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INFLUX |
Inundation |
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FLOODAGE |
Inundation. |
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BUND |
An embankment against inundation. |
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ALLUVION |
An overflowing; an inundation; a flood. |
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WATERFLOOD |
A flood of water; an inundation. |
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SPATE |
A river flood; an overflow or inundation. |
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LANDFLOOD |
An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a
freshet. |
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OVERFLOW |
A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an
inundation. |
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FLOODING |
The filling or covering with water or other fluid;
overflow; inundation; the filling anything to excess. |
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FRESHET |
A flood or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains
or melted snow; a sudden inundation. |
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LEVEE |
An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along
the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. |
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INUNDATION |
An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or
superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of
tourists. |
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DELUGE |
A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an
inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the
days of Noah (Gen. vii.). |
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DESTITUTION |
...e or
condition of being destitute, needy, or without resources; deficiency;
lack; extreme poverty; utter want; as, the inundation caused general... |
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FLOOD |
... usually thus covered; a deluge; a
freshet; an inundation. ... |
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AVULSION |
The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of
one man to that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a
sudden change in the c... |