. plural of raining
rainouts
  1. plural of rainout
rainers
  1. plural of rainer
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