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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| rainfall | /x | Noun |
| rains | / | Noun |
| waterlogging | /xxx | Noun |
| flooding | /x | Noun, Verb |
| monsoon | x/ | Noun |
| famine | /x | Noun |
| downpour | /x | Noun |
| aridity | x/xx | Noun |
| irrigation | xx/x | Noun |
| wildfires | /xx | Noun |
| crisis | /x | Noun |
| driest | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| downturn | /x | Noun |
| climate | /x | Noun |
| calamity | x/xx | Noun |
| storms | / | Noun |
| weather | /x | Noun |
| desiccation | xx/x | Noun |
| recession | x/x | Noun |
| starvation | x/x | Noun |
| climatic | x/x | Adjective |
| disease | x/ | Noun |
| salinization | xxx/x | Noun |
| dry spell | // | Phrase, Noun |
| cold spell | // | Phrase, Noun |
| rainy day | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| wetness | /x | Noun |
| heat wave | // | Phrase, Noun |
| cold wave | // | Phrase, Noun |
| waterworks | /xx | Noun |
| rain cloud | // | Phrase, Noun |
| freeze | / | Noun |
| shower | /x | Noun |
| raindrop | /x | Noun |
| cold snap | // | Phrase, Noun |
| dryas | /x | Name |
| drizzle | /x | Noun |
| low water | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| heat | / | Noun |
| mud season | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| flash flood | // | Phrase, Noun |
| drop | / | Noun |
| break | / | Noun |
| winter | /x | Noun |
| summertime | /xx | Noun |
| snap | / | Noun |
| depression | x/x | Noun |
| cold | / | Noun |
| rain dance | // | Phrase, Noun |
| snowfall | /x | Noun |
| flaw | / | Noun |
| dusk | / | Noun |
| ice storm | // | Phrase, Noun |
| languor | // | Noun |
| storm cloud | // | Phrase, Noun |
| days | / | Noun |
| contraction | x/x | Noun |
| glacial | /x | Noun |
| hail | / | Noun |
| washout | /x | Noun |
| bout | / | Noun |
| snowstorm | /x | Noun |
| flood tide | // | Phrase, Noun |
| outage | /x | Noun |
| clime | / | Noun |
| tempest | /x | Noun |
| windstorm | /x | Noun |
| drooping | /x | Verb |
| sleet | / | Noun |
| stormy weather | /x/x | Name, Name |
| natural disaster | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| calm | / | Noun |
| thunderstorm | /xx | Noun |
| perfect storm | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| cataract | /xx | Noun |
| daylight | /x | Noun |
| springtime | /x | Noun |
| dwindling | /xx | Noun |
| harmattan | xx/ | Name |
| interglacial | xx/x | Noun |
| depths | / | Noun |
| cyclone | x/ | Noun |
| snowing | /x | Verb |
| dust | / | Noun |
| forecast | /x | Noun |
| chronically | /xxx | Adjective |
| desertification | /xxx/x | Noun |
| sahel | xx | Name |
| overgrazing | /xxx | Noun |
| locusts | /x | Noun |
| grasshoppers | /xx | Noun |
| frost | / | Verb, Noun |
| pestilence | /xx | Noun |
| blizzards | /x | Noun |
| tolerant | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| midsummer | //x | Adjective |
| typhoons | x/ | Noun |
| tolerates | /xx | Verb |
| scorching | /x | Verb |
| multiyear | /x/ | Adjective |
| defoliation | xxx/x | Noun |
| slake | / | Verb |
| severe | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| withered | /x | Verb |
| prolonged | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| plagues | / | Noun |
| blight | / | Noun |
| hydrological | /x/xx | Adjective |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| stricken | /x | Verb |
| infestations | xx/x | Noun |
| inundation | xx/x | Noun |
| ravaged | /x | Verb |
| searing | /x | Verb |
| devastating | /xxx | Adjective |
| barrenness | /xx | Noun |
| disasters | x/x | Noun |
| hurricane | /xx | Noun |
| decimated | /xxx | Verb |
| meteorological | xxxx/xx | Adjective |
| resistant | x/x | Noun |
| crippling | /xx | Verb |
| stunted | /x | Verb |
| salinity | x/xx | Noun |
| afflicted | x/x | Verb |
| insolation | /x/x | Noun |
| catastrophes | x/xx | Noun |
| arousal | x/x | Noun |
| bulb | / | Noun, Verb |
| crash | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| dearth | / | Noun |
| dehydration | xx/x | Noun |
| depopulation | xxx/x | Noun |
| dewatering | xxxx | Noun |
| draught | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| dryland | /x | Noun |
| earthquake | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fallow | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| inflation | x/x | Noun |
| ischemic | x/x | Adjective |
| land | / | Noun, Verb |
| peak | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| shortage | /x | Noun |
| sickness | /x | Noun |
| slump | / | Noun, Verb |
| spell | / | Noun, Verb |
| spill | / | Noun, Verb |
| sushi | /x | Noun, Verb |
| thaw | / | Noun, Verb |
| water | /x | Noun, Verb |
| waterborne | /xx | Adjective |
| weevil | /x | Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
